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Category: Issue 8

Local Action – Kyla Wilson (Netball)

August 18, 2023 No Comments

I’m Kyla Wilson, a 17 year old girl from the Thames-Coromandel Coast. My interests are the outdoors and participating in different sports. My passion, however, lies with netball. Since I turned eight, I have been playing netball every year. My love for the game comes from many things: finding some of my best friends, staying fit, and the thrill of competition. During the last two seasons of high school netball, I have also been fortunate enough to be able to compete alongside my sister Nia as a defending duo.

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Born & Raised: Blake Byles

August 18, 2023 No Comments

I am Ngāti Hei on my mum’s side. My dad’s family moved to the area in the 80s. My paternal grandparents ran the Kingfisher Restaurant (which is now Smitty’s) when I was a child. My maternal grandparents were heavily involved with some of the churches, through music.

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My Favourite Five

August 18, 2023 No Comments

n a world plagued by screens, it’s so important that we make time to connect with nature and appreciate our epic surroundings. Scenic tracks not only provide heaps of inspiration for my work as a landscape painter, but they also have so many benefits for my physical and mental health. If you’re visiting Coromandel with friends and whānau or you’re a local looking for a change of scene, it’s worth exploring these beautiful tracks. Here are my favourite five on the Coromandel Peninsula. 

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Sports Psychology Applied in Daily Life – Part 2: Imagination Is Your Reality

August 18, 2023 No Comments

I’ve been working with athletes for more than 16 years and visualisation is one of the most common and most important techniques used in Sport Psychology. It means that you envisage a new sequence of movement, a race course or any sort of goal with all the details and with all your senses, mentally before you do it physically. This technique is so successful, because your subconscious mind cannot distinguish whether what you have just thought of was just imagination or actually real. Even your body will respond to an imagining with real-life symptoms.

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The Waiwawa Hotel

August 18, 2023 No Comments

In the late 1800s, hotels were establishments that provided accommodation and food for weary travellers to break up their long journeys. In 1894, there were 1,719 hotels, or one for every 420 people in the country.

Aotearoa’s hotels have ranged from tiny little shacks to grand buildings, but one thing has always been common – the liquor or publican’s licence. No licence meant no liquor! Until the 1960s, places with a licence to sell alcohol on the premises were also required to provide accommodation for travellers. However, over time they were less about the accommodation and more about the drinking!

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Local Action – Kyla Wilson (Netball)

August 18, 2023 No Comments

I’m Kyla Wilson, a 17 year old girl from the Thames-Coromandel Coast. My interests are the outdoors and participating in different sports. My passion, however, lies with netball. Since I turned eight, I have been playing netball every year. My love for the game comes from many things: finding some of my best friends, staying fit, and the thrill of competition. During the last two seasons of high school netball, I have also been fortunate enough to be able to compete alongside my sister Nia as a defending duo.

Read More »

Born & Raised: Blake Byles

August 18, 2023 No Comments

I am Ngāti Hei on my mum’s side. My dad’s family moved to the area in the 80s. My paternal grandparents ran the Kingfisher Restaurant (which is now Smitty’s) when I was a child. My maternal grandparents were heavily involved with some of the churches, through music.

Read More »

My Favourite Five

August 18, 2023 No Comments

n a world plagued by screens, it’s so important that we make time to connect with nature and appreciate our epic surroundings. Scenic tracks not only provide heaps of inspiration for my work as a landscape painter, but they also have so many benefits for my physical and mental health. If you’re visiting Coromandel with friends and whānau or you’re a local looking for a change of scene, it’s worth exploring these beautiful tracks. Here are my favourite five on the Coromandel Peninsula. 

Read More »

Sports Psychology Applied in Daily Life – Part 2: Imagination Is Your Reality

August 18, 2023 No Comments

I’ve been working with athletes for more than 16 years and visualisation is one of the most common and most important techniques used in Sport Psychology. It means that you envisage a new sequence of movement, a race course or any sort of goal with all the details and with all your senses, mentally before you do it physically. This technique is so successful, because your subconscious mind cannot distinguish whether what you have just thought of was just imagination or actually real. Even your body will respond to an imagining with real-life symptoms.

Read More »

The Waiwawa Hotel

August 18, 2023 No Comments

In the late 1800s, hotels were establishments that provided accommodation and food for weary travellers to break up their long journeys. In 1894, there were 1,719 hotels, or one for every 420 people in the country.

Aotearoa’s hotels have ranged from tiny little shacks to grand buildings, but one thing has always been common – the liquor or publican’s licence. No licence meant no liquor! Until the 1960s, places with a licence to sell alcohol on the premises were also required to provide accommodation for travellers. However, over time they were less about the accommodation and more about the drinking!

Read More »
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