Watching professional golfer, Hee Young Park, sink the winning putt in the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Victoria Open tournament (known as the ISPS Handa Vic Open) that was held in early February in Geelong Australia, was a moment Whitianga resident and successful former businessman, Rob Riedstra, will never forget.
Twelve years after last competing in the New Zealand Masters Games, Whitianga resident, David King, couldn’t resist the opportunity to play in the 2020 event in his hometown of Dunedin.
Last weekend’s Waikato Centreboard Championship Regatta in Whitianga was a spectacular success.
Visitors to three Department of Conservation campgrounds near the northern tip of the Coromandel Peninsula will soon be able enjoy new shower and toilet facilities.
The 2020 Whitianga Scallop Festival will be held on Saturday, 12 September.
Professional and in-kind support included, the Mercury Bay Skatepark Trust has raised $163,000 for the new skatepark to be developed on Taylor’s Mistake in Whitianga. That is approximately $13,000 more than the trust was required to raise as the community’s contribution to the project.
Next month’s Mercury Bay Art Escape Festival of Art will feature a catalogue of talented local artists with a jam packed calendar of art events.
The Coromandel’s More FM/Informer-supported petition to return a Whitianga-based rescue helicopter to the Coromandel Peninsula, especially over the peak holiday periods, has last week reached 30,000 signatures. This milestone was achieved in less than six weeks.
Peninsula Pest are trained and equipped to control all insects and rodent infestations Residential and commercial treatments available, including meth testing
The Mercury Bay Informer is a highly popular community newspaper, based in Whitianga. The paper is distributed throughout the Coromandel Peninsula, coast to coast from Thames to north of Colville.
