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Whangamata WWII veteran recounts Normandy landing: "Too busy to be scared"
My first thoughts were "let's get the job done and get out of there" - Roy Brookes.
Covid recovery $60m package helps kauri dieback, harbour protection
Among other green initiatives: all future decision making of WRC considers climate change
Poachers netted in Tairua and undersized catch returned to the ocean
Local tip-off about suspected poaching leads to arrest.
Digital membership to libraries skyrockets
Libraries are doing e-business during lockdown.
Schools navigate through alert level 3
Schools have been navigating the new ways of teaching during the Covid-19 lockdown.
Refuse Transfer Stations open with reduced service
Refuse Transfer Stations are opening to the public with a reduced service.
Local businesses ask for support from communities
Coromandel Peninsula and Waihi businesses are adapting to level 3 limitations
Mural aims to bring environmental awareness
Charlotte Rose transformed a water tank by painting a mural for an international festival.
Three decades flying for founding rescue pilot
Waikato Westpac Rescue Helicopter's Grant Bremner reflects on three decades.
Sharing the love; Waihi and Whangamata people making a difference
The people doing the small things to make life easier in post-lockdown Waihi
Exclusive: Lost for 3 nights in the bush - 'they can't believe I am alive'
Liam McPherson: 'On the last day, I just couldn't walk. My body was just drained.'
'We are all just elated': Man found alive in bush after three days
"Cold and weak" but alive after three days in bush.
Where is Liam Mcpherson? Canyon staff join search
Twelve search and rescue teams are looking for the 28-year-old in the Waiorongomai Valley.
Overnight highway resealing to start in Bethlehem
The works will be completed overnight from May 2 to May 7, between 6pm and 6am.
Cyclists stopped on ride the length of New Zealand
Tour Aotearoa cyclists caught short in lockdown.
Hauraki Coromandel mayors urge buy local
Towns and leaders uniting to stimulate business as Waihi, Paeroa Whangamata hit level 3
Helicopter called to Waihī Beach emergency
Medics are treating one person in a serious condition.
Rats and possums haven't been in lockdown. What awaits pest controllers?
"We have a potential catastrophe on our hands for bird populations."
Remembering our Anzacs
Krishna is making a special effort to commemorate our ANZACs despite lockdown.
Anzac Day still stirs the blood
Veterans say they have never known an Anzac Day like this one but commemorating their way.
Council chairman and CE donate 20 per cent of pay
Stepping up to PM's call for leadership in Covid-19 with donation, says CE and Chair.
Waihi domestic violence tackled in lockdown
Waihi Police dealt with family harm between parents and children and spouses in lockdown.
More than $10,000 raised for needy families
To donate https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/helping-waihi-families-during-covid-19-lockdown.
Master the art of the sexy kitten
Lounging in lockdown and walls closing in? The cure might just be rock 'n' roll.
Businesses, workers navigate job uncertainty
"We will likely hear of further job losses as the uncertainty drags on."
Coronavirus: Waihī family grateful for chance to say goodbye
Hospice welcomes guidance allowing travel between regions on compassionate grounds.
Police: Roads are still dangerous
Family harm incidents and people gathering and walking in middle of street among issues.
Banded mallards discovered 2000km from home
Heroic journey for banded New Zealand mallards who usually never move more than 25km.
Bears post how they're feeling
The Christchurch mum of two behind a growing bear army in lockdown.
Waihi woman's heartache after aunt dies, uncle ill after Ruby Princess trip
Her aunty has succumbed to the deadly virus. Now her uncle is dying of a broken heart.
Beach Hop postponement puts festival at risk
Festival goers told to stay away if showing symptoms of Covid-19 or arrived from overseas.
Coronavirus forces Beach Hop postponement
Future of event at risk if money cannot be recovered: organiser.