Waikato Regional Council has become the latest local authority to strike a zero rates rise in the wake of the economic impact of Covid-19.
Thursday, 13 August 2020
As thousands of enthusiastic students returned to the classrooms across the Coromandel last week, teachers and principals have been praising the young people for their resilience and positive attitude.
Evidence is emerging that the economic impacts of Covid-19 may be starting to bite for Coromandel households, with unemployment numbers almost doubling during March and April.
Getting around the Coromandel Peninsula is the biggest source of carbon pollution in the Thames-Coromandel District, with the distance between our urban centres, limited public transport and a high volume of tourists all contributing factors.
Bellyful Whitianga's second cookathon, sponsored by the Lioness Club of Mercury Bay, was held at Mercury Bay Area School on Saturday last week.
Tairua’s decades long dream of a skatepark for the town’s young people is once again alive with a new design process about to begin in consultation with the community.
His voice gets many on the Coromandel up in the morning and keeps them entertained on the drive to work.
One of the key attributes of formal religious worship is the communal activity of “being together.” The Covid-19 restrictions are precluding this fellowship. Every congregation or wider organisation of every religious affiliation across New Zealand has to cope with this lack of in-person interaction.
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