6 September 2012 Number 232 ISSN 2230-6498 PRINT ISSN 2230-6501 ONLINE covering the top half of the Coromandel Peninsula a weekly independent publication THE COROMANDEL P eninsula P ost Hunt the scallops and win festival tickets - page 4by Shenagh Gleeson Authorities are working with kiwifruit growers to contain the spread of the devastating Psa-V disease and minimise its impact after it was discovered in a Whenuakite orchard last week. Kiwifruit Vine Health received a provisional Psa-V positive result on four Gold9 vines in a kiwifruit orchard in Whenuakite on Friday. A controlled area has been established within a 10km radius of the infected orchard and the 18 growers within it have been advised of the situation. Extensive monitoring of orchards is underway and a trace-back investigation will be carried out to understand how the infection arrived in the area. A plan for the Coromandel region is being developed in consultation with local growers and industry, taking into account the trace-back and monitoring information. KVH met Coromandel growers on Monday to give them an update on the incursion, explain the newly established controlled area and discuss next steps and orchard protection options. Chief executive Barry O’Neil says news of the spread of Psa-V into the Coromandel region is not completely unexpected. “As the sap starts to flow in early spring, Psa-V symptoms become more obvious. There was a marked increase in Psa-V identifications at this time last year. “We also received the first Psa-V positive results from orchards in the Waikato region only two weeks ago. The Coromandel has been identified as a high-risk region for a Psa-V incursion, given its close proximity to Psa-V infected areas in the Bay of Plenty. “To find an incursion in another region is very disappointing. However, growers have learnt a great deal over the past 18 months and have responded swiftly and responsibly.” Since being identified with Psa-V, the affected and adjoining vines in the Whenuakite orchard have been removed and disposed of, Mr O’Neil says. Since first detected in November 2010, 1305 orchards have been identified with Psa-V. Most are in the Te Puke region. Nearly half of New Zealand’s kiwifruit hectares are on an orchard identified with Psa-V. It’s estimated the disease will cost the industry $410 million over the next five years and more than $800 million over the next 15 years. It’s believed to be spread by wind and rain and by plant material and also by footwear, vehicles and orchard tools. It’s not known how the disease got into New Zealand but an independent report by Sapere Research in June highlighted a number of biosecurity failures. The import requirements for kiwifruit pollen were inadequate; a formal risk analysis for pollen imports should have been carried out; there was too much reliance that Psa would be detected within the minimum six- month quarantine period; and a consignment of nursery stock was released from quarantine without being tested for the bacteria. Affected Whenuakite growers are being advised to: monitor orchards extensively and report suspicious symptoms to their packhouse Psa manager; implement and maintain a protective spray programme and maintain strict orchard hygiene procedures. No kiwifruit plant material, including budwood and nursery stock, and no potentially contaminated orchard equipment, can be moved out of the area. Kiwifruit disease Psa-V discovered in Whenuakite orchard Coastal erosion a winner for Mercury Bay girls Mercury Bay schoolgirls Alex Brown (left) and Zenobie Halliwell believe they may be able to help Thames-Coromandel District Council deal with one of its thorniest problems. The girls won three prizes at the Waikato Science Fair last month with their study on combating coasting erosion. Full story, page 2
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The Peninsula Post 6 September 2012 Page 16 September 2012 Number 232ISSN 2230-6498 PRINT ISSN 2230-6501 ONLINE
covering the top half of the Coromandel Peninsula a weekly independent publication
THE COROMANDEL
Peninsula Post
Hunt the scallops and win festival tickets - page 4
by Shenagh Gleeson
Authorities are working with kiwifruit growers to contain the spread of the devastating Psa-V disease and minimise its impact after it was discovered in a Whenuakite orchard last week.Kiwifruit Vine Health received a provisional Psa-V positive result on four Gold9 vines in a kiwifruit orchard in Whenuakite on Friday. A controlled area has been established within a 10km radius of the infected orchard and the 18 growers within it have been advised of the situation.
Extensive monitoring of orchards is underway and a trace-back investigation will be carried out to understand how the infection arrived in the area.A plan for the Coromandel region is being developed in consultation with local growers and industry, taking into account the trace-back and monitoring information. KVH met Coromandel growers on Monday to give them an update on the incursion, explain the newly established controlled area and discuss next steps and orchard protection options. Chief executive Barry O’Neil
says news of the spread of Psa-V into the Coromandel region is not completely unexpected.“As the sap starts to flow in early spring, Psa-V symptoms become more obvious. There was a marked increase in Psa-V identifications at this time last year.“We also received the first Psa-V positive results from orchards in the Waikato region only two weeks ago. The Coromandel has been identified as a high-risk region for a Psa-V incursion, given its close proximity to Psa-V infected areas in the Bay of Plenty.“To find an incursion in
another region is very disappointing. However, growers have learnt a great deal over the past 18 months and have responded swiftly and responsibly.”Since being identified with Psa-V, the affected and adjoining vines in the Whenuakite orchard have been removed and disposed of, Mr O’Neil says.Since first detected in November 2010, 1305 orchards have been identified with Psa-V. Most are in the Te Puke region. Nearly half of New Zealand’s kiwifruit hectares are on an orchard identified with Psa-V.It’s estimated the disease will
cost the industry $410 million over the next five years and more than $800 million over the next 15 years.It’s believed to be spread by wind and rain and by plant material and also by footwear, vehicles and orchard tools.It’s not known how the disease got into New Zealand but an independent report by Sapere Research in June highlighted a number of biosecurity failures.The import requirements for kiwifruit pollen were inadequate; a formal risk analysis for pollen imports should have been carried out; there was too much reliance that Psa would be detected
within the minimum six-month quarantine period; and a consignment of nursery stock was released from quarantine without being tested for the bacteria.Affected Whenuakite growers are being advised to: monitor orchards extensively and report suspicious symptoms to their packhouse Psa manager; implement and maintain a protective spray programme and maintain strict orchard hygiene procedures.No kiwifruit plant material, including budwood and nursery stock, and no potentially contaminated orchard equipment, can be moved out of the area.
Kiwifruit disease Psa-V discovered in Whenuakite orchard
Coastal erosion a winner for Mercury Bay girls
Mercury Bay schoolgirls Alex Brown (left) and Zenobie Halliwell believe they may be able to help Thames-Coromandel District Council deal with one of its thorniest problems. The girls won three prizes at the Waikato Science Fair last month with their study on combating coasting erosion. Full story, page 2
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The i-Site sold out of Scallop Festival Tickets a week ago, which is great news. Tickets are still available on www.eventfinder.co.nz so be quick as it’s going to be a great day and you don’t want to miss out. It has been fantastic to see the local support for this event and there is lots of work going on to bring more events to our region as the benefits are huge for us all. If you know of any events that aren’t on our website please email Fiona on [email protected].
Kia oraThe last week has seen the visitor numbers at the i-Site start to slowly creep upwards, which is great news. August’s visitor numbers were only slightly down on last year for the same period being around 130 people per day.The Mercury Bay Business Association’s AGM is on Sunday, September 23 at 3pm, venue to be advised. If you are in business and are interested in the economic development of this region, then come along and meet other like-minded people and be part of working with the business association to develop and implement their business plan. An official notice of the AGM and nomination forms will be available shortly.
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Dot Basjes has been a well known and much liked member of the i-Site team for many years. Now unfortunately all good things do come to an end. Dot has decided to resign from her position of senior visitor consultant and is taking a well earned break before she decides what’s next for her. The team at the i-Site and the committee of the business association would like to thank Dot for her dedication and involvement and wish her well for the future. Stay in touch Dot. We are starting to get lots of calls for accommodation over Christmas and New Year so we are starting to gear ourselves up for the summer rush. Now September has arrived it won’t be long before it’s here!Karen Mawhinney
The girls hope their work can be of some help in addressing erosion problems around the Coromandel Peninsula.“We thought if we figured it out, it might help if it showed the council what works,” Zenobie says.Alex says they’re still dealing with their success at the fair but hope to talk to the council soon.Both girls enjoy science and Zenobie aims to become a marine biologist. Alex has her sights set on becoming a radiographer.
The challenging issue of coastal erosion has proved a winner for two Mercury Bay girls.Zenobie Halliwell, of Kuaotunu, and Alex Brown, of Whitianga, collected three prizes at this year’s Waikato Science Fair for their project in the My Planet, My World, My Resources section.They won best in Year 9-10, best overall in all ages and a Geoscience of NZ award.The two fourteen-year-olds, who attend St Peter’s School in Cambridge, say it was very exciting getting their prizes on August 24.
They picked coastal erosion as a topic for their entry because it’s such an important issue in their home area.They researched erosion before constructing an experiment, simulating waves on a sandy beach, to find out what methods of erosion control worked best. The methods were rock wall, dune grass, rock groyne, wood groyne and breakwater.The rock groyne proved the most effective, followed by dune grass and the rock wall. Zenobie says the top three methods were quite close.
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A dispute over a new supermarket in Coromandel is heading to court.Coro Mainstreet is seeking a judicial review of Thames-Coromandel District Council’s granting of resource consent for a Four Square shop without it being publicly notified.The hearing at the High Court in Hamilton will involve the council, Foodstuffs NZ and
Coro Mainstreet. A date has yet to be set.The action comes hard on the heels of agreement by Coro Mainstreet and the council to promote the town as a heritage destination and both organisations say they remain committed to this.Coro Mainstreet says it also supports an enlarged Four Square supermarket in the heritage area but this is
Coromandel town supermarket row heads to courtlocals asked for the consent application to be publicly notified. “Despite this, we now have this development being imposed on us, forgetting what Coromandel people might think, forgetting about the issues of pedestrian safety and transport, and not taking into account what the
with TCDC. There would be areas of covenanted native bush, extensive planting and protection of a historic pa site.The council has yet to decide whether to publicly notify the amended application. Staff are reviewing it to see whether it differs enough from the original application to warrant a totally new publicly notified application.Should it not be publicly notified, all of the original submitters on the first application will be given the opportunity to resubmit on the amended version, the council says.Preserve New Chum says the amended application should be re-notified as New
A new, scaled-back application has been made to develop the land behind New Chums Beach.Coastal Land Trust Holdings has applied to Thames-Coromandel District Council for resource consent to develop 12 sections.Two years ago, the company created a storm of opposition when it proposed creating 20 house sites. The application was put on hold in October and has now been amended.Instead of 20 house sites ranging from 1520m2 to 23,043m2, there are now two large rural lots and 10 house sites sized from 126ha to 1500m2.There are no house sites directly behind New Chums
Beach in the new application and the area of development has been reduced from 333.6ha to 217ha.The new house sites are located between the Whangapoua end of the property and the southern end of New Chums behind Motuto Pt.No house sites will be visible from New Chums Beach but may be seen from out to sea. In the initial application, there were house sites directly behind the beach and houses could have been seen from the beach, at least initially before screened by planting.As in the first application, a public esplanade reserve would be created and vested
Chums is a piece of local and national heritage and warrants robust scrutiny.The amended application says changes in the ownership structure of the lots have been made to allow for the possibility of a publicly-funded reserve on part of the property.Preserve New Chum is campaigning for the reserve and has the support of TCDC and the Waikato Regional Council, albeit with no commitment to funding.TCDC chief executive David Hammond and others will meet Conservation Minister Kate Wilkinson this month to discuss the long-term preservation of New Chums.
Number of tiny scallops in the issue of 30 August 2012
Number of tiny scallops in the issue of 6 September 2012
scallops not eaten must be landed in the shell. Minimum legal size is 100 millimetres measured across the widest part of the shell. Darren Edwards, from the Ministry for Primary Industries, says fishery officers will again be actively patrolling this scallop season but cannot be everywhere. “So we will be asking for the public’s assistance. If you see people taking more than the legal limit, you should report them by calling 0800 4 POACHER (0800 476 224).” The recreational season closes on March 31 next year. The closure allows scallops to spawn without being disturbed.
More scallops can be taken overall by recreational fishers off the Coromandel Peninsula coast this season but the daily limit bag remains 20.The recreational scallop season opened on Saturday in the Auckland and Kermadec Fishery Management Area, which includes the peninsula.The estimate of expected recreational catch for scallops in the Coromandel fishery has been increased by 25%, following a survey revealing a substantial increase in scallop abundance.But there is no change to limits for recreational fishers. The limit is 20 scallops per fisher per day. Divers can
also take an extra daily bag for each of up to two safety people on a boat. The Ministry for Primary Industries says the safety person should be someone who is able to actively assist the diver from the water and call for help. Only people actively involved in fishing are entitled to a daily bag limit. For scallop dredgers, this means those who are actively involved in deploying and or hauling the dredge. There is no allowance for people to land freshly shucked or frozen shucked scallops from a vessel. The law allows scallops to be eaten onboard the vessel but daily limits still apply. Any
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TV food host Lana Garland (right) is returning to her home town next Saturday as a celebrity chef at the Whitianga Scallop Festival.Lana, who has iwi affiliation to Te Atiawa and Ngati Rahiri, grew up on her parents’ dairy farm in Whitianga. She now lives in West Auckland with her two children.Lana says she’s proud to call herself a cook, rather than a chef, but she has enjoyed cooking ever since she can remember, and has worked with and learnt from some very talented food experts.She says she was influenced, in particular, by three women – her Mum, who let her cook whatever she liked (as long as she cleaned up); her Grandma – a wonderful cook herself – who taught her that everything can be delicious when cooked with love and attention; and her Aunty Gabrielle, who introduced Lana to Edam cheese and ratatouille, amongst many
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BridgeHaheiResults of the Mercury Bay Pairs played on August 28: North-South: Jean Martin, Robyn Hogg 64.81 1; Susan Paterson, John Taylor 54.63 2; Bev Dickie, Val Dwight 53.70 3. East-West: Ngaire and Bruce Barrick 65.74 1; Annette Cummings, Maritza Kocsis 62.96 2; Peter Rosa, Chris Rendle 51.85 3.
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Mercury Bay Golf course is open again after being closed by wet weather and flooding caused by Thames-Coromandel District Council’s work on the stream which runs through the course.The course on the southern outskirts of Whitianga was closed for about three weeks last month because of flooding on some fairways and a couple of approaches to greens.The problem was caused by high rainfall and extensive work by the council on the Ngarahutunoa Stream, as part of the 30-year consent granted last year for the disposal of wastewater from the Whitianga treatment plant.New approaches to some of the bridges across the stream trapped water on parts of the course. Drainage will be installed to fix this but the contractor has been unable to do the work because of the bad weather.Club president Bruce Bell says after a spell of better weather the course improved and reopened last week. “It’s pretty near what we’d expect it to be at this time of the year.”
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A number of courses on the peninsula have been closed for a time this winter, he says.The club is keen to see the drainage and stream work completed.MB WomenThe ladies played on the Orange Ball Team Day last Wednesday.Results: Sue Donovan, Pam Holland and Ann Blair 1, Jane Dew, Debbie Davidson and Sheree Henderson 2; Nearest the Pin on No 10 for two: Sue Donovan, Nearest the Pin on No 4; Jane Dew.MB MenResults for the Men’s Strokeplay event at Mercury Bay with one round to go:Division I: Jonathan Stieller 73, 69, 67 = 209, Nathan Wilson 74, 73, 73 = 220, Mark Burcombe 81, 77, 82 = 240, Andrew Fleming 83, 87, 86 = 256, Kevin Smith 88, 95, 84 = 267; Div II: Craig Hill 84, 89, 83 = 256, Jay Lash 89, 84, 92 = 265, Osman Emer 88, 93, 85 = 266, Bryan Warwick 89, 94, 86 = 269, Bruce Bell 89, 97, 87 = 273; Div III: Keith Denney 97, 88, 89 = 274, Wayne Kearney 85, 88, 101 = 274, Mark Collins 92, 96,
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McAnnalley 74 points 4.The Dunes Club Championship for men was played on August 25 and 26.Results: Senior Champion: Stewart Green 79 & 84 = 163 gross, Brett Titchmarsh 86 & 87 = 173 2, Bob Stevens 86 & 89 = 175 3; Intermediate Champion: Keith Cullum 91 & 84 = 175 gross, Graham Tomkins 93 & 85 = 178 2, Kevin Wallace 93 & 86 = 179 3; Junior Champion: Trevan Smith 93 & 93 = 186, Keith Law 95& 98 = 193 2.
Young runners from schools on the top half of the Coromandel Peninsula were among the hundreds of children competing in the Thames Valley Cross Country Championships at the Waterways in Whitianga last Wednesday. Photo by Tayla Bates, Mercury Bay Area School Year 8 student
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Experience of a lifetime for Whitianga boyWhitianga boy Michael Armour had the experience of a lifetime, with a front row seat at the Special Olympics opening in London last Wednesday and meeting a torch bearer (above). Michael was involved through the Children’s Promise, which provided for every child born in Britain on 20 December 2004 - the date known as 20/12 during London’s Olympics bid - to be involved in a major Olympic event.Michael was also involved in Olympic events in Birmingham and his former hometown of Redditch.
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Plummer, from Thames, says she was a very talented watercolourist and a generous and caring teacher.“Her work was so delicate and sensitive and beautiful. She was always reaching out and striving to do better.”Julie stayed with the Plummers in Thames in mid-July and was in wonderful spirits, Pam says.“She emailed from Singapore and Vietnam and was having such a wonderful time.” Her body is being returned to New Zealand and a funeral will be held in Albany on September 14. Julie’s family have set up a trust fund to honour her wish to do something to alleviate poverty in Vietnam. Money raised will be used to buy equipment for Ho Chi Minh Children's Hospital.Donations can be made to any branch of ASB Bank or directly into the Julie Ferne Memorial Trust ASB account, 12-3198-0065427-00.
Artists on the Coromandel Peninsula are mourning the loss of Julie Ferne, who died after a tragic accident in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam about two weeks ago.Julie lived and painted in Hahei from 2003 to 2008 and helped found Bachcare there with her daughter-in-law, Leslie Preston.She was visiting her son, Phil, his wife and baby when she stumbled as she carried her four-day-old grandson, Carter, down the staircase from his home. They both fell 6.7 metres into a marble floor.She died shortly after in hospital. Carter was taken to hospital in a critical condition but is reported to be improving.Aged 68, Julie was the mother of three boys and grandmother of six children.Tairua artist Paula McNeil says her death is a great shock. She fondly remembers painting with her and greatly
admired her work. “She was a beautiful watercolourist. She was also so supportive and encouraging of others.”Julie told the Peninsula Post in 2008 that she didn’t have much choice about pursuing a career in art.Transferring from Ruapehu College to Epsom Girls Grammar as a fifth-form student, the timetable forced her to take history and art. Despite having only a few months to pick them up, they turned out to be her best School Certificate subjects.“I always say art chose me, I didn’t choose art. I always thought I was going to be a scientist.”She trained as an art teacher and did a year at Elim School of Fine Arts. She taught in schools in Auckland and at Carrington Hospital. Initially she worked in fabric art and printing, spinning and weaving and pottery. After moving to Thames in 1992, she began watercolour painting.Fellow artist and friend Pam
Coromandel artists mourn loss of painter Julie Ferne in tragic accident
Town Business Association, iwi and Coromandel-Colville elected members, will be set up this month.This group will work with the council to investigate how to develop the town, with the potential of a Coromandel Wharf upgrade, fast ferries and a marine precinct.The group will also address how to preserve the heritage feel for the community to benefit from tourism opportunities, and protocols for assessing future heritage-related applications.
future consequences of such an action would be in terms of creating a heritage town destination.“Coro Mainstreet is strongly of the view that we cannot let the tourist potential of our town be compromised and we plan to play our part in making sure that does not happen.” Council chief executive David Hammond says he supports the staff recommendation not to publicly notify the application for consent and
believes the council has followed the right processes.The council is open to learning more about heritage aspirations in commercial areas but would need to see recovery of its legal costs on behalf of ratepayers, he says. Whatever the outcome, the council wants to continue working with Coro Mainstreet. A new group, tentatively called Coromandel Planning and Heritage Group, comprising representatives of Coro Mainstreet, Coromandel
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Coromandel’s three MPs all supported same sex marriage at its first stage in Parliament but they were divided on the issue of the alcohol-buying age.Both issues were decided on conscience votes last week. This means MPs are not directed how to vote by their parties and can make up their own minds.National’s Scott Simpson, Labour’s Nanaia Mahuta and the Greens’ Catherine Delahunty all supported the Marriage Amendment Bill
through its first reading.The bill was referred to a select committee on Wednesday following an 80-40 vote.Mr Simpson says he supported the bill going to the committee so that a full debate on the matter could take place.“I am quite a traditionalist at heart and I can understand that people value the traditional definition of marriage.“But marriage is a state institution so we have to consider is it right for the state to exclude a significant number of New Zealanders
from the opportunity to marry based solely on their gender?”He hasn’t yet decided how he will vote when the bill comes back to Parliament and wants people to let him and the select committee know what they think.Nanaia Mahuta says it’s an issue of equality for her, not a judgement on the moral question of marriage. But her continuing support for the move could depend on whether churches will have the right to refuse to marry same sex couples.“If they are obligated by law to marry them, I would listen
to the debate and reconsider my position.”Catherine Delahunty says it was her party’s policy to support the move and she was delighted to vote for it.On the question of the alcohol purchasing age, Mr Simpson and Ms Mahuta voted to raise the age to 20, while Ms Delahunty voted to keep it at 18.Mr Simpson says he was surprised but not devastated by the result. He voted for 20 because all the medical and scientific evidence he’s read shows the human brain is still developing at 18.But a far bigger issue than
the age of purchase is New Zealand’s drinking culture, he says.Next week Parliament will consider several measures to control access to alcohol, including giving communities more say in liquor licensing. Mr Simpson says he strongly supports this.He’s also sponsoring a separate member’s bill which seeks to broaden the circumstances where a positive breath test is admissible evidence in a prosecution.Ms Mahuta says her support for raising the age to 20 was in line with her vote against
the lowering of the age in 1999.Although a range of measures are needed to address the problem of New Zealand’s binge-drinking culture, keeping the age at 18 isn’t helpful at all, she says.Ms Delahunty says the Greens supported keeping the age at 18 because raising it wouldn’t make much difference. “Plenty of people over 18 are abusing alcohol. We need a much more systemic approach.”It’s very disappointing that Government is refusing to control liquor advertising and price, she says.
MPs aligned on same sex marriage, divided on alcohol
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Police notebookSergeant Andrew Morrison says A spate of burglaries occurred in the Matarangi area over the weekend with items including a flat screen television, fishing gear and alcohol stolen. Please forward any information you have in relation to these burglaries to help us protect your community.We are also investigating a street-type robbery in the early hours of September 1, in which a man was robbed of his cell-phone and jacket on Buffalo Beach. Robbery has the potential to escalate to serious harm. We are
following strong leads and are determined to put the offender before the court.A police operation last week involved controlled purchases of alcohol by two 16-year-olds throughout the Coromandel Peninsula and unfortunately two of our local wholesalers failed to check IDs and sold them alcohol. Enquiries are continuing re liquor licensing.ArrestsNo arrests this week.TrafficNo drink drivers apprehended this week and no crashes to report.
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temperature of 20°C was on August 18 and the lowest of 3.4°C was on August 25.NIWA is forecasting September to November temperatures are likely to be in the near average range. Seasonal rainfall totals, soil moisture levels, and river flows are likely to be in the above normal or near normal range. Sources: NIWA, Ted Meyer (Cooks Beach) and Sue Beamish (Coromandel town).
August proved wetter and slightly warmer than usual on the top half of the Coromandel Peninsula this year.In Whitianga there was 246mm of rain, compared to normal for August of 176 mm. In Cooks Beach, there was 227mm and in Coromandel town, there was 226mm.In Whitianga the average daily maximum temperature was 15.7°C, compared to normal of 15.2°C, and the average daily minimum
temperature was 6.9°C, compared to normal of 6.0°C.The highest temperature of 18.2°C was on August 19 and the lowest of 2.7°C was on August 26.Sunshine was near normal for August, based on data from locations near NIWA’s recording device at Whitianga airfield.In Cooks Beach the average daily maximum temperature was 17.1°C and the average daily minimum temperature was 7.6°C. The highest
August weather wetter and a little warmer for top half of peninsula
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This week we really liked Chris Bowering's family photo taken when her son Tony Austin married Kelly Gordon. She describes the line-up - Uncle Geoff Leadley, Lisa Herewini & Dean Bowering (Brian's son & partner), Jordan Higgie (grandson), Eileen Leadley (mother), Harrison Edwards (grandson), Brian Bowering, Kyra Higgie (grand daughter), Moi (Chris Bowering), Tony Austin (son), Marcel Campbell (grandson), Kelly (daughter-in-law), Rebecca Edwards (daughter with baby Grace on board)), Gareth Edwards (son-in-law), Kim Higgie (daughter), Mark Higgie (son-in-law), Tayla Higgie (grand daughter).
September's theme is your favourite ever family photo. Please make sure everyone in the photo is named.Email your image to [email protected] with your name, address, a daytime phone number and details of where and when the picture was taken. Remember one entry per photographer per week.Each month our prizewinner will receive an 8 x 12 photo block of their image, thanks to Stephensons Pharmacy and Fujifilm Image Service.
Your favourite ever family photo
Our August winner is NADINE SCHWENKE
for this lovely image.
Her image will be made into an 8 x 12 photo block,
