There’s a Piha link to the venerable foundry of Millar Paterson Ltd that was written up by Peter Calder in the Herald on 1 May. The foundry, situated by Victoria  [ Read More ]

Piha surf club advise that this is the last weekend of regular patrols until next season. The restaurant and bar are also closing on Sunday. There is an end of  [ Read More ]

As part of Council’s building renewals programme the existing facility at Piha Domain is being upgraded. Piha Domain Consultation Flyer April 2013 More plans and information are on display at the  [ Read More ]

Today the crowds turned out for Anzac Day in force, despite the threat of rain in some places.  Went to Titirangi and noticed that Jack Smith and Ned Storey, on  [ Read More ]

Paul Greenwood shot this glorious video on the autumn equiniox when the rising sun shines straight down Glen Esk Valley and wakes the sleeping Lion. http://vimeo.com/64532071

The attached article I wrote was printed in the Herald on Sunday today (21 April 2013) in preparation for Anzac Day later this week. Based on the WW1 Roll of Honour on  [ Read More ]

The West Coast Gallery invites artists in all media to submit proposals for their annual Matariki exhibition in June, this year called “Gifts from the Stars”. gifts from the stars  [ Read More ]

The two new Artists in Residence for Regional Parks will be close to Piha. Tim Prebble (sound artist) and Denise Batchelor (filmmaker) have been selected as our Artists in Residence  [ Read More ]

At Auckland Council’s Annual Plan hearing (9 April 2013), submitter Yvonne Duncan of the Peace Foundation recommended an annual peace award for the region. As an example of the kind  [ Read More ]

Bit of a mission finding out about the power outages at Piha that have been going on all day (6 April). Went online and looked at Vector website which said for  [ Read More ]