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Protect
Piha Heritage is a new incorporated society which will work to protect
and enhance the natural, cultural and historic heritage of Piha.
Piha has a rich history including Maori occupation, kauri timber milling
and the development of Piha as a scenic, conservation and holiday attraction
for the people of Auckland.
It contains dramatic, varied landforms and landscapes, and diverse fauna
and flora, from the oceans, windswept coastal dunes and cliffs, to lush
rain forest with spectacular gorges and waterfalls.
Piha has developed as a unique coastal village, nestled in a valley of
the Waitakere Ranges. It retains a slightly raw, off-the-edge feel, locals
over a period of time having resisted urbanization and commercialisation.
Land is limited as Piha is entirely surrounded by the Tasman Sea on its
western border and by the Waitakere Ranges Regional Parkland to north,
east and south.
The journey to Piha through the rugged forest clad hills, allows travellers
to pass into another realm, where humans are subservient to the wilderness
and the elemental forces of nature. Piha offers escape and respite to
the people of Auckland from the pressures and burdens of everyday working
life, where they can enjoy a simple, natural playground.
However, Piha’s natural and heritage assets are under threat from
its very closeness to Auckland, as New Zealand’s largest and fastest
growing metropolitan area. It hosts multitudes of visitors during the
peak holiday periods, and development can threaten the natural environment
and coastal settlement character.
Development threatens native bush through clearance, and pests, both plant
and animal. Piha has an increasingly huge weed problem, which threatens
the succession of native bush. Its proximity to conservation parkland,
makes pest control a priority.
Protect Piha Heritage will support, promote and undertake projects to
enhance and protect the natural and cultural heritage of Piha. This will
include producing information in a variety of forms to promote recognition
of Piha’s heritage, working with other groups and councils to protect
heritage features, and advocacy for protection of the unique features
of Piha, in line with the West Coast Plan.
Coming
Activities
Te
Piha: the Maori history of Piha through its place names
Graeme
Murdoch
7.30 pm Saturday 1 November 2008
Barnett Hall
Download flyer here
Bruce
Hayward talk draws crowds in Piha. For
more go here.
Submissions
Submission
WCC on Plan Change 26 Living Environment Bulk and Location Rules
Proposed
New Zealand Coastal Policy Statatement
Auckland Regional Council Draft
Annual Plan 2008/9
Waitakere City Council Draft Annual
Plan and Budget 2008/9
Projects
History of the Piha Post Office
History
of the Lily Pond
Pohutukawa Mapping Project
Proposed
Cafe Appeal
A company
called Preserve Piha Ltd has proposed a cafe on the old site of the Telecom
building and Piha Community Post Office.
This is a non-complying activity - the whole of Piha being residential,
and commercial retail confined to the Piha Store and Blair's Beachfront
Takeaway - with considerable risks of changes to the character of Piha
and precedent effect.
Protect Piha Heritage Society has appealed the consent.
Protect
Piha Heritage Society appeal against the decision of WCC and ARC to grant
consent to Preserve Piha Ltd.
The
Cafe Decision - Cafe
decision appealed
Protect
Piha Heritage
needs help to oppose the cafe. Go here
to see our letter seeking support........
Piha
cafe opponents launch flyer on cafe
To read the flyer go here. (large file)
Protect
Piha Heritage present submissions on café proposal
Contact
Us
Protect Piha Heritage Society Inc PO Box 3, Piha
email protectpihaheritage@xtra.co.nz
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Protect
Piha Heritage Society Incorporated