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Progress with new United N Piha surf clubhouse
Surf Life Saving New Zealand, (SLSNZ) this week announced a grant of $421,000 towards the United North Piha Lifeguard Service (UNPLS) rebuild project, for the current financial year. This grant [ Read More ]
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Review of Regional Parks Management Plan
The Auckland Council is reviewing the Regional Parks Management that contains all the visions, policies and rules for the Waitakere Ranges Regional Parkland. Sandra Coney chaired the existing management plan [ Read More ]
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Body found at N Piha & another further north
News today that two bodies have been found in the sea at North Piha and on the West Coast https://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?objectid=12264541&ref=twitter
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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 The signs were out of date [ Read More ]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