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The fragile nature of the regions roading network was again exposed yesterday as SH25 between Opotuere and Whangamata remains off limits to heavy trucks and is single lane only for light vehicles. Traffic management is in place as engineers continue to assess the damage caused by what is described as a significant underslip. Thames Coromandel […]
State Highway 25 is now open to light traffic and only under traffic management following an earlier closure today due to an extensive under-slip between Whangamata and Hikuai. With more than 80mm of rain overnight the road let go with what has been described as a significant slip. It remained closed until mid-afternoon while engineers […]
It is being hailed as just the tonic the Coromandel and Hauraki regions need and event organisers are making sure that everyone gets a slice of the action. Organisers of this months Beach Hop, as previously announced, are having the event touch every community from Waihi and Paeroa in the south, to Coromandel Town and […]
By John Freer The region this week has been able to move into recovery mode from the eight weather events which started last November. Thames Coromandel Mayor Len Salt spoke to CFM this week about that recovery. There is good and not so good news. The Mayor tells us that he is pleased with the […]
You only have till 5pm today to complete a submission on the proposed Hauraki Gulf Fisheries Plan from Fisheries New Zealand that if it proceeds as planned will allow bottom trawling and scallop dredging, fishing methods that The Hauraki Gulf Alliance say are destructive to our precious seafloor habitats. The inclusion of these fishing methods […]
A respite in the weather has been welcomed by the Thames Coromandel civil defence team who yesterday had the opportunity to show their Minister Kieran McAnulty some of what is described as the raw Coromandel Peninsula. Civil Defence controller Garry Towler said having the Minister see the likes of the Tapu Coroglen Road and the […]
With Friday being the cut off for public consultation on the Hauraki Gulf Fisheries Management Plan, Hauraki Gulf Alliance member, Legasea, has been angered to what it sees as being late changes to the plan. Legasea spokesman, Sam Woolford, described changes allowing commercial bottom trawling and scallop dredging, as insulting to the many groups which […]
Roots Marlborough Dry Gin has won the World’s Best London Dry Gin at the 2023 World Gin Awards in London. The Roots Dry Gin is made by Blenheim’s Elemental Distillers Ltd and was founded by Ben Leggett and Simon Kelly in 2018. Ben Leggett attended the awards ceremony in London and before his return to […]
A $25 million grant allocation to help businesses in cyclone-affected regions to clean up and get back on their feet is a welcome boost to the Coromandel. “We really want to thank the government for listening to us as we shared what our business communities are going through, and addressing some very painful economic hurt,” […]
Nationals plans to scrap the unpopular three waters reforms will make a number of Coromandel rate payers very happy. National says if elected to govern the country it will repeal the legislation and leave the management and importantly the assets of the three waters in local council hands. National party leader Christopher Luxon was speaking […]
