Geoffrey Neil Hall 9 August 1925 ” 18 April 2010   One of the Piha Surf Club’s most loyal and long-serving members passed away recently.  Geoff Hall had held virtually  [ Read More ]

Lily Webber 1910-26 June 2003   One of Piha’s oldest personalities died on 26 June and a large crowd of Piha devotees gathered at her funeral to celebrate a long  [ Read More ]

John Stanley Crump Hanson 5 May 1941 ” 18 September 2002  A devoted supporter of the surf lifesaving movement in New Zealand, John was the son of Betty and Bill  [ Read More ]

Jackie Jenkins 25 September 1913- 25 September 2003 Members of three Piha clubs ” bowling club, surf club and RSA ” were saddened by the death on 25 September 2003  [ Read More ]

J T Diamond 21 June 1912 – 20 February 2001  Jack Diamond, the pioneer historian of the West Coast, died earlier this year, aged 88. Although he had no academic  [ Read More ]

Doris Margaret Pearce 17 December 1911 ” 9 May 2005 Doris Pearce died in her 94th year. She came out to Piha on the Saturday of Anzac weekend, sat and  [ Read More ]

Don ˜E.D.’Wright 1915-9 November 2003 Don Wright, one of the icons of surf lifesaving, died on Sunday 9 November. He was on his way to his regular Grey Watch surf  [ Read More ]

Desmond Byron Schubert 1921 – 22 April 2002   Desmond Byron Schubert died on 22 April 2001 aged 80 years. His daughter Anna described him at his funeral as a  [ Read More ]

Buddy (Fredrick Ross) Lucas 22 May 1931-18 October 2002 There was shock when news spread that Buddy Lucas was seriously ill and disbelief when this fit, vigorous man died. Around  [ Read More ]

Stanley Arthur ˜Bill’ Hanson December 1913 ” 16 July 2006 A lover of the West Coast and a loyal participant in Piha’s Anzac Day parades died in July. Bill Hanson  [ Read More ]