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Mischa top of the class on longboard
Piha’s Mischa Davis (daughter of Steve and Monique), topped the women’s longboard champs at Raglan in the weekend. With 12.53 points she was ahead of Belinda Goodwin of Mt Maunganui [ Read More ]
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Arise Sir Bob!
Bob Harvey has been made a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in this year’s New Year’s Honours, for services to local government and the community. A [ Read More ]
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Tennis in the sun
Drizzly rain is not so good for sun-bathing or sand csatle competitions, but is great for the bush and the winter’s plantings. The Piha Tennis Club managed to get a [ Read More ]
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Woman missing at Mercer Bay
A woman missing from the Mercer Bay Loop Track area is believed to have fallen into the water. Police, Search and Rescue, surf life saving and parks rangers have been searching [ Read More ]
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Orpheus Commemoration 7 February 2013
CALL OUT TO INTERESTED ARTISTS TO BE PART OF A COMMEMORATIVE INSTALLATION Next year, 7 February 2013, marks the 150th anniversary of the wreck of HMS Orpheus on the Manukau [ Read More ]
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Death of swimmer at Lake Wainamu
Body of missing swimmer found 4:08 PM Tuesday Dec 18, 2012 The body of a swimmer who went missing at Lake Wainamu on Sunday morning has been found. Fifty-year-old Grant [ Read More ]
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Christmas Pinot and Sav Blanc for pressies
The Piha Surf Life Saving Club has come up with an offer of Pinot Noir 2010 and Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2012 (4.5 stars) that would be great for Summer parties [ Read More ]
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Piha lit up
Spectacular lightning at Piha captured on the Herald website. It’s hitting the old radar station site which is littered with GPS, omni directional antenna, VHF, police repeater station. Could these [ Read More ]
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Rastovich welcomed to Piha after epic paddle protesting sea bed mining
Dave Rastovich was welcomed onto Piha beach today (1 December) by Peter Turei after his epic 350 km paddle from Cape Taranaki to Piha to protest seabed mining on the West [ Read More ]
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Piha pohutukawa attacked in the night
Lovers of Piha’s natural beauty breathed a sigh of relief this Wednesday when the Waitakere Ranges Local Board voted to retain one of Piha’s iconic pohutukawa, wind-sculpted, an old survivor [ Read More ]