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Archive for March, 2012

Piha wins Home of the Year ….again!

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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

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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 ]

Parks’ actions to address avian botulism at Lily Pond

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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

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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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Death of former Piha resident Owen McShane

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Longer-term residents of Piha will recognise the name of Owen McShane, who died on 6 March, as someone with a former link to Piha. A planner by profession, McShane is  [ Read More ]

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West Coast Gallery Group Showings and Open Homes

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**First off, West Artist’s Open Studio is on the weekend of 24th and 25th March. Graham Valentine (indoor-outdoor art and mixed media) and Stefanie Kroeger (painting) are opening their home  [ Read More ]

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Piha RSA AGM 2012

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1 pm Saturday 24 March at the RSA

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Mischa Davis is Women’s Champ in Hyundai Longboard Tour

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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

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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

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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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