The Piha Tennis Club has been successful in an application to the Trusts Charitable Foundation for funds to resurface the tennis courts and replace the perimeter fence. The astroturf courts were [ Read More ]
Every year the Home magazine goes on the hunt for New Zealand’s best architecturally designed houses. This year the judges noted that the tougher economic times are forcing architects to [ Read More ]
Piha Rescue in the news today with some locals claiming they over-dramatise and are deterring people from visiting by painting the beach as dangerous. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10794279 Last weekend’s coverage in Herald [ Read More ]
In recent weeks, ducks at the Claude Abel Reserve in Garden Road (Lily Pond) have been showing signs of Avian Botulism. Now it is confirmed that there are water quality [ Read More ]
A small, select but cheery group of Piha people joined the protests today (10 March) against the redundancies of nearly 300 ports workers. Sandra Coney, Monique Olivier, Sheena von Bassewitz [ Read More ]
Sitka’s Mischa Davis has this past weekend been crowned the overall Women’s Champion at the final round of the Hyundai New Zealand Longboard Tour for 2012 at Port Waikato. With [ Read More ]
Latest YouTubes from Elliot Paerata-Reid, surfer boy extraordinaire. Love that filming of Lion Rock down the tube, and that snapper. Did he catch it off his board? http://vimeo.com/37711530 And Here’s [ Read More ]
I’ve been doing a lot of work lately on some of the history of Piha. There is still much to learn and I’d like to hear from anyone who can [ Read More ]
Peak winds of up to 130 km/hr hit the south and west of Auckland around 8 am on 3 March. Civil Defence and Emergency reports that power was cut in [ Read More ]
The Auckland Council’s Long Term Plan is out for consultation until 23 March. See it here http://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/EN/AboutCouncil/PlansPoliciesPublications/Long_term_plan/Pages/Home.aspx?utm_source=homepage%2Bpromo%2Btile&utm_medium=website&utm_campaign=Long_Term_Plan Of big interest to Piha locals is how the new rates system will [ Read More ]