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Anzacs from Piha
The attached article I wrote was printed in the Herald on Sunday today (21 April 2013) in preparation for Anzac Day later this week. Based on the WW1 Roll of Honour on [ Read More ]
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Invite to artists to submit works for Matariki at Gallery
The West Coast Gallery invites artists in all media to submit proposals for their annual Matariki exhibition in June, this year called “Gifts from the Stars”. gifts from the stars [ Read More ]
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New Artists in Residence near Piha
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 ]
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Piha wins plaudits
At Auckland Council’s Annual Plan hearing (9 April 2013), submitter Yvonne Duncan of the Peace Foundation recommended an annual peace award for the region. As an example of the kind [ Read More ]
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Saturday’s power outages, cause unknown.
Bit of a mission finding out about the power outages at Piha that have been going on all day (6 April). Went online and looked at Vector website which said for [ Read More ]
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Jill Perrott landscapes at the West Coast Gallery
Opening today 6 April were some big bold canvases from landscape artist and local woman, Jill Perrott. With her title of “Toast the West Coast” Jill’s landscapes featured the West [ Read More ]
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Big Rig displays Unitary Plan
Good reports from visitors to the display about the Unitary Plan with helpful staff. People who have found it difficult to access the maps online, found it good to see the [ Read More ]
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Green Rig at Piha
If you are wondering about the Green Rig parked in Piha Domain tomorrow to tell you about the environment and the Unitary Plan, there are a few facts and a little [ Read More ]
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Aerating Lily Pond
Auckland Council has advised that the testing of the water at the Lily Pond in Claude Abel Reserve has revealed that dissolved oxygen levels have dropped due to an increase in water [ Read More ]
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Easter – knocking off the Hillary Trail
In a recent Metro, Sir Bob Harvey repeated his claims that not enough people are doing the Hillary Trail. He’d like to see it commercialised to get the numbers up. [ Read More ]