Electricity distributor Powerco has begun community consultation regarding its plans for a major electricity supply upgrade for Whangamata, New Zealand. Powerco electricity planning manager Michael ...

Whangamata, looking along the beach from Otahu Estuary to the point - a popular walk for exercisers. Photo / Coastal News It may be renowned for its waves, but Whangamata has other temptations. Braced ...

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Surfer Ella Williams received a rapturous welcome in Whangamata yesterday after returning home from winning the junior world championship. She was driven in a motorcade down the main street to where ...

Pia Rogers will be fundraising around her hometown of Whangamata as she prepares for the trip of a lifetime as part of New Zealand's junior surfing team. The Whangamata Area School student is among a ...

Whangamata is located on the southeast coast of the Coromandel Peninsula, on State Highway 25. Auckland, Tauranga and Hamilton are all within an easy two-hour drive. Considered a surfing mecca, the ...

Surf Life Saving New Zealand Lifesaving manager Allan Mundy says the theft is devastating and could compromise life-saving efforts over the busy summer period. He says it'll take three to four weeks ...