Concern over Cathedral Cove visitor numbers if DOC opts for different track
Coromandel residents are worried the Department of Conservation is planning to reroute access to Cathedral Cove through private land.
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Coromandel residents are worried the Department of Conservation is planning to reroute access to Cathedral Cove through private land.
Coromandel business owners are hailing what they say is the best summer in a decade. After two years of covid, and its lifeline highway washed away in last year's summer storms, it's been a disruptive few years. But with the road rebuilt, the people have returned, filling shops, restaurants and accommodation- pumping life back into the area. Louise Ternouth reports.
This year's highway closure meant the coastal town was often bypassed by peninsula travellers, but now things are looking up for local retailers.
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