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Consultation on Ecological Restoration Plan for Piha Beach Reserves

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  Plant and animal pests are negatively impacting on the Piha Beach Reserve network and only minor work has been undertaken in the past to address this issue.  Wildland Consultants  [ Read More ]

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Installation of Piha dog bylaw signage

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Auckland Council’s Communications & Public Affairs department together with Local & Sports Parks and Regional Parks have designed a standard design for dog bylaw signage for regional use. New signs  [ Read More ]

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Congratulations to Fiona

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Fiona Anderson, seen here with Pam Corkery,  has just been awarded a Special Award for Services to the Community by the Peace Foundation. Well earned!

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Armani commercial provokes mixed views on Coast

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In Monday’s Herald was a bit of a story about US model Emily DiDonato who tweeted about her experience on the West Coast filming for a marketing campaign for, it  [ Read More ]

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Aucklanders join Piha to protest oil drilling in the Tasman

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Aucklanders turned out today to join Piha locals protesting oil drilling in the Tasman Sea. The Banners on the Beaches protest, organised by Greenpeace, with the support of the Waitakere  [ Read More ]

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Rabbit bait stations at North Piha

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Local and Sports Parks West is warning people that it has four bait stations for rabbits in Les Waygood Park, along the seaward edge of the karo forest (see map  [ Read More ]

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Piha folk honoured at EcoWise Awards

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Two members of the Piha community were honoured at Friday’s Ecowise Community Awards, organised by Keep Waitakere Beautiful. Larry Gibson was given the Rata Award for the West Auckland school  [ Read More ]

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The Fire Sirens of Piha

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Under the witty caption “The fire sirens of Piha beach”, journalist Mark Scott (himself a local with a bach in Rayner Road) profiled Piha’s female fire crew in about the late  [ Read More ]

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Fireworks cause fire at Tasman Lookout

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Fireworks were the predictable cause of the fire at Tasman Lookout, early this evening (4 November). A group of young men lit and then threw fireworks over the edge of  [ Read More ]

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Spring Fling Festival of the Arts

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A happy family crowd down at the Domain today – lots of craft stalls, very good Thai food, coffees, pizzas, some environmental groups – KASM, Seabed Mining and Maui’s Dolphin  [ Read More ]

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