All us pro-mining people should vote for a change of government this year. The National Party have plans to change our Resource Management Act and other legislation to make it easy for their friends in big business to do what they want in our lovely country.

By HOLDER VICKI It's nearly beach weather. Vicki Holder finds some hot property in the sun. -------------------- WAIHI BEACH and Whangamata are popular Coromandel holiday spots with plenty of accommodation, sandy ocean beaches and sheltered harbours.

By NEEMS, Jeff Just months after abandoning plans to extend the western side of Martha Pit, mining company Newmont is now exploring options to expand its eastern side.

By GARDNER, Chris New Zealand's answer to Jurassic Park could be built at Waihi. Darren and Jackie Bush, who operate the Dinosaurs Rock touring exhibition from Lower Hutt, are investigating the viability of a 30ha museum park at one of four undisclosed sites close to the Waihi CBD.

A Navy recruit, carrying a simulated patient during a training exercise, became a casualty himself when he slipped and fell in bush near Waihi last night. The 19-year-old man suffered a moderate spinal injury and was flown to Tauranga hospital. (c) 2008 Waikato Times.