Want to know what are the best plants to use if you are replanting in native plants? Here’s a brief handy outline of options and why you might choose them, [ Read More ]
This guide to the plants of Piha and environs is organised alphabetically according to the Maori name. If the Maori name is not know, the botanical name is used. Overall, [ Read More ]
Contact email protectpihaheritage@gmail.com pestfreepiha@gmail.com Community Mail Box 3, Piha Activities Holds regular seminars and workshops on matters to do with the natural and historic heritage of Piha Publishes monographs, books [ Read More ]
Seven truckloads of sand were dumped on the roadside at the far southern end of Piha beach, and Auckland Council would like to know who did it. Meanwhile another two loads [ Read More ]
Fantastic images by Stephanie at the Gallery in her new Piha on Canvas show. By Friday afternoon three had already sold and I must confess I too succombed to their [ Read More ]
Snapped this young group doing Duke of Edinburgh Courses on their way through Piha today. In all I saw about 30 in several groups on their way to the next [ Read More ]
New Zealand coastal and rain forest usually develops dense leaf litter on the forest floor. Some Piha locals are raking out this litter and tidying up their forest. Here’s 11 [ Read More ]
Bush regeneration project after fire Since 1994 a major bush regeneration project has been occurring on my family property, the Pearce property. A disastrous fire in February 1994 destroyed seven [ Read More ]
In August 2007 a huge storm swept a torrent of water down the Piha and Kitekite Streams, overflowing their banks, and the winds howled. An old puriri, which for hundreds of years [ Read More ]
Piha Rescue season premiere The next season of “Piha Rescue” will go to air on Monday Jan 17th. To mark the occasion,the Piha SLSC will be showing the season premiere on [ Read More ]