President: Kirk MacGibbon Ring the Clubhouse 8128 845 Social Membership: $35 First year $40 Full Membership: $80 Family $50 Collegiate member $10 Located in the Piha Domain, 21 Seaview Road, [ Read More ]
On Tuesday 17 November 2009 a small disparate group of people gathered on the regional parkland at the end of Log Race Race, Piha, on a strange expedition. The leader of [ Read More ]
Picnic on Byers Track, beside the Glen Esk Stream Green grass cool spots for picnics can be found at a few places at Piha. They are good for a daytime [ Read More ]
The West Coast was popular with tourists and visitors from the late 19th and early 20th century, but they tended to visit Karekare and The Gap rather than Piha beach itself. The [ Read More ]
Two US lifeguards are credited with the birth of the modern surfing movement in New Zealand and there is a strong Piha connection. When Rick Stoner and Bing Copeland [ Read More ]
A recent archaeological dig at Te Ahua pa (Q11/61) above Mercer Bay found a plethora of artefacts and materials that add to our knowledge of how Maori lived around Piha [ Read More ]
Te Kawerau a Maki are the iwi or Maori tribe of the West Coast. The main Te Kawerau settlements were on the coast and large areas were cleared of forest [ Read More ]
Piha Area Design Guidelines have been endorsed by the Piha Ratepayers and Residents Committee and adopted by the Auckland Regional Council. The guidelines will determine how regional parks at Piha [ Read More ]
An evaluation of the three-year West Coast Rock Fishing Safety Pilot Project ” a collaboration of Auckland Regional Council, Watersafe Auckland, Safe Waitakere and Surf Life Saving Northern Region ” [ Read More ]
Recent data from feral pig control in the Waitakere Ranges shows that the Auckland Regional Council is suppressing pig numbers, however, four culls a year are needed to significantly reduce [ Read More ]