Support your community by buying local for Christmas gifts

Piha 2012 Calendar

Full colour photos mainly by Bruce Burgess

A fundraiser for Junior Lifeguards going to Huntingdon Beach

$10

Available from Piha Post Office

Beached As – Our New Zealand Beaches Then and Now

by Piha boy Craig Levers

$49.95 at Piha Post Office

$22.35 of each copy sold goes to Piha R&R

Craig was for years senior photographer and then Editor-in-Chief for NZ Surfing Magazine. This book’s based on vintage black and white photos taken by Craig’s  Auntie Audrey in the 1930s to the 1960s. Craig has matched up the same beaches with gorgeous colour photos taken today. The cover photo is a beauty of cars on the beach at Bethells in the early 1950s, and the featured beaches are right around New Zealand, demonstating all too well how blessed we are with our magnificent coastline. The nostalgia-feel and Craig’s obvious affection for his Auntie Audrey make this a special book to own and give.