Hangehange Geniostoma ligustrifolium family Loganiaceae This unimpressive little shrub serves a very useful purpose in forest, especially sealing the margins of bush when adjoining clear areas and roadsides. It is  [ Read More ]

Kahakaha or tank or perching lily Collospermum hastatum family Liliaceae A common epiphyte throughout lowland forest in the North Island and in the north of the South Island, it is  [ Read More ]

Parataniwha Elatostema rugosa family Urticaceae Parataniwha is a handsome ground-cover plant with long oval ruby or purple-coloured leaves with prominent veins and a wrinkled surface. It likes shadey, damp areas  [ Read More ]

Ureure Glasswort Sarcocornia quinqueflora family Amaranthaceae You’ll find this low-growing succulent close to the shore, growing on rocks. In other locations it grows on shell banks and in salt marshes.  [ Read More ]

Organised by Protect Piha Heritage to mark the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the Piha Mill 1910-2010, the Piha Mill Gala day will be held at the Piha Mill  [ Read More ]

The club provides surf life saving services to the 2.4 km North Piha beach, arguably one of New Zealand’s most dangerous sections of beach with many rescues carried out in  [ Read More ]

Piha is surrounded by the Waitakere Regional Parkland so there are plenty of walks in all directions. You can pick up a map at either of the noticeboards at Glen  [ Read More ]

Piha Boardriders (formerly Wildcoast Boardriders) was formed in 2001 by a group of surfing parents to support young surfers who were keen to develop their surfing skills in a social club  [ Read More ]

In 2008 I was contacted by Robin Skinner, Senior Lecturer in Architecture at Victoria University, to ask about a photo I had used in my book Piha: A History in  [ Read More ]

Te Piha talk   Graeme Murdoch held his audience spellbound when he shared his immense knowledge of the Maori history of Piha at Barnett Hall in November 2008. Emulating the  [ Read More ]