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EPA turns down Trans-Tasman Resources sand-mining application
Today (18 June 2014), the Decision-Making Committee of the Environmental Protection Agency has turned down the application by Trans-Tasman Resources to carry out iron sand mining on the South Taranaki [ Read More ]
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Piha Cafe applies to extend night-time liquor licence hours
Under the name of Manuka Catering the Piha Café has applied to extend its alcohol on-licence from 11 am to 7pm Monday to Sunday to 11 am to 10 pm [ Read More ]
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Campground fire causes damage
Just after 9 pm last night the fire siren went twice. Usually heralding a car crash on the Piha Road, this time the cause was much closer to home. With [ Read More ]
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Government pledges $26.5m over 4 years for kauri
In the recent budget, the Government pledged over $26 million for protection of kauri forests and research. With kauri PTA recently found in the Coromandel forests for the first time, [ Read More ]
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Reserves Restoration Plan adopted by Local Board
The Waitakere Ranges Local Board adopted the Piha Reserves Restoration Plan at its meeting on 8 May. The Plan, developed by Wildlands Consultants covered the reserves fronting North Piha Beach [ Read More ]
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WAHS Essay Competition Capturing the West
The West Auckland Historical Society has launched its annual Essay Competition carried out in honour of historian John T Diamond. Entitled Capturing the West, there are categories for young people [ Read More ]
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Piha Cafe granted extended hours
The Piha café has been granted extended hours enabling it to stay open till 10 pm. The permission was granted on a non-notified basis, meaning that there was no opportunity for [ Read More ]
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Developments around Piha
A number of works have occurred around Piha in the last recent while. Up on the Waitakere Ranges Regional Park at the entrance to the Mercer Bay Loop Track a [ Read More ]
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Wasp menace in the Waitakeres
Posted 24 April 2014 Questions have been asked lately about what the Auckland Council is doing about the increase in wasps people are noting around Piha and the Waitakeres in [ Read More ]