Our summer schedule of extra rubbish and recycling collections across much of the Coromandel ends on Saturday 11 February. Our normal schedule resumes on Monday 13 February.

The days of getting pissed at the pub and driving home seem to be receding into the rear-view mirror. The number of people convicted for driving under the influence has plummeted almost 40 percent in the past five years, Ministry of Justice figures released under the Official Information Act show.

A man suffered a critical injury when his hand went through a planer in Thames this morning. The man, in his 30s, was flown by the Auckland and Coromandel Westpac Rescue Helicopter, based at Whitianga for the summer, to Waikato Hospital just after 7am.