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Archive for June, 2015

Final plant completes job in Domain

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Twelve people quickly dealt with the remaining 400 plants in the Piha Domain on Saturday 27 June. The project, organised by Local Parks West for the Waitakere Ranges Local Board  [ Read More ]

Categories: Green News, news

Old pohutukawa loses limb to truck

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One of Piha’s most prominent pohutukawa lost a limb on the morning of Wednesday 24 June when a truck struck it with such force a limb was severed. The Piha  [ Read More ]

Categories: news, Uncategorized

Guardrail proposal at lookout dumped

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The controversial proposal for a guardrail before the lookout on Piha Road (near 101 Piha Road), has ended with Auckland Transport not going ahead. The proposal was opposed by the Waitakere Ranges Local Board  [ Read More ]

Categories: news

Piha Surf Club AGM

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Starts 1 pm at the Clubhouse

Categories: Events

Special General Meeting for RSA

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Hello members, we will be holding an Extraordinary General Meeting on Saturday 27 June 2015 at the Clubrooms at 5pm.  The Executive of the Piha Memorial RSA Inc have been  [ Read More ]

Categories: Events

Marc Mateo farewelled in Domain

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A large crowd gathered in the Domain on Friday 19 June to farewell local man Marc Anthony Mateo who died accidentally the previous weekend. Eldest son of Bev, partner of  [ Read More ]

Categories: news, The dear departed

New roof keeps heritage

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The women’s ablution block at North Piha Campers Club is sporting a bright new Marseilles tile roof. The old tiles were leaking, and the Campers Club, which runs the membership only  [ Read More ]

Categories: Holiday mecca, news

Third planting creates wetland at Domain gate

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Around 14 people turned up to today’s wetland plant by the Domain gate, despite the gusty squally weather. The area was a wetland in the 1930s and 40s, flooded on  [ Read More ]

Categories: Environment, Green News, news

20 attend second Domain planting

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Twenty locals attended on Saturday 30 May to the second Domain riparian planting. Oioi and knobby club rush were among the plants that went in on the banks of the  [ Read More ]

Categories: Green News, news