The host of US TV show The Amazing Race is joining the campaign to save a pristine Coromandel beach from development.

There have been more than 1000 submissions against plans to build houses on an unspoilt Coromandel beach.

A former All Black has lost another round in a legal battle with the SBS Bank over a million dollar debt on a Coromandel property development.

A formal health warning has been issued at Thames and Coromandel beaches after a dog poisoning confirmed that sea slug toxins had spread.