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Third planting creates wetland at Domain gate
Around 14 people turned up to today’s wetland plant by the Domain gate, despite the gusty squally weather. The area was a wetland in the 1930s and 40s, flooded on [ Read More ]
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20 attend second Domain planting
Twenty locals attended on Saturday 30 May to the second Domain riparian planting. Oioi and knobby club rush were among the plants that went in on the banks of the [ Read More ]
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Giant lizard pops up at North Piha
This truly gorgeous lizard is mutating out of stone in front of the Waygood property at North Piha. I think the stone came originally from 27 Glen Esk Road, but whoever [ Read More ]
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Over 1000 plants in an hour
Well done to the team that gathered on the bank of Piha Stream behind the Bowling Club to plant up streamside. The group of 25 who responded to the call [ Read More ]
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Familiar faces for road safety
When Auckland Transport approached the Waitakere Ranges Local Board for a couple of potential stars for its new road safety campaign – “Love being a Local Slow Down”, it wasn’t hard [ Read More ]
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Anzac Day in glorious sunshine
An enormous crowd gathered at the Piha RSA to march down to the WW1 and WW2 Rolls of Honour at Lion Rock, marking the 100th year since the landing at [ Read More ]
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Surf club raises fund with stunning photos
Piha Surf Life Saving Club raised $25,000 towards its rebuild plans over the summer and $5320 of that was through an online auction of dramatic photos by well-known photographers. http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/western-leader/67797944/photos-help-fund-piha-surf-club-upgrade
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Streamside planting in Piha Stream
The Auckland Council Local Parks Department and Waitakere Ranges Local Board have set up a programme of riparian edge planting around Piha Domain. This will help stop stream bank erosion [ Read More ]
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Ecomatters at Piha lagoon
Dan and colleagues from Ecomatters Trust had a steady stream of visitors to their pop-ups on the edge of the lagoon. They were talking to locals and offering free assessments [ Read More ]
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Meet Ecomatters to discuss lagoon pollution
Ecomatters Trust has been contracted by Auckland Council to work on improving the health of West Coast lagoons by improving the performance of local septic tanks. They can offer advice [ Read More ]