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Rock The Lion exhibition, entries sought
West Coast Gallery is seeking entries in all media for a Rock the Lion exhibition which will run from 3 November to 2 December. Get out your cameras, paint brushes, [ Read More ]
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The foremost scholar of Auckland’s history and the Piha connection
Last night, Profesor Russell Stone, opened the Auckland Heritage Festival with the inaugural Sir John Logan Campbell address. This is planned to be an annual event, allowing a scholarly person [ Read More ]
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Piha pohutukawa has friends galore
Piha pohutukawa has her own Facebook page and 41 friends already. You too can be a friend too by going to http://www.facebook.com/piha.pohutukawa#!/piha.pohutukawa Also read NZ Herald write up from today (28 September) [ Read More ]
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Battle of the branch
The Waitakere Ranges Local Board voted tonight (26 September) to reject the options put to it by Auckland Transport: to remove a limb off an iconic pohutukawa at 58 Beach Valley [ Read More ]
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Award for Piha rescuers
Logan Adams and Kris O’Neill of Piha SLSC have just won the BP Surf Rescue of the Year Award for the rescue of four Asian tourists near Lion Rock on [ Read More ]
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Hot sounds at Friday Jam Night at Bowler 21 September 2012
Marvellous music at the Bowler led by George Thomson on the guitar, accompanied by Maurice Reviol, guitar and base clarinet, Jimmy Boswell, harmonica, Sean Pont, vocals and harmonica, Alan Foulkes, [ Read More ]
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Get rid of tradescantia
Pat La Roche, Piha Coast Care, today sent out the “how to” of getting rid of tradescantia and why. A timely reminder, here it is I got a shock when [ Read More ]
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Ron Cooper 1927-2012
Ron Cooper, a loyal and long-standing member of Piha Surf Life Saving Club, died at Taupaki Gables on 15 September 2012. Ron was born on 7 April 1927, grew up at Smale [ Read More ]
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Don Binney, friend of Piha, dies aged 73
Don Binney, painter and great lover of the West Coast, has suddenly died aged 73. Binney was in hospital for other reasons when he suddenly had a heart attack and [ Read More ]
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Blast from the Past: Ed Tredrea, old Piha identity playing badminton at 95
Clearly, exposure to Piha is good for longevity. Ed Tredrea was written up recently in The Aucklander, playing badminton at nearly 95. The Tredreas, Ed, Joyce and three children, had [ Read More ]