Piha local Ross Barnes recently gave a talk to the West Auckland Historical Society on how the tracks of the Waitakere Ranges Regional Parkland got their names. Here’s his notes  [ Read More ]

Piha”NRC champions 1st Champion Boatie Club – Piha Boaties1st Open Men’s – Piha A Crew 1st Under 23’s Colts – Piha Pistols 1st Under 21’s Fillies  (Girls ) -Piha Coladas  [ Read More ]

Piha A won the open men’s surf boat race at Mount Maunganui on Sunday 30 January with Mark Bourneville at the sweep. Orewa was second followed by Paekakariki third. Because of  [ Read More ]

Green Rock, January 2011   At low tide, take a walk from the south end of Piha beach to The Gap and you go past the Green Rock. You walk  [ Read More ]

Back in the 1940s, Dr Colin Finlay, an Auckland dentist, built a brick house at the extreme southern end of Marine Parade South. He was not a good sailor, but  [ Read More ]

In August 2007 a huge storm swept a torrent of water down the Piha and Kitekite Streams, overflowing their banks, and the winds howled. An old puriri, which for hundreds of years  [ Read More ]

Piha Rescue season premiere    The next season of “Piha Rescue”  will go to air on Monday Jan 17th. To mark the occasion,the Piha SLSC will be showing the season premiere on  [ Read More ]

The distinctive tunnel through Camel Rock is called the Keyhole, although the Maori name for the island itself – Taitomo – means a cave through a rock. The Keyhole surges with  [ Read More ]

This large pohutukawa grows out of the top of a large rock and has sent soots down into the soil beneath to sustain it. To Te Kawerau a Maki the rock  [ Read More ]

In the latest Piha Surf Cub news Kirsty Wannan has been named in the NZ team to compete at the International Challenge in January. This is a full NZ team  [ Read More ]