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Auckland Council closes Kauri dieback areas for protection
The Auckland Council Regional Development and Operations Committee on Thursday voted to close 13 Kauri Protection Areas throughout the Waitakere Ranges, involving 27 km of tracks, to try and halt [ Read More ]
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“Wai o Kahu” name restored to Glen Esk park arrival area
When historian Graeme Murdoch talked to the Piha community about Maori names of places in Piha, he mentioned that the original name for the Piha Stream was Wai o Kahu. [ Read More ]
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New court surfaces for tennis club
The Piha Tennis Club has been successful in an application to the Trusts Charitable Foundation for funds to resurface the tennis courts and replace the perimeter fence. The astroturf courts were [ Read More ]
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Piha wins Home of the Year ….again!
Every year the Home magazine goes on the hunt for New Zealand’s best architecturally designed houses. This year the judges noted that the tougher economic times are forcing architects to [ Read More ]
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Piha Rescue makes waves in NZ Herald
Piha Rescue in the news today with some locals claiming they over-dramatise and are deterring people from visiting by painting the beach as dangerous. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10794279 Last weekend’s coverage in Herald [ Read More ]
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Parks’ actions to address avian botulism at Lily Pond
In recent weeks, ducks at the Claude Abel Reserve in Garden Road (Lily Pond) have been showing signs of Avian Botulism. Now it is confirmed that there are water quality [ Read More ]
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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 ]