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Stefanie Kroeger paintings “Colours of the Coast”
Stephanie Kroeger’s one of my favourite West Coast painters and I am the happy owner of a couple of Stephanie’s work. She captures the landscapes and iconic sights of the [ Read More ]
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More Piha’s Got Talent
Friday night saw some of our favourite musicians entertaining at the Bowler. George Thomson played some long smooth duets with Ron Dugdale, each knowing exactly where to go with the [ Read More ]
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Multiple rescue at Piha, Saturday
It started with a man with raised arm in front of Pakiti. Down came the IRB at full tilt and hauled him out. This was followed by the retrieval of first [ Read More ]
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New Piha Community News Editor
Tasha Gray has taken over from Tracy Skidmore as the new Piha Community News editor. She takes over from Tracey Skidmore – the Skidmore family leaving Piha in the not [ Read More ]
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Rock the Lion on Gallery walls
A huge variety of interpretations of Lion Rock can be seen on the walls of the West Coast Gallery with the opening on Saturday of the Rock the Lion exhibition. [ Read More ]
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Piha Gal scoops pool in NZ TV Awards
Piha’s Melanie Reid scooped the pool of prestigious investigative journalism awards at the NZ television Awards with “The Eye of the Storm”, her investigation of the treatment of claimant Bronwyn Pullar [ Read More ]
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“A Hoe” Coastal Paddle against sea-bed mining
Starting 15 November, surfer Dave Rastavich “Rasta” will paddle on an epic journey from Cape Egmont to Piha arriving here on 1 December. Dave is an internationally acclaimed surfer and [ Read More ]
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Piha winners in JT Diamond Essay Competition
Local Piha folk came out with the honours at the “Capturing the West” 2012 Essay Competition in honour of Jack Diamond, the original researcher of the West. Glenda Northey won [ Read More ]
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New beach website needs a lot more work
A new website from Surf Life Saving New Zealand aims to inform visitors about West Coast and other beaches: where to swim and surf, lifeguard patrols, surfing, fishing and so [ Read More ]
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Karekare locals save boy from sand collapse
Karekare local women, Shalema Wanden-Hannay and Alia Bland, took their kids for a play on the beach and ended up saving a boy from the collapse of a sand tunnel he [ Read More ]