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Spring 26 Piha News out now

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Pick up your copy at Arataki, Piha Store, Piha PO, Library or Gallery. Lead stories on Piha Campground, bottom-trawling, Government planning bills, fishing club, korora and much much more.

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Future of Piha Campground

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The Waitakere Ranges Local Board will today consider the future of the Piha Campground. While Piha has had a campground in the area of the Piha Domain for over a  [ Read More ]

Categories: camp, news, Uncategorized

Woman rescued from bush

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A female tramper rang in the rescue crew when she got trapped in dense bush and gorse at the south end of Piha beach, above the Tasman Lookout Track. Police  [ Read More ]

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Cat survey supports greater controls

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  Auckland Council recently surveyed Aucklanders about control of domestic cats in preparation for the next Regional Pest Management Plan, which sets the rules about how to manage plant and  [ Read More ]

Funds for drowning victim’s widow

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Over $50,000 has been raised for the widow of Tran Duy Quyen, the Vietnamese fisherman who drowned at Piha on 9 January. His body was found several days later at  [ Read More ]

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Fisherman drowns at Piha

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Around lunchtime today Thursday 9 January a fisherman wearing a lifejacket was seen to fall into the water near The Gap, at the south end of Piha beach. Despite searching  [ Read More ]

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URGENT! Shoreline Adaptation Plans – what does it mean for Piha/Karekare??

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file:///C:/Users/Sandra/Documents/3rd%20attempt/Documents/Documents/WRLB/da52f4837c2261b34681d48d832423e8_DRAFT_Shoreline_Adaptation_Plan_for_Whatipu_to_South_Head.pdf file:///C:/Users/Sandra/Documents/3rd%20attempt/Documents/Documents/WRLB/5781d3e12e0faa6388a244e7d1464138_Draft_Shoreline_Adaptation_Plan_for_Manukau_North.pdf The Waitakere Ranges Local Board was unhappy about the consultation on the Shoreline Adaptation Plans (SAPs) or the Manukau North Coast and the Whatipu to South Head of  [ Read More ]

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Maps released of landslides from Cyclone Gabrielle

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  Auckland Council’s Recovery Office has just released its geotech GHD report which has done the background work behind the categorising of properties affected by Cyclone Gabrielle. It contains some  [ Read More ]

Categories: Geology, news, Uncategorized

Have your say on Council’s Long Term Plan 2024-2034

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I have put together this submission which addresses the LTP. Feel free to borrow from it. It does contain some non-Waitakere subjects particular on parks, Port of Auckland and airport  [ Read More ]

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Just released – two-year kauri dieback report

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file:///C:/Users/Sandra/Documents/3rd%20attempt/Documents/Documents/regional%20parks/20231220%20Kauri%20dieback%20management%20programme%20annual%20report%2020212022_20222023%20combined.pdf