As part of Council’s building renewals programme the existing facility at Piha Domain is being upgraded. Piha Domain Consultation Flyer April 2013 More plans and information are on display at the  [ Read More ]

Today the crowds turned out for Anzac Day in force, despite the threat of rain in some places.  Went to Titirangi and noticed that Jack Smith and Ned Storey, on  [ Read More ]

Paul Greenwood shot this glorious video on the autumn equiniox when the rising sun shines straight down Glen Esk Valley and wakes the sleeping Lion. http://vimeo.com/64532071

The attached article I wrote was printed in the Herald on Sunday today (21 April 2013) in preparation for Anzac Day later this week. Based on the WW1 Roll of Honour on  [ Read More ]

The West Coast Gallery invites artists in all media to submit proposals for their annual Matariki exhibition in June, this year called “Gifts from the Stars”. gifts from the stars  [ Read More ]

The two new Artists in Residence for Regional Parks will be close to Piha. Tim Prebble (sound artist) and Denise Batchelor (filmmaker) have been selected as our Artists in Residence  [ Read More ]

At Auckland Council’s Annual Plan hearing (9 April 2013), submitter Yvonne Duncan of the Peace Foundation recommended an annual peace award for the region. As an example of the kind  [ Read More ]

Bit of a mission finding out about the power outages at Piha that have been going on all day (6 April). Went online and looked at Vector website which said for  [ Read More ]

Opening today 6 April were some big bold canvases from landscape artist and local woman, Jill Perrott. With her title of “Toast the West Coast” Jill’s landscapes featured the West  [ Read More ]

Good reports from visitors to the display about the Unitary Plan with helpful staff. People who have found it difficult to access the maps online, found it good to see the  [ Read More ]