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Archive for the ‘The past’ Category

Brothers Beer and Juke Joint at Piha Surf Club

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HOURS Friday 4 pm – 10 pm Saturday Midday – 10 pm Sunday Midday – 8pm https://www.pihaslsc.com/our-club/restaurant/

Frank de Guerrier

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Here’s another story about forgotten names around Piha. A prominent name in the early years of the Piha surf club was an exotic one: Frank Ernest de Guerrier. Frank came  [ Read More ]

Categories: Who they were

Farewell to Jack Kingston 1918-2017

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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 ]

Bob (Neville) John McNeil 1935 – 2016

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The death occurred on 11 June 2016 of Bob NcNeil and he was farewelled at the St Mary’s Catholic Church in Avondale on Thursday 17 June. Bob was a West  [ Read More ]

Death of Jack de Bazin

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Sadly, Jack de Bazin died on Friday 18th September. Jack and his wife Ngaire lived in Rayner Road for years and were at the hub of community life. Jack was  [ Read More ]

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

Ted Browne and the Browne family

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Ted and Stella Browne were the second proprietors of the Piha Boarding House. Edward “Ted” Christmas Browne was born to Simon and Gertrude Browne on 25 December 1888 at Port  [ Read More ]

Three sets of twins represent Piha SLSC

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The latest Western Leader has a great photo of three sets of under-14 twins representing Piha SLSC at this weekend’s pool champs at West Wave. They are from the Thompson,  [ Read More ]

Categories: news, Surf clubs, Uncategorized

Four Browne brothers die in WW1 – the Piha connection

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As part of the Herald series of articles about WW1, the story was told of the four Browne brothers who died in WW1. All four died within a two year period.  [ Read More ]

Categories: news, WW1 soldiers