This Mother’s Day on Sunday, 10 May, is an ideal opportunity for all Mercury Bay residents to not only show their mothers how much they appreciate them and the sacrifices they’ve made for their families during the Covid-19 lockdown, but also to “Support Local/Buy Local.”
Resource consent for the development of a 30ha mussel spat farm 1.6km off the Double Bay/Whawhau coast in Mercury Bay was granted on Thursday, 23 April.
Councillors are being told to be responsible, prudent and compassionate as the public deliver their views on both rates increases and how they want money to be spent in the coming Thames-Coromandel District Council financial year.
Lockdown woes melted away for John and Lee Hughes when their beloved cat, Lucy, miraculously returned home having been missing for two and half months.
A support plan for job creation and economic development over the next 12 months is already being examined by staff at Thames-Coromandel District Council as a long-term response to Covid-19 is considered.
Census 2018 data recently released by Statistics New Zealand showed the Whitianga and Wharekaho/Simpsons Beach population grew by 1,086 from 4,407 permanent resident in 2013 to 5,493 in 2018. That is an increase of just under 25 per cent.
Creative Mercury Bay’s new series, Bubble Bites, was launched last week to an enthusiastic audience via their YouTube Channel.
Many businesses were prospering when the Covid-19 Alert Level 4 lockdown was announced. Now, five weeks later, it’s an entirely different situation. Despite the government’s Wage Subsidy Scheme, for many business owners the lockdown was worse than running into a brick wall. It was more like running into a bulldozer and being pushed backwards.
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