Waiomu Summer Fair
24th January, 2009. 10am - 3pm, Waiomu Domain.
Waiomu Summer Fair at Waiomu Domain is a community fundraising event
Thames Coast Protection Society has run the Waiomu Summer Fair to raise funds for environmental projects on the Thames Coast and provide a fun day for the community since the 1980's. Other volunteer community groups that wish to, are able to raise their profile at the fair (we waive stall holder costs for them) and because of the boost in visitor numbers local business' also benefit.
The fair is run on the Saturday of Auckland Anniversary Weekend from 10am – 3pm . The venue for the fair is an added attraction as the Domain offers picnicking facilities under grand old Pohutukawa, a children's playground and of course, the beach.
Music, crafts, children's entertainment, food, white elephant, quick fire raffles, new and used clothing, books and a monster auction are just some of the attractions.
crafts, bargains, food, raffles, music, face-painting, stalls; books; plants; clothes; white elephant
The Waiomu Summer fair at the Waiomu Domain is organised annually by TCPS. A key feature is the GIANT 2nd-hand goods Auction which has been a feature for over 12 years. Proceeds from this support the work of the society. The auction is an excellent way for coasters and holiday-makers to to recyle all manner of goods and give them a new life.
Ian Coatsworth Chairperson - Thames Coast Protection Society (07 868 2161)
Carol Nanning Waiomu Summer Fair & Predator Control Coordinator
Thames Coast Kiwi Care (07 868 4750)
Coromandel Watchdog Wins Prohibition on Mining on Coromandel Peninsula
31st October, 2007- Coromandel Watchdog press release
Coromandel Watchdog has won a milestone legal battle to protect conservation and coastal land in the Thames Coromandel District from mining. In a decision released today the Court of Appeal has upheld Watchdog's appeal from earlier decisions of the Environment Court and High Court.
Coromandel Watchdog sought to have prohibited all mining on land zoned “conservation” or “coastal” in the Thames Coromandel District Plan
The legal case relates to the definition of "prohibited activity" in the Resource Management Act.. The Environment and High Court's decisions were to provide a very restricted definition, which effectively would have allowed a mining company to apply for a resource consent for an opencast or underground mine in the conservation and coastal zones.
Todays decision means the Thames Coromandel Council has legal confirmation that it may prohibit mining on conservation land (which comprises 70% of the Coromandel Peninsula), and on the magnificent coastal areas of the District. Mining companies will no longer be able to apply for a resource consent to mine in these zones.
The appeal was opposed by The Minerals Association which represents most major mining companies, and controversially by the Ministry of Economic Development.
Watchdog has been extremely fortunate to have secured expert legal counsel to represent it (Robert Enright of Kensington Swan). In addition, both the Auckland Regional Council and the Auckland City Council agreed to back Watchdog's appeal.
ARC and ACC, and most other local authorities in New Zealand, regularly use prohibited activities as an effective tool under the Resource Management Act,
Watchdog's victory continues it proud history, dating back to the 1970's, of environmental activism to protect the unique Coromandel environment from the devastating effects of gold mining.
Contact:
Michele Fill;
Chairperson Court of Appeal Decision
07 868 9688
027 295 6616
Denis Tegg
07 868 9090
027 210 5344
High Court rejects Watchdog appeal
- EDS seek to appeal to Court of Appeal
In a Judgment
delivered on the 2nd September 2005 the High Court
rejected the appeal by Coromandel Watchdog and the Thames Coromandel
District Council against an earlier Environment
Court decision.
Subsequent to that Judgement,
Environmental Defence Society lawyers on friday, 23rd September, lodged papers
seeking leave for Coromandel Watchdog to challenge the decision in the
Court of Appeal....
more
Coromandel Watchdog and the Thames Coromandel District
Council
joined forces to appeal the Environment Court decision on mining. The
High Court in Auckland under Judge Simon France heard the appeal on
30th June and in the decision of
2nd September rejected it. Watchdog was represented at that hearing by
Sir Geoffrey Palmer.
No Mining - No way!
The battle to prevent mining on the Peninsula has reopened
with a series of events flowing from the hearing of a longstanding appeal
on the TCDC district plan and the infamous decision by the council's
policy and planning committee to change council's position prior
to the Environment Court hearing. This lead to the Environment
Court decision denying prohibited
status to mining. That decision is being appealed.
There were concerted move to revisit the Coromandel
mining issue prior to the policy and planning meeting, not just by the
mining industry but also the Crown Minerals division of the Ministry
of Economic development who see minerals as a growth
area of the economy. The Coromandel is an area of focus. and
that focus could be near you.
 Our Society arose from the struggle by local people
to prevent mining on the Coromandel Peninsula from the late 1970's on.
Soon after the commencement of the Monowai hearing in 1987 the Tapu and
Waiomu Action Groups combined as the Thames Coast Preservation and Protection
Society Incorporated. ..more
That struggle continues but we also undertake a
range of environmental protection roles such as pest
control. We are
involved in revegetation and
in promoting waste minimisation
and recycling.
A major recurring issue is preserving and protecting
the scenic coast highway from repeated attempts to destroy the pohutukawa
trees that make it such a special place. A
battle we have fought repeatedly over many years.
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