Drizzly rain is not so good for sun-bathing or sand csatle competitions, but is great for the bush and the winter’s plantings. The Piha Tennis Club managed to get a  [ Read More ]

A woman missing from the Mercer Bay Loop Track area is believed to have fallen into the water. Police, Search and Rescue, surf life saving and parks rangers have been searching  [ Read More ]

CALL OUT TO INTERESTED ARTISTS TO BE PART OF A COMMEMORATIVE INSTALLATION Next year, 7 February 2013,  marks the 150th anniversary of the wreck of HMS Orpheus on the Manukau  [ Read More ]

Body of missing swimmer found 4:08 PM Tuesday Dec 18, 2012 The body of a swimmer who went missing at Lake Wainamu on Sunday morning has been found. Fifty-year-old Grant  [ Read More ]

The Piha Surf Life Saving Club has come up with an offer of Pinot Noir 2010 and Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2012 (4.5 stars) that would be great for Summer parties  [ Read More ]

Spectacular  lightning at Piha captured on the Herald website. It’s hitting the old radar station site which is littered with GPS, omni directional antenna, VHF, police repeater station. Could these  [ Read More ]

Dave Rastovich was welcomed onto Piha beach today (1 December) by Peter Turei after his epic 350 km paddle from Cape Taranaki to Piha to protest seabed mining on the West  [ Read More ]

Lovers of Piha’s natural beauty breathed a sigh of relief this Wednesday when the Waitakere Ranges Local Board voted to retain one of Piha’s iconic pohutukawa, wind-sculpted, an old survivor  [ Read More ]

Piha Tennis Club has 4 spaces left for its Junior coaching clinic ( aged 8 to 13 years) The scheduled dates are December 10-14 Monday -Thursday with Friday as a lay day.  [ Read More ]

As from 1 December there is a ban on fires through a Restricted Fire Season in rural areas including the Waitakeres and Piha. During this time you need to get  [ Read More ]