
Proud to be Local – Pylat Senior
Proud to be Local — brought to you by CFM — is our inspirational feature, highlighting home-grown Coromandel Peninsula folks doing wonderful things out in the world.

Proud to be Local — brought to you by CFM — is our inspirational feature, highlighting home-grown Coromandel Peninsula folks doing wonderful things out in the world.

If you look out at Great Mercury Island from Black Jack Road, you can see the full length of the island from north to south.

Meet Leah Creaven. “I am a textile artist, and I make rug-tufted artwork that weaves together stories of land, connection and belonging.”

Tuesday, October 7th started off with a stint in the dentist’s chair, never a great start to any day, but way better than what transpired later in the day.

After the big storms of 2020 and 2021, Thames-Coromandel District Council (TCDC) proposed to reshape the eroded dunes at Pāuanui’s south end into a wide, gentle slope and replant it in native sand-binding species.

Proud to be Local — brought to you by CFM — is our inspirational feature, highlighting home-grown Coromandel Peninsula folks doing wonderful things out in the world.

If you look out at Great Mercury Island from Black Jack Road, you can see the full length of the island from north to south.

Meet Leah Creaven. “I am a textile artist, and I make rug-tufted artwork that weaves together stories of land, connection and belonging.”

Tuesday, October 7th started off with a stint in the dentist’s chair, never a great start to any day, but way better than what transpired later in the day.

After the big storms of 2020 and 2021, Thames-Coromandel District Council (TCDC) proposed to reshape the eroded dunes at Pāuanui’s south end into a wide, gentle slope and replant it in native sand-binding species.