The Whitianga Summer Concert, part of the three-show Summer Concert Tour, returns in 2021 with a trans-Tasman line-up headlined by Gin Wigmore.
Thursday, 21 January 2021
Whitianga must bid farewell to the kauri tree that has graced the outside of the Mercury Bay Library at Soldiers Memorial Park for the past 25 years.
Work is expected to continue on an extensive upgrade of the Mercury Bay Community Swimming Pool for at least another three weeks.
Lobbying is underway with the New Zealand Transport Agency to make it possible for restricted driver’s licence tests to be carried out in Whitianga.
Meters in all homes and businesses to both monitor usage and promote conservation is being put forward as the best long-term solution to solving the Coromandel Peninsula’s water woes.
A decade of severe austerity has been signalled by Thames-Coromandel District Council as it anticipates a difficult post-COVID recovery period will compound an already challenging financial outlook.
Scott Simpson, MP for Coromandel, and Dr Shane Reti, health spokesperson for the National Party, announced on Friday last week that a National government, if elected, will return a rescue helicopter based on the Coromandel over the busy summer months and long weekends.
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Backing their Flock whānau is part of the ethos at the popular Tairua restaurant and on Friday evening last week the young ones were the stars of the show as they unleashed their creative talents on “Chef’s Night.”
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