The HMS Buffalo Re-examination Project is crossing fingers for fine weather and smooth seas this coming weekend (Saturday 27 and Sunday, 28 February).
Sunday, 28 February 2021
There has been a lukewarm reception for ultrafast broadband (UFB) across most of the Coromandel so far with residents in many areas slow to connect to the new fibre network.
Applying eight months ago to participate in the upcoming Mercury Bay Art Escape kicked of an exciting and challenging journey for Whitianga’s Debbie Lim.
The construction of a new bridge at the notorious Pepe Stream summer traffic blackspot in Tairua could get underway within the next three years.
Efforts to better educate freedom campers on the Coromandel has resulted in less litter, happier visitors and fewer fines being issued over the summer season, according to Thames-Coromandel District Council.
It’s the calm before the storm at a mostly empty kiwifruit packhouse in Whenuakite.
An elaborate vision that would completely transform Tairua’s Pepe Reserve, including reclaiming a section of land from the estuary, has failed to sway a decision around the construction of a skatepark at Cory Park Domain, the town’s only active recreation reserve.
The Mercury Bay Game Fishing Club Tristram Marine Open tournament started on Saturday last week. The tournament is fished in conjunction with the New Zealand Sport Fishing Council (NZSFC) Open over an eight-day period finishing this Saturday (27 February).
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