This youtube of runners on the Hillary Trail shows the awesome beauty of the West Coast. Just hope they used the Trygene stations as they steamed past.   Midwinter Midnight  [ Read More ]

Sure, we’re a long way out, but there are obvious attractions and the specially designated RWC campervan parks in town are going to charge up to $80 a night. You  [ Read More ]

In The Aucklander 14 July Piha resident Pita Turei explained the meaning of taniwha in the Maori cultural world. Pita is currently working on a show called Taniwha! due to  [ Read More ]

 Conservation and cleaning work has been completed on Piha’s WW1 Roll of Honour. The lead lettering has been checked and loose letters batted back. One coat of efflorescent paultice worked well  [ Read More ]

A big turn-out for today’s Library event at Piha SLSC. But meanwhile a more poignant scenario was unfolding downstairs. A concerned member of the public turned up with a small,  [ Read More ]

Taitomo island is the only land on the West Coast still owned by the iwi, Te Kawerau a Maki. The name the iwi gave references the passage or tomo through  [ Read More ]

The Kitekite Falls are one of the most famous waterfalls in the Waitakere Ranges with six drops into a large lake-like pool at the bottom. The falls are reached by  [ Read More ]

The dunes on the South end of Piha Beach South have been cleared of weeds, and have been shaped to allow for adequate accessways onto the beach.  Hoperfully they will  [ Read More ]