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 ]

Ron Cooper, a loyal and long-standing member of Piha Surf Life Saving Club, died at Taupaki Gables on 15 September 2012. Ron was born on 7 April 1927, grew up at Smale  [ Read More ]

 Don Binney, painter and great lover of the West Coast, has suddenly died aged 73. Binney was in hospital for other reasons when he suddenly had a heart attack and  [ Read More ]

Clearly, exposure to Piha is good for longevity. Ed Tredrea was written up recently in The Aucklander, playing badminton at nearly 95. The Tredreas, Ed, Joyce and three children,  had  [ Read More ]

This kowhai on the front lawn always puts on a huge display unless the kereru don’t get to it first. It is one-of-a-kind in that it has enormously long seed  [ Read More ]

Elliot Paerata-Reid is not just a talented surfer, but also an inspired maker of short surfing videos starring himself. Watch this video of Elliot in Nias Indonesia and you’ll see  [ Read More ]

Request for Expressions of Interest for the provision of Piha Community Ranger Services for the 2012

About 25 turned up at Piha surf club on Saturday 25 August 2013 to hear dune ecologist Jim Dahm of Eco Nomos talk about his study of the sand dunes  [ Read More ]