Thames Coromandel District Council - Latest News [Page 27]
Double Olympic Champ to front business awards' big night
Monday, 17 July 2017, 4:55 pm | Thames Coromandel District Council
More than award winners will be revealed at the Hauraki Coromandel Business Awards special gala event in September. Guests will also hear some of the secrets behind recently retired double Olympic rowing champion Eric Murray’s success. Murray and ... More >>
Thames celebrates 150 years since goldfields proclaimed
Monday, 10 July 2017, 4:30 pm | Thames Coromandel District Council
Historic gold-processing machinery, restored during 50 years of voluntary work by Hauraki Prospectors Association (HPA) and supporters, is about to become fully operational. On Sunday, August 6, Thames Coromandel Mayor Sandra Goudie, together with veteran ... More >>
Signs go up against tree vandalism
Monday, 10 July 2017, 10:13 am | Thames Coromandel District Council
The signs are out and the message is clear: we won't tolerate the destruction or vandalism of trees on our parks and reserves. More >>
Ministry seals deal on Hauraki Rail Trail improvements
Friday, 7 July 2017, 3:05 pm | Thames Coromandel District Council
Several problem sections of the Hauraki Rail Trail will be sealed following a successful funding application to Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment (MBIE). More >>
Feedback for the Williamson Park
Wednesday, 5 July 2017, 2:21 pm | Thames Coromandel District Council
A reminder if you want to provide feedback on our proposal for holding events at Williamson Park Whangamata, we need to hear from you by 4pm this Friday 7 July. More >>
Nearly 500,000 visitors to Coromandel last summer
Monday, 3 July 2017, 6:36 pm | Thames Coromandel District Council
Nearly half a million people visited the Coromandel over the last Christmas-New Years period, according to our latest peak population study. More >>
The 2017-18 Major Events Fund is now open for applications
Monday, 3 July 2017, 1:32 pm | Thames Coromandel District Council
Have you got an event that has the potential to become iconic to the Coromandel - will attract domestic and international tourists as well as our holiday home owners - and can be run outside of peak summer? You could be eligible for support through ... More >>
New Annual Plan focuses on core services
Friday, 30 June 2017, 3:24 pm | Thames Coromandel District Council
The average district rates increase will be 2.75% with our Council adopting the 2017/18 Annual Plan, which contains the work programmes and budgets for the coming financial year. More >>
Planned road closure for the Tapu-Coroglen Road
Friday, 30 June 2017, 9:29 am | Thames Coromandel District Council
The Tapu-Coroglen Road has been damaged as a result of some intense weather over the past few months and as a result of last week's most recent downpour, the road is now in need of some TLC. More >>
Our Council supports levy on plastic bags
Thursday, 29 June 2017, 10:11 am | Thames Coromandel District Council
We're getting behind a campaign to introduce a small, compulsory fee for plastic bags - the bags that are used to carry shopping home and then usually end up in landfill or littering our beaches and reserves. More >>
Ruben shares his road safety tips on the Coromandel
Wednesday, 28 June 2017, 2:47 pm | Thames Coromandel District Council
Ruben the Road Safety Bear will be travelling the Coromandel Peninsula this month to teach children up to seven years of age, foundation road safety skills. More >>
Trust Board for Mercury Bay medical facility project
Wednesday, 28 June 2017, 2:12 pm | Thames Coromandel District Council
A Trust Board has now been established, that will guide the next steps towards the development of a Mercury Bay medical facility in Whitianga. Made up of local representatives from the Mercury Bay Area, with strong professional backgrounds in either the health, ... More >>
TCDC Proposed District Plan - Appeals Update June/July 2017
Wednesday, 28 June 2017, 2:06 pm | Thames Coromandel District Council
In April 2016 the Council's decisions on the Proposed District Plan were notified. 72 appeals and 410 Section 274 notices to those appeals were lodged with the Environment Court on the Council's decisions. More >>
You socked it to them Emirates Team New Zealand
Tuesday, 27 June 2017, 2:36 pm | Thames Coromandel District Council
Congratulations to Emirates Team New Zealand for socking it to Oracle and reclaiming the America's Cup. More >>
Proposed resource consent for Williamson Park, Whangamata
Friday, 23 June 2017, 3:42 pm | Thames Coromandel District Council
We value your input on how we are looking to secure a resource consent for a period of 15 years to protect the existing traditional events held at Williamson Park to ensure that they can continue to run in the future. We would also like to provide ... More >>
Weather and roading update 11am 23 June 2017
Friday, 23 June 2017, 11:17 am | Thames Coromandel District Council
(Water on SH25 Thames Coast Road at Whakatete Bay this morning. Photo: Radek Patrman, Facebook) More >>
Still time to lodge EQC claims for land damage
Wednesday, 21 June 2017, 12:21 pm | Thames Coromandel District Council
Anyone on the Coromandel that had land damaged from landslips or flooding during the April floods still have time to lodge a claim with the Earthquake Commission. More >>
Our Natural Burial Park is set to open
Monday, 12 June 2017, 2:09 pm | Thames Coromandel District Council
Our Natural Burial Park is set to open A natural burial area is being designed at the Omahu Cemetery in Thames and will be open by October this year. The area is the result of a partnership with the Natural Burial Interest Group in Thames, who approached ... More >>
Benefits from government tourism infrastructure funding
Thursday, 8 June 2017, 2:57 pm | Thames Coromandel District Council
A toilet facility at the new Hahei Village Entrance car park has received $130,000 from the Government's Regional Mid-Sized Tourism Facilities Grant. More >>
You'll find an ATM machine in a phonebox in Tairua
Wednesday, 7 June 2017, 11:55 am | Thames Coromandel District Council
A bright red 1938 telephone box has been transformed into a money machine and installed in Tairua’s main street this week in what is likely to be the most unusual ATM in the country. More >>
