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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/

Freedom camping rules prohibit sites at Piha

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The Auckland Council responded to a lengthy consultation on freedom camping by extending prohibitions on specific sites, including a number of Piha roads and one at Karekare. Freedom camping is  [ Read More ]

Categories: camp, issues, news, Uncategorized

Review of Regional Parks Management Plan

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The Auckland Council is reviewing the Regional Parks Management that contains all the visions, policies and rules for the Waitakere Ranges Regional Parkland. Sandra Coney chaired the existing management plan  [ Read More ]

Kitekite – is it the sacrificial track?

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On 20 November Cllr Penny Hulse, chair of the Auckland Council Environment and Community Committee announced publicly that Kitekite Track will reopen before Christmas.  Many will have applauded that move,  [ Read More ]

Categories: issues, news, regional park

Report on big fire at Kakamatua, Waitakere Ranges Regional Park

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‹Fire service was notified of a fire at Kakamatua at 3.30pm yesterday (26/12/2014). The Fire began at the base of the hill on the eastern side of of the bay.  [ Read More ]

Gap track open

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Regional Park rangers have wasted no time in opening a track between the lookout overlooking the Gap and the newly acquired Byers block of land. It is now easy to  [ Read More ]

Categories: news, regional park

“The Gap” added to regional park

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31 July 2014  Media Release from Auckland Council Seventy eight hectares of land on Auckland’s wild west coast has been added to the Waitakere Ranges Regional Park. Councillor Christine Fletcher,  [ Read More ]

A walk on Ridge Road Track

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After exhausting all the tracks west of Anawhata Road, it was time to start exploring the tracks east of the road which go into the interior of the Waitakere Ranges,  [ Read More ]

Arataki Visitor Centre

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  The Arataki Visitor Centre is on Scenic Drive between Titirangi and Waiatarua. It is an iconic building, designed by architect Harry Turbott, and opened in the 1990s. The most  [ Read More ]

Categories: landmarks, Maori, regional park

New Artists in Residence near Piha

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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 ]