VOTE Caroline Hobman, Mercury Bay Ward, Thames Coromandel District Council

VOTE Caroline Hobman, Mercury Bay Ward, Thames Coromandel District Council First elected in 2022 to the Mercury Bay Community Board and re-standing in 2025. Advocating for you as part of the Mercury Bay Community Board.

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๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ฒ. ๐—œ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—•๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ...
27/10/2025

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ฒ. ๐—œ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—•๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€, ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿญ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ข๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€.

31 October 2025 - Council Swearing in Ceremony

10/10/2025

Scientists are resurrecting a 2,000-year-old Roman concrete recipe that could transform how we build along coastlines.

Led by geologist Marie Jackson and startup Silica-X, the project is testing โ€œself-healingโ€ Roman-style concrete slabs off Long Island Sound.

Unlike modern cement, which cracks and corrodes, this ancient formula reacts with seawater to grow new minerals, strengthening itself over time.

The team hopes it could replace todayโ€™s short-lived seawalls and reduce the carbon footprint of construction.

Inspired by Roman harbors that still stand, this revived concrete may help fortify Americaโ€™s coasts against rising seas.

29/09/2025

From 22 September 2025, you can vote in your local body elections selecting your next Mayor, Councillors and Board members to represent your voice in decisions made for your community!

Hey voters, in areas without a post box or a TCDC office... ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ
25/09/2025

Hey voters, in areas without a post box or a TCDC office... ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ

22/09/2025
22/09/2025

๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—–๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—น ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—š๐—ก๐—ญ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ.
See post in comments below as to one of the reasons why...

Mercury Bay is a place of sublime beauty but it has the fastest urban growth of the Coromandel Peninsula. It is importan...
18/09/2025

Mercury Bay is a place of sublime beauty but it has the fastest urban growth of the Coromandel Peninsula. It is important that the Thames-Coromandel District Council has careful plans and policies in place for future development, ensuring that developers fulfill their obligations, including providing quality infrastructure for any developments and when "they leave town", that they have met their contractual obligations, so ratepayers are not left to carry any financial burdens due to any possible shortfalls.
๐—ง๐—–๐——๐—– ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—น ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜† ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—•๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ.
Cook's Beach Lake A and B are principally detention ponds designed as part of a development to manage storm water and reduce flooding by temporarily holding excess water, however, they've been problematic in that there's been an aquatic w**d overgrowth. After battling for sometime with TCDC, the locals will, hopefully, soon be hosting their preferred form of aquatic w**d control, Triploid Grass Carp. Several of these fish will be introduced into the lakes ideally before Christmas and they will happily chomp away on the w**ds, at last.
I appreciate the saint-like patience and persistent work of the Southern Residents' and Ratepayers' Association chairperson Paul Hopkins, and his associates Frank Geoghegan and Justin Fisher. Locals finding solutions for local issues albeit a frustrating and long process.

It was many years ago that I was sitting in my night classes of Town & Country (T&C) Planning at Wellington Polytechnic,...
18/09/2025

It was many years ago that I was sitting in my night classes of Town & Country (T&C) Planning at Wellington Polytechnic, as part of my Survey Draughting NZ Certificate learning about footpaths, median strips and gutters and wondering how planners decided to plant what trees where, whilst operating exquisite Swiss, aerial mapping machines by day.
Never then imagining that I'd be involved, many years later, carefully listening to and bringing members of the public's questions, ideas and concerns to a Community Board that is a cog in the Town & Country Planning operations wheel, of the local Thames-Coromandel District Council.
One never knows where ones life can lead, especially if one has been traveling such a meandering path as mine has been. First year out of high school programming IBM Computers the size of mini-vans whilst also studying statistics, accounting, maths and communications English.
Then continuing study for aerial mapping, draughting and T&C for the NZ Department of Lands & Survey followed by four years with the NZ Forest Service, also producing aerial maps, as well as operating and managing a photographic darkroom, producing B&W aerial photographs.
Overseas for seven years living in Greece, England - my homeland, the USA and arriving in the Caribbean on a super yacht from Florida, where I lived for nearly four years.
Returning to NZ in 1992 and eventually landing at my forever home, in Whitianga on Waitangi Day 2016, eventually putting my eclectic past to good use as a member of the Mercury Bay Community Board since October 2022.

18/09/2025

๐—ฉ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ'๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜…๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ. ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด.
๐—™๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ณ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ก๐—ฌ ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—•๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ.
๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—น ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿณ ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿด ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฐ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—ณ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ง๐—–๐——๐—–@๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป.๐—บ๐—ฒ

Very disappointing use of a casting vote. ๐Ÿ™
16/09/2025

Very disappointing use of a casting vote. ๐Ÿ™

My August 2025 monthly The Coromandel Informer WRC post โœ…๏ธ

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