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Piha for Ports workers
A small, select but cheery group of Piha people joined the protests today (10 March) against the redundancies of nearly 300 ports workers. Sandra Coney, Monique Olivier, Sheena von Bassewitz [ Read More ]
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Mischa Davis is Women’s Champ in Hyundai Longboard Tour
Sitka’s Mischa Davis has this past weekend been crowned the overall Women’s Champion at the final round of the Hyundai New Zealand Longboard Tour for 2012 at Port Waikato. With [ Read More ]
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New surfing videos from our boy Elliot
Latest YouTubes from Elliot Paerata-Reid, surfer boy extraordinaire. Love that filming of Lion Rock down the tube, and that snapper. Did he catch it off his board? http://vimeo.com/37711530 And Here’s [ Read More ]
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Fill the gaps
I’ve been doing a lot of work lately on some of the history of Piha. There is still much to learn and I’d like to hear from anyone who can [ Read More ]
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Weather bomb cuts power at Piha
Peak winds of up to 130 km/hr hit the south and west of Auckland around 8 am on 3 March. Civil Defence and Emergency reports that power was cut in [ Read More ]
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Auckland Council Long-Term Plan 2012-2022 and how it affects Piha
The Auckland Council’s Long Term Plan is out for consultation until 23 March. See it here http://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/EN/AboutCouncil/PlansPoliciesPublications/Long_term_plan/Pages/Home.aspx?utm_source=homepage%2Bpromo%2Btile&utm_medium=website&utm_campaign=Long_Term_Plan Of big interest to Piha locals is how the new rates system will [ Read More ]
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Sweeping all before – Champion Piha Boaties
It doesn’t get better than this. Look at that tightly disciplined technique of the Piha Pirates crew (closest to camera), Horse on the sweep, with the Australian Tannun crew behind (in [ Read More ]
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Piha wins at Big Wave Classic
Despite challenging wind and wave conditions, Piha took out the Open Men’s and also Under-23 Men’s at Saturday’s Big Wave Classic, so good results by both Horse’s crews. Ladies was cancelled. [ Read More ]
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Piha boys going to the worlds – Western Leader
Two Piha surfers will represent New Zealand at the ISA world junior surfing championships in Panama this April. Tane Wallis and Elliot Paerata-Reid were selected alongside 10 other surfers from [ Read More ]
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Know your Piha 1 – Te Pona Whetu
This distinctive hill at North Piha, visible opposite the North Piha Campers Club at the back of the Marawhara Walk, has a name. It is Te Pona Whetu, or the [ Read More ]