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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 […]
The review into the future of the Auckland-Coromandel ferry service will be undertaken in March with the trial Explore service scheduled to continue until April. The Auckland Operations Manager for the Explore Group, Lisa Edser, has told CFM that the service is going well. Lisa said passenger numbers had increased over the holiday period but […]
With four-wheel drive vehicles using both sides of the road into Onemana as an off-road track, the time has arrived when local residents have had enough. The matter was raised recently at the Onemana Residents and Community Associations annual meeting, it has now been followed up by association chairman, Rob Andrew, who says the practice […]
Yesterday’s rescue on Tairua Beach resulted from a man getting into difficulties, while trying to rescue another person. Three people ended up requiring the assistance from both Tairua and Pauanui Life Savers who raced to the scene. A 20-year-old man was flown to Thames Hospital in a serious condition by the Westpac Rescue Helicopter, the […]
Boaties are being urged to take extra care after a boat overturned attempting to cross the Tairua Bar, in the Coromandel Peninsula, today. The plea has come from the Tairua Pauanui Coastguard President, Andrew Gibson, and the Waikato Regional Council. The 5.5 metre McKay aluminium boat rolled with two people on board. The skipper has […]
An 80-year-old man has had a very lucky escape after getting lost last night while hiking in the Kauaeranga Valley area. He was saved by a mother and her two teenage children. Details revealed this morning said police were altered at 10pm to a missing elderly man who had become lost on the Kauaeranga Kauri Trail […]
