The Auckland Council Local Parks Department and Waitakere Ranges Local Board have set up a programme of riparian edge planting around Piha Domain. This will help stop stream bank erosion [ Read More ]
Dan and colleagues from Ecomatters Trust had a steady stream of visitors to their pop-ups on the edge of the lagoon. They were talking to locals and offering free assessments [ Read More ]
Ecomatters Trust has been contracted by Auckland Council to work on improving the health of West Coast lagoons by improving the performance of local septic tanks. They can offer advice [ Read More ]
There have been several deaths recently of Piha people – Warwick Broadhead and Garrie Massicks. http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/rubbings-from-a-live-man-2008 Warwick Broadhead is known very widely for his marvellous, heroic, epic and outrageous dramatic performances. [ Read More ]
The old Council rubbish bins at Piha have been found to contain white asbestos or chrysotile – particles of which can be hazardous when airborne. The bins have now been wrapped [ Read More ]
Monique Endt is a regular and much admired exhibitor at the West Coast Gallery. Her previous exhibitions have focused on West Coast landscapes, but sometimes drawing human forms from [ Read More ]
Piha Surf Life Saving Club launched a new asset on Friday night (16 January). A pop-up bar – a partnership between Corona and the club – provided a taste of what [ Read More ]
At the Piha R&R AGM, Damon Birchfield of the Ecomatters Trust outlined to the meeting a programme the trust is contracted to Auckland Council to deliver. An experienced expert will [ Read More ]
The Piha A surf boat crew will represent New Zealand against Australia at the Trans-Tasman Test Series being held on the 7th February 2015, Waihi Beach. New Zealand Surf Boat Team Manager [ Read More ]
Following a Herald article by Wayne Thompson, the media descended on Piha to highlight the water quality problems at Piha lagoon. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11381873 Successive testing over the last recent years has [ Read More ]