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February 18, 2025 | News
Ngāti Porou chef competes in Burger Nation
A Ngāti Porou chef hopes his burger reigns supreme at this year's Burger Nation competition.
March 8, 2026
June 25, 2024 | News
Kopu wharf boost for Coromandel economy
Veteran Māori aquaculture leader Harry Mikaere says a new wharf at the base of the Coromandel Peninsula will boost not just fishing and aquaculture but other industries like tourism.
May 21, 2024 | News
Ngāti Hei seeks scallop ban extension
Ngāti Hei ki Wharekaho is calling for public submissions in support of its request for an extension of the rāhui and fishery closure for tipa/scallops in the Eastern Coromandel area.
February 23, 2024 | News
Māori trade director says lessons learnt in SH25A restoration for Māori business
The fast fix for highway 25A across the Coromandel Peninsula could have lessons which will help Māori business.
January 31, 2024 | News
Iwi consulted on Coromandel track options
The Department of Conservation will work alongside Ngāti Hei to develop options for visitor access at Coromandel’s Cathedral Cove.
November 17, 2023 | News
Invisible road to sneak gold mine
Forest & Bird chief executive Nicola Toki says there seems to have been sleight of hand in the grant of a lease to a gold mining company near Waihi.
November 15, 2023 | Paakiwaha
Nicola Toki | Forest and Bird Chief Executive
Coromandel-based anti-mining group Ours Not Mines is in the High Court today challenging the Hauraki District Council’s decision to give OceanaGold – a large international mining company – access into nationally significant Coromandel public conservation land for only $1 per year
June 28, 2023 | News
Coromandel looks to build back better as slip blocks coast road
Coromandel mayor Len Salt says this year's extreme weather events are having a major impact on tourism, which is the life blood of the region's economy.
June 8, 2023 | News
Fast fix team picked for Coromandel lifeline
Work on a bridge to reconnect the Coromandel peninsula should start within the next two weeks.
March 29, 2023 | News
Frustration at Kopu-Hikuai rebuild timetable
Waka Kotahi's infrastructure delivery regional manager for Waikato says she understands the frustration of Coromandel locals that it might take more than a year to fix a giant slip that has taken our state highway 25 A between Kopu and Hukuai.
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