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Conservation land could be mined - Govt
Some conservation land in the Coromandel could be used for mining, Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee says.
Some conservation land in the Coromandel could be used for mining, Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee says.
Renowned as a musician, cartoonist and reviewer, Chris Knox suffered a stroke earlier in the year.
Halloween trick-or-treaters found talkback radio pioneer Tim Bickerstaff dead in his home in Whitianga at the weekend.
A formal health warning has been issued at Thames and Coromandel beaches after a dog poisoning confirmed that sea slug toxins had spread.
Ronald Bruce Vautier has lost an appeal against his two-year sentence for sexually abusing three young girls.
The right to camp out by the beach and sleep to the sound of the surf is being banned in one of the North Island's top holiday spots.
George Williams, 94, was first across Coromandel Peninsula's Kopu Bridge in 1928 and was on hand to help launch its replacement.
Coromandel residents will join John Key today to celebrate the start of the construction of a $47m Kopu Bridge replacement.