Yet again a marvellous evening (5 October) of Jam Night music at the Bowler, with yet more Piha talent turning up. Photos below show regulars George Thomson and crew, Sean  [ Read More ]

Media Release from Auckland Council Auckland Council has declined an application by Lactic Turkey Events Ltd to hold a running event on the Hillary Trail in 2013. Council officers have  [ Read More ]

Wondering what the profuse white flowering trees are along Piha Road? They are olearias, New Zealand tree daisies. I have never seen such a display as this spring, with some  [ Read More ]

West Coast Gallery is seeking entries in all media for a Rock the Lion exhibition which will run from 3 November to 2 December. Get out your cameras, paint brushes,  [ Read More ]

Last night, Profesor Russell Stone, opened the Auckland Heritage Festival with the inaugural Sir John Logan Campbell address. This is planned to be an annual event, allowing a scholarly person  [ Read More ]

Piha pohutukawa has her own Facebook page and 41 friends already. You too can be a friend too by going to http://www.facebook.com/piha.pohutukawa#!/piha.pohutukawa Also read NZ Herald write up from today (28 September)  [ Read More ]

The Waitakere Ranges Local Board voted tonight (26 September) to reject the options put to it by Auckland Transport: to remove a limb off an iconic pohutukawa at 58 Beach Valley  [ Read More ]

Logan Adams and Kris O’Neill of Piha SLSC have just won the BP Surf Rescue of the Year Award for the rescue of  four Asian tourists near Lion Rock on  [ Read More ]

Marvellous music at the Bowler led by George Thomson on the guitar, accompanied by Maurice Reviol, guitar and base clarinet, Jimmy Boswell, harmonica, Sean Pont, vocals and harmonica, Alan Foulkes,  [ Read More ]

Pat La Roche, Piha Coast Care, today sent out the “how to” of getting rid of tradescantia and why. A timely reminder, here it is I got a shock when  [ Read More ]