Local Piha folk came out with the honours at the “Capturing the West” 2012 Essay Competition in honour of Jack Diamond, the original researcher of the West. Glenda Northey won  [ Read More ]

A new website from Surf Life Saving New Zealand aims to inform visitors about West Coast and other beaches: where to swim and surf, lifeguard patrols, surfing, fishing and so  [ Read More ]

Karekare local women, Shalema Wanden-Hannay and Alia Bland, took their kids for a play on the beach and ended up saving a boy from the collapse of a sand tunnel  he  [ Read More ]

Surfer Dave Rastovich is arriving at Piha on December 1 having paddled all the way from Taranaki. Be on the beach to welcome him and protest about plans to mine  [ Read More ]

Boy, didn’t the crowds come out for the Piha Preschool Market Day! Grey skies but not rain drew a huge crowd with lots to choose from. I came home with  [ Read More ]

Local and Sports Parks West has installed a great new interpretation sign by the macrocarpas in Piha Domain. This follows the fencing off to save the trees from damage by  [ Read More ]

The Piha Radar Station was Unit Number 4 of the COL (Chain Overseas Low-Flying) network of coastal radar stations established around New Zealand and the Pacific during WW2. The Piha  [ Read More ]

It’s wild and windy weather at Piha, and it’s hard to imagine anyone being brave enough to swim, but it is the start of the club seaso, so here’s some  [ Read More ]

Night bowls 8.30 pm Saturday 20 October Live music from 7.30 pm Bowls from 8.30 pm Wear flat shoes and bring $7 green fees Kitchen and bar open