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Pat la Roche receives conservation award
Piha’s Pat La Roche was recently awarded a Pingao & Toheroa Award for her work on coastal environmental conservation. This was awarded as a lifetime achievement by the Coastal Environment [ Read More ]
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Auckland Council consults on flooding options
Auckland Council is consulting on reports that seek to address flooding in Glen Esk Road. A public meeting to discuss these will be held at Barnett Hall, North Piha, Sunday [ Read More ]
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Kitekite – is it the sacrificial track?
On 20 November Cllr Penny Hulse, chair of the Auckland Council Environment and Community Committee announced publicly that Kitekite Track will reopen before Christmas. Many will have applauded that move, [ Read More ]
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New interp at Piha
Waitakere Ranges Local Board has just renewed the wooden surf board signs that were installed at three places at Piha about 10 years ago. The signs were out of date [ Read More ]
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Fire put out at Karekare with floating pump
A fire at Tunnel Point, Karekare, was put out by 9 pm with the use of a portable floating pump. Fire crews attended from Waiatarua, Karekare and Piha. https://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/109827571/firefighters-having-difficulty-locating-blaze-in-aucklands-waitkere-ranges 9 [ Read More ]
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Body recovered at Piha believed to be missing swimmer
A body recovered at Piha is believed to be that of missing man Leka Pasiaka who went missing while swimming at Whatipu on 29 December 2018. Pasiaka was swimming with [ Read More ]
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Two die at Muriwai
Two people – a man and a woman – have died after being swept off the rocks at Muriwai beach. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12089957
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Pest Free Piha Strategic Plan out for consultation
Pest Free Piha is a new initiative to get Piha pest free by 2025. That means no animal pests – rats, possums, stoats, pigs – and no plant pests. The [ Read More ]
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Heidi Padain’s photography celebrated at Arataki
The “Friends of the Forest” exhibition of photographs by Piha-based photographer Heidi Padain opened last night at Arataki Visitor Centre (16 February 2018). A good crowd of lovers of the [ Read More ]
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Two people die in flash flood in Waitakeres
Two people from a group of five have died while crossing a stream at Cascades Kauri on 3 February 2018. The group was caught in a flash flood after a [ Read More ]