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Thames Coromandel District Council

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The Thames-Coromandel District is home to over 50 diverse coastal settlements and rural communities, each with its own unique character, needs and expections for the future. The District is serviced by seven main settlements - Thames, Coromandel, Matarangi, Whitianga, Tairua, Pauanui and Whangamata. In addition, there are a large number of smaller settlements located across the District, including those at Cooks Beach, Whangapoua, Port Charles, Te Puru, Tapu and Hikutaia. 

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Waste 3 Jul 2009
Millions may be saved in waste water plant

WHANGAMATA — Ratepayers may be spared millions of dollars in disposals costs at the Whangamata waste water plant.

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Pets 3 Jul 2009
Annual dog registration period began on the first day of July

COROMANDEL — If you have a dog, you will need to register it again from this week.

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Water 23 Jun 2009
Whangamata Water Shutdown Update

WHANGAMATA — Temporary repairs made overnight but future shutdown expected.

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Traffic 11 Jun 2009
The fight for child safety continues

COROMANDEL — Kindergartens in Thames, Coromandel, Tairua, Whitianga, Whangamata, Paeroa, Te Aroha, Matamata, Morrinsville, Ngatea and Waihi have been the focus of Kids N Cars child restraint checks.

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Environment 3 Jun 2009
New Zealand votes Earth

On 28 March 2009, New Zealanders were amongst hundreds of millions of people who powered down for WWF’s Earth Hour.

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Waste 30 May 2009
Changes to rubbish days

COROMANDEL — Rubbish pick-up one day later this coming week.

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Community 21 May 2009
Nominations sought for top citizens

COROMANDEL — Council is on the hunt for the district’s top citizens.

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Electricity 21 May 2009
Council to purchase streetlights

COROMANDEL — Thames-Coromandel District Council approves purchase of Powerco streetlights.

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Books 21 May 2009
Library offers more!

COROMANDEL — Tairua Community Library to open longer and offer even more this winter.

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Council 21 May 2009
Council seeks to amend Long Bay Reserve delegation

COROMANDEL — Service Delivery Committee to take the lead and work with the Community Board.

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Waste 21 May 2009
Sludge spill on SH25

COROMANDEL — Truck spills dead sludge on the road.

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Health 14 May 2009
CD Advisory group support Ministry of Health

COROMANDEL — Thames Valley Civil Defence Controllers Advisory Group Support Ministry of Health Influenza direction The Thames Valley Civil Defence Controllers Advisory Group met last week to discuss the current situation of the Influenza (H1N1) virus, commonly called swine flu.

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Equestrian 14 May 2009
Reminder to horse owners - Horse riding only permitted in designated areas

COROMANDEL — The recent use of public signs and picnic tables as horse jumps has led to a reminder from Thames-Coromandel District Council's Parks and Reserves team for riders to stick to designated areas.

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Council 7 May 2009
Consistent policy sees all property owners required to mow road berms

COROMANDEL — Policy to be reviewed in 12 months time.

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Waste 7 May 2009
Rubbish bag cost to be $2 with half bag on the way

COROMANDEL — Reduction in bag cost pushes more back onto ratepayers.

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Council 7 May 2009
Rationalisation of public toilets to continue

COROMANDEL — District strategy to be developed to ensure public needs are met.

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Council 7 May 2009
TCDC cuts average rate increase from 6.9% to 4.16% for coming year

COROMANDEL — Councillors respond to ratepayers' requests to keep rates rise to minimum.

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Music 5 May 2009
"Quiet Please! Library drumming circle community event"

COROMANDEL — May is New Zealand music month and Tairua Library is celebrating with a not-to-be-missed community event.

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Maori 5 May 2009
Heritage study begins

COROMANDEL — Council to consider early Maori settlement to million dollar baches.

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Traffic 28 Apr 2009
Speedsters look out!

COROMANDEL — Seven schools on high priority list for measures to slow traffic.

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News 15 Apr 2009
Ten Year Plan feedback results 15 April 2009

Juggling requests from ratepayers who responded to Thames-Coromandel District Council’s draft Ten Year Plan will be the order of the day for councillors next week.

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News 14 Apr 2009
Biosolids trial another step in sustainability 14 April 2009

A ground-breaking trial to turn treated sewage known as biosolids into top quality compost that could save ratepayers substantial amounts has begun in Tairua.

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Environment 1 Apr 2009
Earth Hour saves power

COROMANDEL — Coromandel Peninsula residents put power back into their own hands at the weekend’s Earth Hour event – saving more than four percent of usual power output in the process.

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Environment 21 Mar 2009
Switch off and celebrate earth

COROMANDEL — What will you be doing as the rest of the world celebrates Earth Hour this Saturday 28 March?

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Council 18 Mar 2009
Policy and Planning Committee Update

COROMANDEL — Highlights from the March Policy and Planning Committee meeting.

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Community 12 Mar 2009
News Briefs 10 March 2009

COROMANDEL — Mercury Bay Sports Complex Open Day.

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Council 5 Mar 2009
Captain Cook Memorial in safe hands

COROMANDEL — A plaque that marks the visit up the Waihou River by Captain James Cook in 1769 will be temporarily removed from its monument to allow for cleaning and repair work to be carried out.

A plaque that marks the visit up the Waihou River by Captain James Cook in 1769

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Water 25 Feb 2009
Water restriction announcement

COROMANDEL — Thames Coromandel District Council wishes to announce the following water restrictions are in place until further notice.

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Environment 25 Feb 2009
Win a Toyota Prius by signing up to Earth Hour

Committing to WWF’s Earth Hour could win one lucky online participant a new Toyota Prius.

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Environment 25 Feb 2009
It's Seaweek!

COROMANDEL — TCDC and EW team up again for beach cleanups with schools.

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Environment 23 Feb 2009
TCDC joins Earth Hour

COROMANDEL — What do Thames-Coromandel District, Bermuda and 322 other communities around the world have in common? We're all starters for the 2009 Earth Hour which will take place between 8.30 pm and 9.30 pm on March 28.

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Waste 19 Feb 2009
Council promotes Zero Waste

COROMANDEL — Reducing the cost of rubbish to the community and the environment is the ultimate aim of a growing partnership between Thames-Coromandel District Council and local school children.

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Council 17 Feb 2009
Tapu toilets to close

COROMANDEL — Environmental and health hazards are behind a Thames-Coromandel District Council decision to temporarily close the public toilets at Tapu.

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Water 13 Feb 2009
Water restriction announcement

COROMANDEL —  Thames Coromandel District Council wishes to announce the following water restrictions are in place until further notice.

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Water 11 Feb 2009
Water restriction announcement

COROMANDEL —  Thames Coromandel District Council wishes to announce the following water restrictions are in place until further notice.

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Water 6 Feb 2009
Water restriction announcement

COROMANDEL — Thames Coromandel District Council wishes to announce the following water restrictions are in place until further notice.

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Business 6 Feb 2009
Busy beaches a hive of activity

COROMANDEL — The number of commercial operators on Peninsula beaches rose dramatically this summer and has reached its maximum for the communities of Hahei, Opito Bay and Cooks Beach.

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Water 6 Feb 2009
Water restriction announcement

COROMANDEL — Thames Coromandel District Council wishes to announce the following water restrictions are in place until further notice.

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Water 24 Jan 2009
Water restriction announcement

COROMANDEL — Thames Coromandel District Council wishes to announce the following water restrictions are in place until further notice.

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Water 20 Jan 2009
Water restriction announcement

COROMANDEL — Thames Coromandel District Council wishes to announce the following water restrictions are in place until further notice.

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Water 14 Jan 2009
Water restriction announcement

COROMANDEL — Thames Coromandel District Council wishes to announce the following water restrictions are in place until further notice.

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Water 13 Jan 2009
Water restriction announcement

COROMANDEL — Thames Coromandel District Council wishes to announce the following water restrictions are in place until further notice.

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Water 12 Jan 2009
Water restriction announcement

COROMANDEL — Thames Coromandel District Council wishes to announce the following water restrictions are in place until further notice:

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Traffic 9 Jan 2009
Kopu Bridge news greeted with immense delight

THAMES — Minister announces work to start soon on replacement bridge.

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Water 8 Jan 2009
Water announcement

COROMANDEL — Thames Coromandel District Council wishes to announce the following water restrictions are in place until further notice.

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Water 7 Jan 2009
Water restriction announcement

COROMANDEL — Wednesday January 7th 2009.

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Water 30 Dec 2008
Water restriction update

COROMANDEL — Tuesday Afternoon December 30th - 2:00 PM.

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Water 29 Dec 2008
Want to know how much water your household is using?

COROMANDEL — Water restrictions are a fact of life for many Coromandel communities over the summer but we can all play a part in helping restrict the severity of them by conserving water whenever possible.

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Water 23 Dec 2008
Water restriction announcements

COROMANDEL — Thames Coromandel District Council wishes to announce the following water restrictions are in place until further notice.

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Council 19 Dec 2008
TCDC removes dangerous bridge at Tairua

COROMANDEL — A footbridge bridge over Grahams Creek in Tairua, which the District Court has found to be dangerous, has been removed.

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Water 17 Dec 2008
Water Restrictions Upgraded in Matatoki

COROMANDEL — Thames Coromandel District Council wishes to announce the following water restrictions are in place until further notice.

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News 16 Dec 2008
Updated rural imagery goes live on TCDC website

COROMANDEL — Thames-Coromandel District Council has just updated the rural aerial photography on its website maps.

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Council 15 Dec 2008
News Briefs from TCDC

COROMANDEL — Recycling Ambassadors to hit streets.

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Court 13 Dec 2008
TCDC wins Environment Court Appeal protecting Tairua coastal headland

COROMANDEL — An Environment Court judge has ruled in favour of Thames-Coromandel District Council over its decision to not allow a six-lot subdivision in a coastal zone at the northern end of Tairua.

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Books 4 Dec 2008
Meet the authors cancelled

COROMANDEL — Ticket refunds to be given to all purchasers.

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Water 4 Dec 2008
Conserve water now

COROMANDEL — Thames-Coromandel people encouraged to use water smarter.

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Waste 2 Dec 2008
Support for litter bylaw

COROMANDEL — New litter bylaw attracts strong support from Coromandel Peninsula residents.

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Traffic 25 Nov 2008
309 Road Closure

COROMANDEL — A section of The 309 Road (on the eastern side of the main range) will again be closed for further storm damage repairs during the period 1 December to 3 December 2008 (inclusive).

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Conservation 25 Nov 2008
Grays Beach access to go

COROMANDEL — The main access structure at Grays Beach will be permanently closed due to damage in the two storms of July this year.

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Surf Lifesaving 22 Nov 2008
Wear your jandals on Jandal Day!

COROMANDEL — TCDC Mayor and staff to don jandals in support of surf lifesaving.

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Council 18 Nov 2008
Hedging to be reinstated

WHITIANGA — Thames-Coromandel District Council is working with Street Smart to totally reinstate an area of planting along SH25 in Whitianga after a highly unusual and unfortunate error by the contracting company caused damage to plants.

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Community 12 Nov 2008
Student planners give fresh thinking

COROMANDEL — Fresh thinking by a group of student planners has resulted in three innovative plans that the communities of Whitianga, Coromandel and Koputauaki will find of particular interest.

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Community 10 Nov 2008
News Briefs from the November Council Meeting

COROMANDEL — Two new citizens make affirmation.

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Waste 5 Nov 2008
New litter bylaw strengthens powers to prosecute

COROMANDEL — Repeat offenders warned: Blue bags must only to be put out on the day they are collected.

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Traffic 5 Nov 2008
309 Road Closure

COROMANDEL — The 309 Road across the Coromandel Peninsula will be closed from 8.00am 10 November to 11 November 2008 (inclusive) to allow contractors to complete the construction of a Timber and Post Retaining Wall at Route Position (RP) 11.3.

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News 24 Oct 2008
Civil defence exercise tests eruption of Mt Ruapehu

COROMANDEL — The Coromandel is in safe hands.

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Community 22 Oct 2008
TCDC News Briefs

COROMANDEL — New toilets for Waioumu.

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Traffic 22 Oct 2008
309 Road opened for Labour Weekend

COROMANDEL — Through traffic will be able to use the 309 Road across the Coromandel Peninsula this weekend.

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Waste 20 Oct 2008
Weird and wonderful at Whitiangas wastewater plant

WHITIANGA — Weird facts and wondrous technology are the attractions on offer at an Open Day this Saturday October 25 at Whitianga’s new multi-million dollar sewage treatment plant.

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Council 7 Oct 2008
Valid Hauraki islands amalgamation petition received by TCDC

COROMANDEL — Thames-Coromandel District Council has received a valid petition seeking to have the Hauraki Gulf islands (except for Rangitoto Island and Browns Island) made part of its district.

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Council 30 Sep 2008
Civil Defence building to stay in town

THAMES — Last minute change of location saves dollars.

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Council 29 Sep 2008
Road works in Whangamata

WHANGAMATA — A section of Port Rd between Lincoln and Ocean roads will be repaired by contractors HEB Bitumen to correct a technical fault with hot mix laid by the company in November 2007.

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Earthquakes 22 Sep 2008
Are you prepared?

COROMANDEL — Are you prepared? The key message from Civil Defence is to Be Prepared to cope on your own for up to three days or more - and there is no better time than daylight savings to ensure you are.

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Council 22 Sep 2008
Tsunami warning test at Whangamata

WHANGAMATA — Testing the tsunami warning system at Whangamata on Thursday proved a very worthwhile exercise – it identified that one of the three sirens used was faulty.

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Council 18 Sep 2008
July storm road damage costs ratepayers $1.3 million

COROMANDEL — Work on repairing the storm-damaged 309 Road begins today but Thames-Coromandel District Council has advised that it will be closed to through traffic until the end of October.

Damage on 309 Rd

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Council 18 Sep 2008
Carnegie Library and Saxon Mine Shaft given TLC

THAMES — Thames’ rich heritage will receive a boost with restoration work set to begin on two iconic buildings to ensure they are not only preserved but brought as closely as possible back to their former glory.

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Waste 16 Sep 2008
Make the most of E-Day

COROMANDEL — TCDC helping to get harmful computer waste out of landfills.

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Council 16 Sep 2008
Audit costs to be passed down

COROMANDEL — More Central Government costs to be met by TCDC ratepayers.

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Community 16 Sep 2008
Youngsters among recipients of community awards

THAMES — Outstanding individuals who selflessly contribute to making Thames-Coromandel a better place are what the Community Service Awards are all about – and four such people are to be celebrated next week at a special ceremony at the War Memorial Civic Centre in Thames.

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Traffic 15 Sep 2008
Warning on dangerous bridge

COROMANDEL — TCDC taking steps to remove Grahams Creek bridge in Tairua A Tairua walkway bridge is posing a danger to the public and Thames-Coromandel District Council is taking steps to remove it.

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Fundraiser 15 Sep 2008
Loud Shirts to reign supreme this Friday

COROMANDEL — TCDC joins in loud shirt day fundraiser.

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Council 9 Sep 2008
Thames-Coromandel District Council a

COROMANDEL — Thames-Coromandel District Council has scooped the 2008 award for excellence in local government at a prestigious ceremony in Paihia.

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Council 5 Sep 2008
New eco burial area for Thames

COROMANDEL — A proposed new eco burial area with trees planted in commemoration of loved ones will be landscaped with the help of caring young students from Te Puru School.

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Council 4 Sep 2008
Acoustics report released on Whangamata Hall

WHANGAMATA — An acoustic expert’s investigation into Whangamata War Memorial Hall has found that building improvements of up to $200,000 will lead to some improvements to noise levels but not totally resolve the issue of noise escaping the hall.

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Council 26 Aug 2008
News Breifs for August 26 2008

COROMANDEL — Dog registrations due.

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Council 18 Aug 2008
TCDC News Briefs August 2008

COROMANDEL — Whangamata Marina Society will pay full market rental for much of the area of the proposed marina the Thames-Coromandel District Council decided at its meeting in Thames last week.

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Council 18 Aug 2008
FPP preferred TCDC election choice for 2010

COROMANDEL — Thames-Coromandel District Council elections will be held under the First Past the Post (FPP) system in 2010 unless a poll determines otherwise.

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Sport 13 Aug 2008
Mercury Bay Multi-Sports Complex takes step forward

COROMANDEL — The Mercury Bay Multi-Sports Complex moved a step forward today with Thames-Coromandel District Council resolving that the Chief Executive appoint a Project Manager to scope, stage and cost the project.

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Building 12 Aug 2008
Council celebrates tick as Building Consent Authority

COROMANDEL — Improvement to timeframes for building consents was key.

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Council 12 Aug 2008
Capital value rating gets committee nod

COROMANDEL — Capital value rating is a step closer for Thames-Coromandel following sign off of the draft Revenue and Financing Policy by the Thames-Coromandel District Council Hearings Committee at a meeting in Thames on Thursday.

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Weather 12 Aug 2008
Storm damage to parks adds up

COROMANDEL — Storm damage to the Mercury Bay area’s beach access ways, sand ladders, boardwalks, dune plantings and public trees is expected to cost approximately $90,000 to repair.

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Entertainment 31 Jul 2008
Summer festivals, art groups, and budding young actors among recipients

COROMANDEL — A total of 43 initiatives ranging from summer festivals to children’s tap dance classes have all been winners in the latest rounds of community grants awarded under the Creative Communities Scheme.

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Flooding 30 Jul 2008
Stop banks under pressure at Waitakaruru

COROMANDEL — Emergency sand bagging is at full pace in Waitakaruru to avoid breaches of stop banks that would lead to a possible evacuation of residents.

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Weather 30 Jul 2008
Storm update for Thames-Coromandel district

COROMANDEL — Mayor back at the helm as storm hits.

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Council 28 Jul 2008
TCDC News Briefs

COROMANDEL — Storm damage, rates instalments, revenue and financing policy.

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Council 22 Jul 2008
2010 Electoral Review Underway

COROMANDEL — A Project Team made up of elected representatives and chaired by Cr John Morrissey is undertaking a review of representation arrangements for the 2010 local authority elections.

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Council 8 Jul 2008
Gravestones to be temporarily moved - Giant pine trees put monuments at risk

THAMES — Up to 60 headstones will be temporarily shifted from Thames’ historic Shortland Cemetery this month as Thames-Coromandel District Council undertakes the mammoth job of removing two dangerous pine trees looming over graves.

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Council 24 Jun 2008
Young people give strong message about future

COROMANDEL — Children as young as six have participated in the Coromandel Peninsula Blueprint with clear messages to local government about what they want protected for future generations.

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