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Two drown at North Piha
Emergency services were called to North Piha at 6 pm Saturday 21 January. Lifeguards retrieved two people from just north of Lion Rock but they were unresponsive and unable to [ Read More ]
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Freedom camping rules prohibit sites at Piha
The Auckland Council responded to a lengthy consultation on freedom camping by extending prohibitions on specific sites, including a number of Piha roads and one at Karekare. Freedom camping is [ Read More ]
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Are the Waitakere Ranges at risk from 3 Waters?
Published 8 June 2022 in New Zealand Herald “Auckland Council intends to close the gap between its rates shortfall and expenditure by using $127 million it is due to receive [ Read More ]
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Drowning at Piha on Anzac Day
There is a brief newpaper report that a man died in the sea at Piha at 8.15 am today, 24 April 2022. He was a fisherman at the south end [ Read More ]
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Guide to submitting on draft Regional Parks Management Plan
At the end of last year, the Auckland Council released a new Regional Parks Management Plan which is out for consultation until 4 March 2022. This the document which guides [ Read More ]
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Karekare surf club nearly completed
The new Karekare surf clubhouse will be opened in February after mammoth fund-raising and effort by club members. Club President Bob Harvey here gives a preview of the new clubhouse [ Read More ]
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Blessing for United N Piha surf club build
A small group gathered on the black sand of N Piha very early on morning of 26 October. The occasion was a blessing for the commencement of the build of [ Read More ]
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Freedom camping bylaw would increase campervans in the Waitakeres
Auckland Council is consulting on a new freedom camping bylaw that would result in much increased freedom camping at Piha and other Ranges’ places. Piha would be particularly hard hit [ Read More ]
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Chorus holds public meeting
15 March 2021 Chorus brings fibre broadband to Piha Chorus is back on track to host its previously postponed public information session on fibre broadband and how to connect in [ Read More ]
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Injured surfer rescued from Mercer Bay
A surfer who was separated from his board at Karekare and was injured on rocks, was rescued from Mercer Bay after writing HELP in the sand. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/surfer-injured-at-aucklands-karekare-beach-who-wrote-help-in-the-sand-thanks-hero-rescuers/KIUTGGG3M2NB4GV23XLOEO4DWM/