Dr Miller Goss’s latest visit on the trail of radio astronomers Bolton and Stanley led to another site visit to try and trace the remains of some of the Radar  [ Read More ]

On 28 January a group gathered at the end of Log Race Road, Piha, to unveil a plaque to a unique event that occured in 1948. In that year two radio  [ Read More ]

The Church of the Sacred Heart, nestled among huge pohutukawas in Garden Road, was given by Trixie Wales in memory of her husband Stan. He was an Auckland importer and  [ Read More ]

Schools have come and gone at Piha, according to the population and enthusiasm of education authorities. For most of their history the schools have had to make do, in houses,  [ Read More ]

The Cultural heritage Inventory or CHI is a database of known historic and archaeological sites throughout the Auckland Region. It was developed under the Auckland Regional Council and is now  [ Read More ]

Contact email protectpihaheritage@gmail.com pestfreepiha@gmail.com Community Mail Box 3, Piha Activities Holds regular seminars and workshops on matters to do with the natural and historic heritage of Piha Publishes monographs, books  [ Read More ]

In August 2007 a huge storm swept a torrent of water down the Piha and Kitekite Streams, overflowing their banks, and the winds howled. An old puriri, which for hundreds of years  [ Read More ]

This large pohutukawa grows out of the top of a large rock and has sent soots down into the soil beneath to sustain it. To Te Kawerau a Maki the rock  [ Read More ]

In 1963, a trimaran called Tolu Vaa, sailing along the West Coast and with darkness falling, ran for shelter at Piha. With the help of the surf club, which saw the  [ Read More ]

Betty Hanson 20 November 1916 – 9 June 2010 It is with great sadness that we record the death of Betty Hanson,. Betty had a deep and lasting love of  [ Read More ]