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Two die at Muriwai
Two people – a man and a woman – have died after being swept off the rocks at Muriwai beach. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12089957
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Pest Free Piha Strategic Plan out for consultation
Pest Free Piha is a new initiative to get Piha pest free by 2025. That means no animal pests – rats, possums, stoats, pigs – and no plant pests. The [ Read More ]
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Piha arsonist sentenced to prison
On April 6, Justice Mary Peters in the Auckland High Court sentenced Cory Marson-Wood to three years in prison for fires that caused serious damage at Piha and a fire [ Read More ]
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Heidi Padain’s photography celebrated at Arataki
The “Friends of the Forest” exhibition of photographs by Piha-based photographer Heidi Padain opened last night at Arataki Visitor Centre (16 February 2018). A good crowd of lovers of the [ Read More ]
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Two people die in flash flood in Waitakeres
Two people from a group of five have died while crossing a stream at Cascades Kauri on 3 February 2018. The group was caught in a flash flood after a [ Read More ]
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Flooding in Piha
A torrent of rain over a very short period caused sudden flooding of the Piha Stream today (3 February 2018). The rain poured out of the hills causing a flood [ Read More ]
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New Measures to help control kauri dieback spread
Three measures that will strengthen efforts to save kauri trees from dieback disease were agreed by the Kauri Dieback Governance Group when they met yesterday (29 January 2018). It was [ Read More ]
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Northern dotterel chick killed by dog on N Piha beach
Dotterel on North Piha beach – note tyre marks, another hazard Today (22 January) Ben Paris of Auckland Council biodiversity team was interviewed on Radio NZ about the recent attrack [ Read More ]
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Track closures follow report on kauri killer disease
On 5 December Te Kawerau a Maki attended a meeting of the Auckland Council Environment and Community Committee to inform the committee it had placed a rahui over the Waitakere [ Read More ]
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Farewell to Jack Kingston 1918-2017
Jack Kingston was one of Piha’s oldest and longest dwelling residents, when he died on 9 November 2017 aged 99 years. He has been at Piha so long, the corner of the road [ Read More ]