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Forty of the region’s firefighters took part in the annual Auckland Skytower Challenge on Saturday raising more than $85,000 in the process. Representing brigades from Coromandel, Whitianga, Cooks Beach, Tairua, Waihi, Thames, Turua, Paeroa, Te Aroha, Manaia and Oceania Gold at Waihi, the firefighters completed either the 51 story or 60 story challenge. Waihi Oceania […]
Ratepayers in the Hauraki District on the council water supply will have rates increase 8.9 percent. This following Councillors recently adopting their 2023-2024 Annual Plan. Non-water supply users face a 6.8 percent land rate increase. Mayor Toby Adams said in finalising the district’s annual plan, Councillors were very mindful of the increased cost of living […]
By John Freer There is a new tourist attraction in the Karangahake Gorge being The Aviator. The man behind the project is Craig Saunders who has moved his flight simulator experience from Mount Maunganui and relocated them to a café at Karangahake in the Gorge on SH2. For the flight and pilot junkie or those […]
The murder of a 43-year-old by his brother at Manaia in March last year, is having its sequel in the Hamilton High Court. Joey Richards is alleged to have stabbed his brother, Guy Richards, the day after the two men had attended the tangi for their mother Dawn Richards. Joey, 46, stabbed Guy in the […]
Firefighters from throughout New Zealand will next Saturday be doing the big climb challenge at the Sky Tower in Auckland and it’s for a great cause, to raise money for Leukaemia & Blood Cancer in New Zealand. Brigades from around our districts are taking part and the Coromandel and Hauraki districts are contributing to what […]
The Coromandel Peninsula has this year achieved its annual rainfall in four and a half months. This today after yesterday’s deluge which has again impacted on roads and property across the entire Peninsula and Hauraki Plains. As of today, you get an appreciation of why the region is suffering. We have had just over 3.5 […]
A plea on the back of a dramatic coastline rock rescue at Whiritoa Beach on Saturday night. The local volunteer acting fire chief Errol Smith wants those heading to the coast to fish to have a discussion first so they understand conditions and what they will potentially experience. The Westpac Rescue helicopter was required along […]
With submissions having been heard on its proposed annual plan, Thames Coromandel Mayor Len Salt has acknowledged the concerns of ratepayers on the proposed rates increase. Len has told CFM that he knows residents will find the proposed increase of 11 percent will be difficult, especially those people living on fixed incomes. The cost of […]
A group of homeless people are living in mangroves less than two blocks from the main street of Thames. It has been revealed that at times there have been up to 14 people living in a make-shift village comprising of tents and canvass covers. The site, between Danby Field and Goldfields Shopping Centre also flanks […]
By John Freer Fixing roads around the Coromandel Peninsula is going to cost billions of dollars. Mayor Len Salt yesterday said this was the investment required to get roads to where they were resilient and appropriate to provide confidence to business and visitors to the region. CFM interviewed the mayor as the region was experiencing […]
