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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… www.coromind.nz

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...

In this digital era, having a solid online presence is not just a luxury; it's an absolute necessity. You can break boundaries and reach new heights by harnessing the power of social media and online engagement. The Altbays Media Support company is setting an inspiring example for… www.coromind.nz

If you walk along any beach now and think back to what those areas looked like in late February,  the difference is amazing. Huge amounts of sand that were dragged away by the cyclone have been redeposited back on the beach. In some places we have helped Mother Nature, in other places the repair is… www.coromind.nz

The instant access to information has turned us into constant stimulus-seeking creatures. We want to scroll and swipe and click and tik and tok and post and tweet and vlog and blog and more. Still, everything seems so painfully boring all the time, right? Nowadays, everyone is… www.coromind.nz

I dropped out of university after six weeks and I don't regret it. That choice I made caused me to lose my scholarship and my first-year fees free status. During my last two years of school, nothing filled me with more dread than what I was going to do after I finished. For as long as I can remember… www.coromind.nz

What a soggy year it's been! By July, some parts of New Zealand had already gotten more rain than they usually do in an entire year. In the Coromandel, we hit that milestone back in May! Our poor gardens have taken a real beating from this never-ending rainy season. But fear not… www.coromind.nz

Celebrating success can be a challenge, especially when there’s still a lot to do, or when things overall just don’t seem like they’re going your way. But celebrating even small successes is important; it will make a difference to how you feel, and quite possibly how others around you feel.  www.coromind.nz

Many of you will have stories of creatures you have encountered in the ocean. Here are a few of mine. My oldest memory of a significant shark encounter was at the Bay of Islands 60 odd years ago. My mum and I were swimming 50 metres off the beach. I was getting cold so… www.coromind.nz

Common Ground is a space dedicated to expression. In this edition: I Went Somewhere by Denise Allen and Projecting The Rain by Waimā De Souza. www.coromind.nz

Yeah, Dean Martin … you’re right. It may not be snowing but El Niño has kicked in and the sou’westers are ripping down the beach. The choppy waves are sliding sideways to the shore and grey clouds are scudding busily across the sky… www.coromind.nz

Helena James is one of the Coromandel’s treasured local weavers and has been weaving for nearly 30 years. After learning a few different methods of weaving in her life, she truly believes that traditional methods are the way to go when it comes to raranga… www.coromind.nz

My body has grown and birthed a human. My body will never be the same again. Even if I lose some of this weight, I will always have saggy skin, stretch marks and saggier boobs. Knowing this, I do sometimes miss my younger face and body… www.coromind.nz

The handpan is a remarkable instrument that defies its ordinary name, and Tairua musician Taylor Sol plays it as part of his sound healing workshops. He has beautiful crystal quartz singing bowls and other healing sound instruments, all resonating peaceful vibrations to touch the heart and soul…   www.coromind.nz

Hi I'm Monique Rush, your local Whitianga artist and Gallery curator. I have considered myself to be an artist my whole life. It's been an interest ever since I could hold a pencil at two and a half years old, when mum showed me how to draw circles… www.coromind.nz

Coromind Editorial - Issue 7, 2023 www.coromind.nz

Coromind Magazine Issue 7 Full Audio Version www.coromind.nz

As a parent of young children, I struggle with the addiction of screen time for them and for myself! So I will be guiding them towards outdoor hobbies as much as I can … it is a very common issue in many households for all ages! I feel very lucky that here on… www.coromind.nz

Are you a small business owner in our beloved coastal community? Has the closure of SH 25A, along with a poor summer and seemingly endless rain, left you facing some challenges around dwindling tourism and a decline in customers? Don't lose hope! Along with possible access to various financial support opportunities, here are some ideas that might help. www.coromind.nz

Did you know that the name ‘Whitianga’ was under threat of disappearing forever? It all started in 1928, when it was proposed that the local council change the official town name of ‘Whitianga’ to ‘Mercury Bay’. There were several petitions… www.coromind.nz

Common Ground is a space dedicated to expression. In this edition: Matariki by Helen Oliver and Yin and Yang by Sandie Faiers. www.coromind.nz

What would you do if you needed help with your employment but couldn’t find it locally? You could do what we did and look at starting your own union. Trade unions in New Zealand date back to the mid-19th… www.coromind.nz

I’d like to think I’m a pretty forgiving person. When people have wronged me in the past, I’ve always said that all I really need from them is a good, heartfelt apology, and then I’ll be ready to move on. In my mind, an apology was always kind of a magic spell that fixed everything. But I’m starting to understand now that that’s not true… www.coromind.nz

After having accomplished the breakthrough of the so-called ‘transformer’ technology into the mastery of language as seen in ChatGPT and similar applications, AI now converses fluently in most written languages including te reo. After gaining the ability to ‘understand’ and implement complex tasks, engineers have been busily working on principles to make these systems www.coromind.nz

From their arrival here, c1350, Māori developed a communications network using waterways and foot tracks along the shore and through forests. Ocean-going waka plied the coast and fished in Tīkapa Moana, while smaller dugout waka tiwai navigated rivers. James Cook and his party were the first… www.coromind.nz