Stephanie Kroeger’s one of my favourite West Coast painters and I am the happy owner of a couple of Stephanie’s work. She captures the landscapes and iconic sights of the  [ Read More ]

Stefanie Kroeger paintings “Colours of the Coast” 8 Dec – 13th Jan 2012 at the West Coast Gallery, Piha Stefanie Kroeger returns for her much anticipated 4th solo show at  [ Read More ]

Due 5 pm Friday 7 December AGM to be held 6 January 2013 at 7.30 pm Membership $10 a year

Friday night saw some of our favourite musicians entertaining at the Bowler.  George Thomson played some long smooth duets with Ron Dugdale, each knowing exactly where to go with the  [ Read More ]

It started with a man with raised arm in front of Pakiti. Down came the IRB at full tilt and hauled him out. This was followed by the retrieval of first  [ Read More ]

Tasha Gray has taken over from Tracy Skidmore as the new Piha Community News editor. She takes over from Tracey Skidmore – the Skidmore family leaving Piha in the not  [ Read More ]

A huge variety of interpretations of Lion Rock can be seen on the walls of the West Coast Gallery with the opening on Saturday of the Rock the Lion exhibition.  [ Read More ]

Piha’s Melanie Reid scooped the pool of prestigious investigative journalism awards at the NZ television Awards with “The Eye of the Storm”, her investigation of the treatment of claimant Bronwyn Pullar  [ Read More ]

Starting 15 November, surfer Dave Rastavich “Rasta” will paddle on an epic journey from Cape Egmont to Piha arriving here on 1 December. Dave is an internationally acclaimed surfer and  [ Read More ]

Local Piha folk came out with the honours at the “Capturing the West” 2012 Essay Competition in honour of Jack Diamond, the original researcher of the West. Glenda Northey won  [ Read More ]