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The Waikato Regional Council have produced draft report on the Jan 5 Storm surge. The storm surge was the highest recorded at Thames (Tararu ) since 1990, was a one-in-200 year event at Tararu, compared to previous events between 1999 and 2014 was 0.43m higher than the next highest event at Thames,… View moreThe Waikato Regional Council have produced draft report on the Jan 5 Storm surge. The storm surge was the highest recorded at Thames (Tararu ) since 1990, was a one-in-200 year event at Tararu, compared to previous events between 1999 and 2014 was 0.43m higher than the next highest event at Thames, and was 0.8 m above the predicted king tide. More at -
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I’m picking that the active opposition of Forest and Bird to TCDC’s Mangrove Management Bill will be pivotal in consigning this ridiculous proposal to the dustbin of history. Their intervention has been the catalyst for over 1000 members of the public making a submission opposing the Bill. … View moreI’m picking that the active opposition of Forest and Bird to TCDC’s Mangrove Management Bill will be pivotal in consigning this ridiculous proposal to the dustbin of history. Their intervention has been the catalyst for over 1000 members of the public making a submission opposing the Bill. They have also highlighted how the Council has tried to block legitimate attempts by Forest and Bird to extract essential official information.
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For Thames/Coast sea level rise is not some far-off problem..
King tides, like the one that rolled over the top of the south in January, (and Thames on 5 Jan) are going to become more frequent as climate change continues to raise sea levels, says atmospheric scientist James Renwick.
Even a sea … View moreFor Thames/Coast sea level rise is not some far-off problem..
King tides, like the one that rolled over the top of the south in January, (and Thames on 5 Jan) are going to become more frequent as climate change continues to raise sea levels, says atmospheric scientist James Renwick.
Even a sea level rise of 10 centimetres could turn a massive king tide event from every 100 years to every 30 years, he said.
Add another 10cm and it could happen every 10 years. Another 10cm on top of that and king tide events could be every three years, Renwick said.
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Hi Everyone,
We are currently looking for Meals on Wheels volunteers to help us deliver hot healthy meals to people in the community who cannot cook or prepare their own meals. By doing so, you will be supporting amongst the most vulnerable in our community.
As a volunteer with New Zealand Red … View moreHi Everyone,
We are currently looking for Meals on Wheels volunteers to help us deliver hot healthy meals to people in the community who cannot cook or prepare their own meals. By doing so, you will be supporting amongst the most vulnerable in our community.
As a volunteer with New Zealand Red Cross you will be part of a family. We take pride in our volunteers and are involved in actively supporting and empowering our volunteers.
As a Meals on Wheels Volunteer Driver you will be directly involved in supporting vulnerable members of our community in Hamilton. Your role will be to pick up the hot meals prepared at the Waikato Hospital before dropping the meals off along a pre-determined route in a specific Hamilton suburb.
We are looking for someone with a warm smile and a friendly attitude who has a clean drivers license and access to a vehicle.
You can either volunteer regularly (weekly, fortnightly or monthly) or express interest in being a casual or back up driver (if one of our regulars cannot make it).
If you are interested, please send an email at waikato@redcross.org.nz or submit an online application through our website.
We've been travelling around the country chatting with people about Neighbours Day - in case you missed our workshops, here's a video from people who attended with some ideas for events!
Expect delays on the Thames Coast Rd for another three months as repairs take longer than expected. Do you use the Thames Coast Rd? Do you mind another three months of delays?
Being named in the New Zealand Commonwealth Games team is a "dream come true" for boxer and ex-Haura…
We need your help! These 5 amazing Organisation applicants are finalists in the 2018 AMI Community Grants. Now it's up to you to decide who should receive a share of the funds. Read a little information about each Organisation and how your support will help them - and then cast your vote … View moreWe need your help! These 5 amazing Organisation applicants are finalists in the 2018 AMI Community Grants. Now it's up to you to decide who should receive a share of the funds. Read a little information about each Organisation and how your support will help them - and then cast your vote below. Voting closes Tuesday 13th March.
Hello there gardeners, whatever your gardening goal, there's lots of inspiration to be found in Annabel's garden. Plus, well, it's just beautiful.
Want to keep your cashflow flowing? As a small business owner you know just how vital it can be for your success. To help you keep the money moving smoothly, check out these 5 helpful tips designed to help maintain a good cashflow outlook.
We need your help! These 5 wonderful Community Project applicants are finalists in the 2018 AMI Community Grants. Now it's up to you to decide who should receive a share of the funds. Read a little information about each Community Project on how your support will help them - and then cast your… View moreWe need your help! These 5 wonderful Community Project applicants are finalists in the 2018 AMI Community Grants. Now it's up to you to decide who should receive a share of the funds. Read a little information about each Community Project on how your support will help them - and then cast your vote below. Voting closes Tuesday 13th March.
The following letter to the editor has been with the Hauraki Herald for over a month with zero results, so I now publish it here. I wrote it after seeing a young mother WITH A BABY along with a young child riding his own little cycle, cautiously making their way back to Thames over the concrete … View moreThe following letter to the editor has been with the Hauraki Herald for over a month with zero results, so I now publish it here. I wrote it after seeing a young mother WITH A BABY along with a young child riding his own little cycle, cautiously making their way back to Thames over the concrete judder bar excuses for cattle stops. Concrete judder bars have caused serious accidents and I shudder to think of what could have happened.
Attention Farmers
"Having a number of farming friends that I very much like and respect, this letter is not directed against farmers per se (quite a few cycle with local groups) but it is most certainly directed at whomever among you are responsible for a local shambles. However, rumour has it that certain iwi may also be partly responsible. Politics must work in strange ways.
The shambles is the 54 hated cross gates and their dangerous concrete judder bars that make the RailTrail cycleway between Thames and Paeroa probably the most formidable so called family section in the whole of New Zealand. This danger has been brought to the attention of pertinent local authorities, principally TCDC, whom it appears have had to deal with one or more difficult landowners.
To remedy this problem affected landowners will be asked if they wish to retain the cross gates. If they are selfish then their accompanying judder bars will be replaced by much safer metal bar grids at considerable cost to ratepayers. Yes, we all pay for the lease of the rail corridor and its maintenance.
That these many cross gates were a totally needless expense is shown by the numerous cattle races on the plains that cross sealed roads and their verges which are four to five times wider than the narrow RailTrail. And none of these roads have obstacles ACROSS them. For those with computers, a perusal using Google Earth will confirm this.
Yet large herds on their way to milking across country roads in 4am darkness are surely more a risk to traffic than are cows from cyclists in broad daylight. I have seen a car crash caused by a black cow loose at night on a country road. It is not nice.
Even a first day farm worker can easily get cows across a few meters wide rail corridor. Indeed, lead cows show their herds exactly where to go. So why these utterly useless cross gates? They are an insult to the abilities of competent farmers.
From a commercial perspective, there is absolutely no doubt that Thames and its villages south are not gaining what they should from the ever growing cycling community. Word of mouth is vital and this section gets the worst comments.
The recent storm surge shows that Hauraki plains land is going to need ever more taxes spent on stop banks etc., to protect YOUR farms, so upsetting the wider community seems rather short sighted to say the least.
Some of the cross gates are particularly annoying such as the ones near Totara. These are not even dairy farms, so have virtually zero farm traffic, so why the cross gates?
The rail corridor is public land paid for by all taxpayers. So good luck with demands of unimpeded rights of way across it should fast rail ever be installed! And only the uninformed would discount such a probability should these lands still be above water.
Cyclist come here EXPECTING a very safe cycle way, consequently we are seeing families with young children, some even carrying babies.
Soon we will know which landowners along the corridor care not for the safety of our children."
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