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Soup and music at The Bowler

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Enjoy Claire Inwood’s delicious soup and home-made bread ($6 or $10), cake ($6) and chai ($3) at the Bowler on a Thursday night With Tim Bailey’s cool jazz/funk vibe Bar open

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The Apprentice – Ted Scott’s photos at West Auckland Research Centre

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Auckland Festival of Photography Event  Please join us for the opening of Ted Scott’s exhibition: The Apprentice on June 6th 5:30 pm at the West Auckland Research Centre, J. T. Diamond Reading  [ Read More ]

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Conquerors of the Hillary Trail

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Caught up with this group eating their lunch in the Domain at lunchtime Sunday. Coming from Mt Albert Grammar School, they had started the Hillary Trail at Arataki, camped at  [ Read More ]

Plans for new Piha Community Sports and Rec Club unveiled

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Saturday 12 May saw a meeting at the Bowling Club for Bowling Club and Tennis Club members to have presented in more detail plans for the new combined club premises.  [ Read More ]

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Piha Gymnastics – blast from the past

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These bright-eyed young things are the Piha Gymnastics Club circa 1983 in their specially designed tee-shirts, white with blue or red bands and the words Piha Gymnastics printed in reverse.  [ Read More ]

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Piha’s history revealed

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I’ve added a lot of new history on the site about people and places at Piha. In the course of my ongoing research, I’ve found out new and interesting things  [ Read More ]

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Merv and Rene “Mum” Otto

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The Ottos were at the centre of everything happening at Piha in the 1940 to the 1960s. Merv was a live-wire and Mr Fix-it man all around Piha, while Mum,  [ Read More ]

Our endangered dophins – Maui’s

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While swimming out the back some years ago I was joined by some Maui’s dolphins. An unforgettable experience if a little scary at the time. They say they are small  [ Read More ]

More photos of Piha

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Here’s a message from another photographer with terrific photos of Piha, local man Peter Mitchell. I have added some spectacular new images to my collection of Piha photos on the  [ Read More ]

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Closing Day for Consultation on Basketball Half-Court in Domain

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For more information go here https://www.piha.co.nz/?p=2476

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