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By John Freer It is named the Placemaking Project and now the right people are being sought to bring it to life for the communities of Ngatea, Kerepehi and Paeroa within the Hauraki District. This week the local district council adopted the project for the three towns, it being a concept aimed at area enhancement […]
By John Freer He grew up on a family farm at Waitakaruru on the Hauraki Plains, went and got a degree that had little relevance to any job he wanted to do, and so he did his OE. It was then after getting into technology and teaching in Microsoft systems, that sparked the parallel with […]
By John Freer A wrestle now over another of the iconic Coromandel Peninsula walking tracks. The Coastal Walkway between Fletcher Bay and Stony Bay remains closed due to a number of storm related landslides. Coromandel Colville Community Board chairman and local tour operator, Gavin Jeffcoat, along with CFM, recently walked part of the closed track. Our […]
Work will start next week on the new walking track to Cathedral Cove – this confirmed today by the Department of Conservation. In a media release DOC announced that the removal of dangerous trees and self-sewn wilding pines marks the start of physical work to reinstate temporary walking access to Mautohe Cathedral Cove’s iconic beach. […]
It’s been 12-years since the Coromandel Rescue Helicopter Trust took off, now after its recent annual general meeting, chairman John Stephenson and his trustees are looking at what lies ahead. With a focus on providing ground facilities to support rescue helicopter operations, the trust is also in the business of raising money to ensure on-going […]
Preliminary results from sampling conducted after the Ohinemuri River turned bright orange on Friday have detected elevated arsenic in the discharged sediment, while the arsenic content present in the water was well within drinking water and ecological protection guidelines for fresh water. This today in a media release from the Waikato Regional Council. Environmental Chemistry […]
By John Freer Welcome news for the Coromandel Peninsula business community for the coming summer holiday season, the Department of Conservation has confirmed that this summer all off its campgrounds will be operating to full capacity. Last year significant reduced camping numbers were imposed due to what DOC then described as weather related impacts. But, […]
Waikato Regional Council is expecting preliminary results in the next 24 hours from sampling of sediment that turned the Ohinemuri River bright orange on Friday afternoon. The council has today provided an update. The council’s incident response team were on site on Friday afternoon and Saturday, taking water and solid samples upstream and downstream of […]
By John Freer Undertaking the final section of the 25 km Tairua River Trail has moved a step closer with the Hikuai District Trust achieving Waikato District Council resource consent. The consent comes with the support of both affected landowners and local iwi. Three more hurdles are still to be jumped being Thames Coromandel District […]
By John Freer A tourism success story for the Coromandel Peninsula today, the Pahi Coastal Walk, established two years ago at Port Jackson, is virtually a sell-out for the coming summer months. This after only two years, means 2000 people will visit the top end of the Coromandel Peninsula to undertake the three day walk […]
