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Applications are now open for the 2018 Hauraki Coromandel Business Awards. Organiser Kate Rigg urges business owners keen to know more, to attend one of the Q & A sessions being held in Hauraki and Thames-Coromandel districts this month. 
Thames Coromandel District Council has been working on a coastal management strategy to help communities be better prepared for the hazards on the Coromandel coastline. 
Another sizzling hot Whitianga Summer Concert will be coming our way in January next year with Greenstone Entertainment announcing its line-up of four international acts for their annual Summer Concert Tour. 
The thoughts of a Japanese high school student and his mother on exchanging life in Tokyo for the opportunity to study in Mercury Bay By Suzanne Hansen 
The Mercury Bay Events Trust, made up of the members of the Whitianga Scallop Festival Committee, is calling for expressions of interest from Mercury Bay-based hospitality and tourism businesses and community groups that would like to participate in a “Weekend of Seafood” in the place of this year’s Whitianga Scallop Festival. 
As the Mercury Bay Area School First XV rugby team begins its 2018 season, The Informer decided to take a look back in time and reflect on the team’s early years, from 1978 to 1994. This is sure to rekindle some great memories for former players, parents, supporters and even teachers still residing in the Mercury Bay area. 
Coromandel's tourism industry continues to expand as it attracts greater numbers of international tourists to our district. International tourism spending on the Coromandel was up nearly 20% to $108.2M in the year to March compared to the previous year, while domestic visitor spending rose 3.6% to $343.6M. 
Wireless Nation, a technology company with a range of innovative products, has recently donated a sensor to Mercury Bay Area School to improve the way the school is collecting data about the quality of the water in a small creek behind the premises of the Whitianga Gun Club. The club is situated in the Moewai Park industrial area in Whitianga. 
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