Surf Life Saving New Zealand, (SLSNZ) this week announced a grant of $421,000 towards the United North Piha Lifeguard Service (UNPLS) rebuild project, for the current financial year. This grant [ Read More ]
The Auckland Council is reviewing the Regional Parks Management that contains all the visions, policies and rules for the Waitakere Ranges Regional Parkland. Sandra Coney chaired the existing management plan [ Read More ]
News today that two bodies have been found in the sea at North Piha and on the West Coast https://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?objectid=12264541&ref=twitter
Piha’s Pat La Roche was recently awarded a Pingao & Toheroa Award for her work on coastal environmental conservation. This was awarded as a lifetime achievement by the Coastal Environment [ Read More ]
Auckland Council is consulting on reports that seek to address flooding in Glen Esk Road. A public meeting to discuss these will be held at Barnett Hall, North Piha, Sunday [ Read More ]
On 20 November Cllr Penny Hulse, chair of the Auckland Council Environment and Community Committee announced publicly that Kitekite Track will reopen before Christmas. Many will have applauded that move, [ Read More ]
Waitakere Ranges Local Board has just renewed the wooden surf board signs that were installed at three places at Piha about 10 years ago. The signs were out of date [ Read More ]
A fire at Tunnel Point, Karekare, was put out by 9 pm with the use of a portable floating pump. Fire crews attended from Waiatarua, Karekare and Piha. https://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/109827571/firefighters-having-difficulty-locating-blaze-in-aucklands-waitkere-ranges 9 [ Read More ]
A body recovered at Piha is believed to be that of missing man Leka Pasiaka who went missing while swimming at Whatipu on 29 December 2018. Pasiaka was swimming with [ Read More ]
Two people – a man and a woman – have died after being swept off the rocks at Muriwai beach. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12089957