TCDC helping to get harmful computer waste out of landfills

Disposing of those old computers and mobile phones in an environmentally-friendly way has just been made easy with Thames-Coromandel District Council hosting two E-Day collections around the district.

The Karangahake Gorge on State Highway 2, between Paeroa and Waihi, will be closed on Tuesday the 23rd of September from 10.00am to 1.30pm. The closure will allow the recently repaired Queenshead rail bridge in Waikino to be reinstated over the highway.

Efforts to remove excess soil sitting above the Kawakawa Bay landslip began today.

A helicopter with a 1300 litre monsoon bucket made its first flight over the hill today and has dropped already more than 10,400 litres of water.

Tampering with a farm water meter last summer has cost a Tararua district dairy farmer almost $25,000.

More Central Government costs to be met by TCDC ratepayers

Thames-Coromandel ratepayers can expect further central government costs to be directly added to their annual rates bills - this time in the form of increased audit bills.

Police investigating a series of five bag snatches in the Eastern suburbs believe the same offender may be responsible for most, if not all, of them and is using a car stolen from Grey Lynn last Friday afternoon to get around in.

16 SEPTEMBER 2008 - People in the Wanganui region will soon have a unique way to map out the best study route to their chosen careers.