It was very hot – threatening rain never arrived – the crowds poured in and ate terrific food from local stalls, chatted, caught up, and went away with bags packed  [ Read More ]

Over 60 turned up at the Piha Surf Club on Saturday night to enjoy an evening of conviviality and Sandra Coney talking about her now book – On the Radar:  [ Read More ]

The afternoon of Saturday 26 October saw a big celebration at the Piha SLSC clubhouse as the members acknowledged the generosity of the Lions Club of Remuera. Each year the  [ Read More ]

Plan Change 36 was proposed by Waitakere City Council to liberalise economic activities in the Waitakere Ranges Heritage Area. It came on the back of the fight over the Piha  [ Read More ]

Preliminary results are in the for the 2nd election for Auckland Council. Voting finished yesterday 12 October 2013. Len Brown is returned as mayor, while Penny Hulse (19188) and Linda  [ Read More ]

The five-day 2013 National Scholastic Surfing Championship was strung out because of big messy surf, but was completed with some success, notably the first place in the Under-18 Boys’ Final  [ Read More ]

Went and saw this movie tonight and thought it mainly excellent. I think the nay-sayers could just not relate to the setting and modern historical context and how totally brutal  [ Read More ]

At its next meeting (9 October) the Waitakere Ranges Local Board is expected to endorse a Dune Management Plan for the area of Piha beach south of Lion Rock. The  [ Read More ]

  There are many events in this year’s Heritage Festival that will appeal to people with an interest in the history of West Auckland. Sandra Coney is speaking at two  [ Read More ]

Piha suffered two bereavements of long term locals in the last week. Larry Gibson, former Piha Bowling Club president and stalwart and extremely hard worker for the club, died in  [ Read More ]