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Recognition tomorrow night for 20 years of the Mercury Bay Art Escape with its 2026 launch at Hot Water Beach. A sold out opening event will celebrate the anniversary and see a two weeks of art focus from Whangapoua to Pauanui. One of the organisers and an artist herself, Sally Samins, said every year numbers […]
For the first time in 30 years deer have been sited on the southern Coromandel Peninsula, now assistance is being called for to eradicate the animals. The most recent sightings were in the Nevesville area south of the Kopu-Hikuai Road, and Golden Cross north of Waihi. The numbers or sizes of herds remain unknown, the […]
Another benefit from the number of events happening across the region this month, outside of the business created through the visitor impact, is the opportunity for future event marketing and development. Destination Hauraki Coromandel General Manager, Kylie Hawker-Green, said it was shaping up to be quite a spectacular March. And she is hoping things wont […]
On the back of a pass mark for its impact over the summer holiday period, the Safer Coromandel promotion is now going into new territory. A recent review of the initiative, which has been around since 2011 after 13 people tragically lost their lives over a single holiday season, has Thames Coromandel Emergency Management Controller, […]
Facing what are being described as unique situations, the Department of Conservation is now implementing Trigger Action Response Plans when dealing with the impact of storm events on key Coromandel Peninsula visitor locations. The region’s Operations Manager, Nick Kelly, has outlined to CFM the steps taken to restrict access to the likes of Cathedral Cove. […]
Acknowledgement of CFM’s coverage around last month’s storm in Parliament this week from the Under Secretary of Radio and Regions, Jenny Marcroft. The Under Secretary in her speech stressed the importance of the information and updates which CFM provided to its listeners as the severe rain storm passed over the region. She also mentioned the […]
Here in the sunny Coromandel, Pāmu Rā ki Whitianga is now up and running. It quietly turns all that sunshine into clean electricity for the local area and beyond. Lodestone Energy built the solar farm on the edge of Whitianga, right beside the Whangamaroro River. The land used to be a dairy farm that often […]
By John Freer Ahead of them was a wall of mud and debris, behind it was their home, and inside the pet dog. For well-known and regarded Pauanui couple, Mike Bush and Anna van Limpt, they were steering at a scenario they had never anticipated – it was a realisation their lives had just changed. […]
With one day remaining before the Hauraki District is due to come out its state of emergency, Mayor Toby Adams has confirmed that seven homes across the district have been yellow stickered. He said the district was moving towards either a transitional stage or straight storm recovery. We have an interview with him click on […]
With the introduction of 19 new marine protection areas now in place around the Hauraki Gulf and Coromandel Peninsula, a mixed response from recreational fishermen who have interacted with the Department of Conservation staff. Over the summer period, DOC has had staff in place as part of an education programme on the new areas. Principal […]
