The newly established Proposed Cathedral Cove Walkway Stakeholders Working Group will meet for the first time this week.

The purpose of the meeting is to discuss immediate issues that are needing to be addressed around Hahei over Christmas and New Year, and will be held this Thursday.

The newly established Proposed Cathedral Cove Walkway Stakeholders Working Group will meet for the first time today. Photo: File

The Thames Coromandel District Council says it received 16 nominations, with 14 people being selected to be on the Stakeholders Group.

The members selected for the Stakeholders Working Group are:

• Coastal Walkways Trust: Phil Costello and Peter Hawley
• Hahei Rural Landowners: Graham Harsant
• Absentee Ratepayers: Ian Chalmers
• Hahei Business Association: Peter Harrison
• Hahei Beach Resident and Ratepayers Association: Brian Keucke and Wendy Lawrence
• Lees Rd Residents: Alistair Sims and Michael Wilkinson
• Hot Water Beach: Sheree Webster
• Pa Rd Residents: Jeremy Lomas
• Grange Rd Residents: Bill Stead

The selection of the group follows a public meeting held in Hahei on November 29 to provide an update on the project.

'We want to thank everyone once again for attending the public meeting,” council's project manager Garry Towler says.

'The membership is reflective of all the different stakeholders in the Proposed Walk, with the first Stage being planned from the Blow Hole at Hahei through to the Purangi Estuary.”

Also on the agenda for the first meeting will be discussion on the terms of reference and setting up a regular meeting schedule.

The Stakeholders Working Group will meet with members of the Project Governance Group.

For more information about the Proposed Cathedral Coast Walk click here.