Sport lovers of all ages are welcoming a return to playing fields and courts across Mercury Bay as most of the winter codes finally get underway after being held in the starting blocks for several weeks by Covid-19.
Thursday, 13 August 2020
Slashed wage costs, fewer building projects and more borrowing were all on the table when the elected members of Thames-Coromandel District Council met on Tuesday this week to debate how to reduce a proposed 10 per cent rates hike to something more palatable for beleaguered ratepayers.
Well-known Wharekaho resident and Ngāti Hei kaumātua, Joe Davis (pictured), has been made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List released on Monday this week. Joe received the award for his services to Māori and conservation.
Ask Tairua artist, Michael Harrison, what his style is and his answer could well be, “Well what day of the week is it?”
Home veggie growers in Whitianga have been left confused as a result of unclear information over the rules of the total watering ban that was in force in Whitianga earlier this year.
This is issue 900 of The Mercury Bay Informer. The first issue of the paper appeared on 4 March 2003. Without a name, much of the front page was taken up by a competition to name the paper.
An opinion piece by Informer contributor, Jack Biddle
“I certainly hope so.” That was the response of Coromandel MP, Scott Simpson, when asked if he would be New Zealand’s next Environment Minister should the National Party be in government after the September general election.
Latest business rest of site
Mobil Whitianga is conveniently located at the corner of Joan Gaskell Drive and SH 25.
ONLINE POLL
Will you be voting to legalise the recreational use of cannabis in the upcoming general election/referendum?
The Mercury Bay Informer is a highly popular community newspaper, based in Whitianga. The paper is distributed throughout the Coromandel Peninsula, coast to coast from Thames to north of Colville.