In the recent budget, the Government pledged over $26 million for protection of kauri forests and research. With kauri PTA recently found in the Coromandel forests for the first time,  [ Read More ]

The Waitakere Ranges Local Board adopted the Piha Reserves Restoration Plan at its meeting on 8 May. The Plan, developed by Wildlands Consultants covered the reserves fronting North Piha Beach  [ Read More ]

The West Auckland Historical Society has launched its annual Essay Competition carried out in honour of historian John T Diamond. Entitled Capturing the West, there are categories for young people  [ Read More ]

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The Piha café has been granted extended hours enabling it to stay open till 10 pm. The permission was granted on a non-notified basis, meaning that there was no opportunity for  [ Read More ]

A number of works have occurred around Piha in the last recent while. Up on the Waitakere Ranges Regional Park at the entrance to the Mercer Bay Loop Track a  [ Read More ]