CFM Interviews, Articles and Blogs
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With more rocks and debris having fallen from Cathedral Cove’s iconic arch, local Iwi Ngati Hei have now imposed a rahui on the site. DOC Coromandel Operations Manager Nick Kelly says his team was alerted to the latest rockfall at the beach – which is thought to have occurred on Monday, it was spotted by […]
By John Freer Consideration of establishing Mercury Bay as a World Heritage Park has the backing of an international expert who is already working on similar projects in Asia. Professor Gordon Maxwell, who resides in Hong Kong while also farming near Hikutaia, has told CFM that Mercury Bay warrants such status to not just preserve […]
By John Freer It is renowned as one of the international tourist destinations on the Coromandel Peninsula, but the visitors are still not arriving, because they believe the access road is closed. This is the case for the Tapu-Coroglen Road, it is closed, but only once you are past the Rapaura Water Gardens. Unfortunately, Google […]
By John Freer Interviewing Rob Goldring is a very sobering experience. The discussion is about the recent wildfires in North America and how a similar scenario could be experienced on the Coromandel Peninsula. Rob is the Community Risk Manager for Fire and Emergency New Zealand in the Waikato. It is very easy to determine his […]
By John Freer Tourism on the Coromandel Peninsula continues to face significant challenges – having experienced the impacts of storms and pandemics, the region’s main lifeblood is still very much exposed. Aware of this and advocating the position is the person charged with the task of encouraging visitors, being Destination Hauraki Coromandel General Manager, Hadley […]
Scott Simpson’s seat looks safe with a continued strong lead for the electorate seat in the August CFM poll. Scott is enjoying a clear lead with 49.8% support down from 65.3% in the July poll. This will be welcome news for Scott who at the recently announced Party List ranking will be relying on winning […]
By John Freer The Hauraki Coromandel draft cycle and bike strategy, currently out for public feedback, could increase the region’s cycling economic impact by 47 percent. This is one of the reasons given for the importance of the proposal which, currently for the east coast alone, contributes $8.4 million each year. Outlining the strategy and […]
by John Grant What a gigantic week of news. We may only have around 30,000 permanent residents but we bat equal to other districts 2 or 3 times our size. It’s been such a week, news-wise, both good and some not so good news. First up was the news from the Hamilton Courts of the […]
By John Freer A second Chinese sister city relationship could be on the cards for the Hauraki District. Local Mayor, Toby Adams, recently visited the Pinggu District on the outskirts of Beijing with the aim of repeating the existing relationship with the Shanghai based district of Jiading. Following the visit Mayor Toby said while the […]
By John Freer The Hauraki Gulf has been in the news over recent days with an announcement relating to a Marine Protection Bill, and the Hauraki Gulf Forum released its three-year State of the Gulf report. Living in Thames, Katina Conomos has worked with several entities on Hauraki Gulf restoration. Katina is currently the Programme […]
