http://www.kuaotunu.nz/blog/ The latest Blog feeds from www.kuaotunu.nz en-us Thu, 09 Apr 2026 13:26:04 +1200 Rocketspark http://www.kuaotunu.nz/blog/post/130467/community-newsletter/ It has been a busy few months since our last newsletter in April 2025.  The KRRA has been working hard with you and on your behalf as well as our neighbouring communities and we are seeing some fruit from our collective labours.  This includes the fabulous news about the reinstatement of the Coromandel to Auckland Ferry from the 24th October as well as numerous improvements to our local roads and beachfronts.  We also have the ongoing public consultation on our road speeds.  ... Mon, 06 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.kuaotunu.nz/blog/#post130467 http://www.kuaotunu.nz/blog/post/125620/community-newsletter/ Great news from Chorus that fibre is finally coming to Kūaotunu West as part of the remaining rural Broadband Rollout. The area is from Bluff Road to Seavill Park Rd.Chorus has advised that the rollout of fibre will get to Gray Ave in early December 2024, so if you are interested in receiving fibre we suggest that you contact Chorus to register your interest using the link below as soon as possible.Information on what’s involved in having fibre installed can be found here. It notes the s... Sat, 16 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.kuaotunu.nz/blog/#post125620 http://www.kuaotunu.nz/blog/post/115970/community-newsletter/ Your KRRA committee was delighted to learn last week that the long-requested traffic calming measures for the village have not only been approved but implemented. A great outcome (albeit after 3 plus years of advocacy). Thanks TCDC!And thanks also to TCDC for organising the great repair job that has been carried out on Black Jack Rd. We look forward to the next instalment after Christmas.... Fri, 22 Dec 2023 18:39:13 +1300 http://www.kuaotunu.nz/blog/#post115970 http://www.kuaotunu.nz/blog/post/110703/community-newsletter/ In the previous newsletter the new KRRA committee asked you to participate in a short survey and offered a $100 voucher from Luke’s Kitchen as an incentive to participate (thanks Luke).The draw was made in front of the Friday night crowd at the Kuaotunu Fire Station and KRRA member George Crosby was the winner. With three daughters who love going to Luke’s Kitchen, George was delighted to be the lucky recipient of this voucher.The KRRA committee was very appreciative of the 198 responses rec... Sat, 30 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.kuaotunu.nz/blog/#post110703 http://www.kuaotunu.nz/blog/post/106148/community-newsletter/ The Kuaotunu Residents & Ratepayers Association held its AGM as usual on Easter Sunday, at which a new committee was elected.  There are four new members as shown above: Nicci Kerr, Bella Pierce (left) with Marguerite Muellers, and Kim Crosland. You can find the full list of committee members here.One of the committee’s first tasks each year is to decide where to concentrate its advocacy efforts, as it is vital that we concentrate on those matters that are most important to you, the r... Fri, 23 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +1200 http://www.kuaotunu.nz/blog/#post106148 http://www.kuaotunu.nz/blog/post/101948/community-newsletter/ A huge thank you on behalf of our whole community to our local emergency responders, who did an awesome job as usual.Do you have any thoughts on our community’s response or perhaps ideas on how we can improve our resilience in the future? Come along to the KRRA (Kuaotunu Residents & Ratepayers Association) AGM on Sunday the 9th of April (i.e. Easter Sunday) at the Kuaotunu Hall at 3pm and let us know what you think.Everyone is welcome, whether you are a KRRA member or not. (Note that membe... Sat, 18 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.kuaotunu.nz/blog/#post101948 http://www.kuaotunu.nz/blog/post/100261/cyclone-gabrielle/ The Kuaotunu Emergency Response Team is in the process of planning their Evacuation Response, should this be needed over the next few days. The Kuaotunu Hall is being set up with some resources and supplies should anyone need urgent housing. Some kind people have also offered accommodation should this be required.The Emergency Response Team will advise the community on Facebook if the Hall is needed and opens for urgent accommodation. This information will also be posted on the home page of this... Sun, 12 Feb 2023 15:16:57 +1300 http://www.kuaotunu.nz/blog/#post100261 http://www.kuaotunu.nz/blog/post/97286/community-newsletter/ As regular readers of this newsletter will know, the initiative to implement traffic calming measures in Kuaotunu village has been a long drawn-out saga that your KRRA committee has been trying to progress for years.We are delighted that TCDC has finally implemented what represents Phase 1 of this initiative. Anecdotal reports indicate that while the area marked in red is not actually a pedestrian crossing, vehicles are in fact slowing down to let pedestrians cross the road there, which is fanta... Tue, 20 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.kuaotunu.nz/blog/#post97286 http://www.kuaotunu.nz/blog/post/89088/community-newsletter/ In conjunction with the Matarangi Ratepayers Association (MRAI), the Kuaotunu Residents & Ratepayers Association (KRRA) has been actively exploring the feasibility of reinstating walking & cycling access between Rings Beach and Matarangi via the building of a suspension bridge to bypass the area of Bluff Road that has been closed due to rockfall.In our opinion it is an absolute necessity to retain a safe cycle/walking track along our coastline, connecting our communit... Sat, 08 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.kuaotunu.nz/blog/#post89088 http://www.kuaotunu.nz/blog/post/86025/community-newsletter/ First Dark Sky Project Event a Success The Kuaotunu Peninsula Dark Sky Project hosted a very successful community event at the Kuaotunu Domain on June 26 to coincide with NZ’s first Matariki holiday weekend.Over 60 locals and a few visitors turned out at 5am on a cool Saturday morning to enjoy views of planets and stars through two big telescopes provided by members of the group. Jupiter put on a great show with its four biggest moons all lined up and easy to spot, whilst Saturn... Sun, 31 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +1200 http://www.kuaotunu.nz/blog/#post86025