Piha Community News

24/05/2024

Aurora Australis, you were so beautiful in our skies a few weeks ago.🌌

We are calling for pics from locals of this astrological event in our rohe (area).

These will run in our Winter 2024 issue, which will be on sale over the Matariki long weekend.

If you got great shots of the sky that night, especially if there are silhouettes of people in them, and would be happy for us to run them in the paper, please email them to Kylie and Sarah at [email protected]

If you can provide a short description of where you took the shots from that would be most appreciated.

28/03/2024

Our new Autumn 2024 issue is on sale today! 🍂

Hot off the press, get yours for five bucks from the the piha store, Piha Community Library.

If are a Piha Ratepayers & Residents member or have placed an ad in this issue, your FREE copy is available to pick up from the Post Office.

In this issue:

• Piha Piranhas win gold in Australia 🥇
• One year on from Cyclone Gabrielle 🌪️
• Meet our new rangers 🍃
• All the pics from Day of the Giants 🛶

➕a brand-new Piha Puzzler crossword for the long weekend.

01/12/2023

Are you an artisan foodie, a local maker, artist or creator based in Piha, Karekare and Anawhata with epic gifts to sell for Christmas?

We are running a special "Buy Local, Love Local" feature for Christmas in the summer issue of Piha Community News (out next week). This is encourage everyone in our communities of Piha, Karekare and Anawhata to support local and keep the money circling round in our community.

We will be showcasing gifts people can buy from locals. If you take photos, create art, make food, pour candles or have something good to sell, please send us an image, a short blurb about your product, the price and where people can buy it to [email protected] by Monday 4 December.

Ngā mihi

20/10/2023

The long weekend is here!

Looking for a good read? Support your community newspaper!

Our spring edition is on sale for $6 at the piha store and Piha Community Library.

Stories in this issue:
• Get to know what happens at Waygood
• How communications to Piha are being made more resilient
• New columnist: Ross Forbes on why the dragons are coming. 🐉
• All the pics from Matariki celebrations

+ Are you living in the bat-zone? Learn how to protect our pekapeka (native bats) at your place.

You can also pick up a copy at the Market Day at the Bowler on Sunday from 10am - 1pm. There will be copies available at the Piha Ratepayers & Residents stand.

01/09/2023

Read all about it!

Our Spring issue is on sale now. You can pick up a copy for $6 from the piha store, Piha Community Library or the Post Office.

If you are a member of the Piha Ratepayers & Residents Association, your free copies are in your PO Box or pick up from Chris Warman the Post Office.

In this issue…

🌻 Waygood Foundation’s gardening workshops and planting for the new season
🌻 What’s happening to future-proof our communication networks
🌻 All the pics from Piha Matariki Festival and the West Coast Gallery’s Huihui Mai community art day
🌻 New columnist Ross Forbes on why the dragons are coming

20/08/2023

Do you have awesome images from Piha Matariki Festival or the West Coast Gallery's Huihui Mai celebrations?

We want to feature them in the next issue of the Piha News - on sale 1 September.

If you have pictures you'd like us to share in the paper, please email your submissions to our editor Kylie at [email protected]

Here's a great pic of the kites by organiser Jenene Crossan to get you inspired to share yours with us!

15/07/2023

Wishing you all the best for the year ahead as we celebrate Matariki in our community! 💫 Today, we’ll be at the markets at the Piha Bowling Club selling the last copies of our Winter issue for $5 each. 📰

And don’t miss Piha Community Library’s annual kite day happening this morning next to Te Piha. 🪁

Mānawatia a Matariki.

Did you see the Big Kites at the beach yesterday? Amazing! It's our own Kite Day tomorrow morning down by Lion Rock. There are kites for $5 available from the library or at the beach. Send your hopes and dreams for the new year soaring into the sky - manawatia a matariki💜

02/06/2023

The new issue is out for the long weekend!

Get your copy ($5 each) tomorrow morning at the Piha Store, the Piha Community Library, the Gallery or the Post Office and enjoy it with your morning coffee. ☕️📰

If you are a Piha Ratepayers & Residents member, your FREE copy is available to pick up from the Post Office.

The Post Office is open:

+ Saturday 10am - 12pm
+ Thursday 3pm - 5pm

31/05/2023

Kia ora 👋...

It's nice to meet you. I'm Kylie Bailey and I feel hugely privileged to take the helm of this important community publication.

I’ve been a Piha resident for 42 years and have lived in west Auckland all my life. I moved to 48 Rayner Rd when I was one and stayed there until I was 22. Just over 10 years ago, my husband and I moved back to Piha and love living up on the ridge. I have a professional background as a journalist and editor.

I'm delighted to be working with our designer Sarah Munro and advertising manager Glenda Northey to bring you stories from Piha, Karekare and Anawhata.

Only one more day to go until launch... 🚀

30/05/2023

One more day until launch... 🚀

We're excited to bring you a refreshed Piha Community News. This publication has been live and loud since 1983. We cover stories of Piha, Karekare and Anawhata.

Our copies are FREE for members of Piha Ratepayers & Residents, who have funded us for the next year. You can pick up your copy from the Post Office.

Or you can buy the Winter 2023 edition for just five bucks from the Piha Store, Piha Community Library, the West Coast Gallery or the Post Office.

Out for the long King's Birthday weekend... 🥰

29/05/2023

Two days to launch... 🚀

A refreshed, new-look Piha Community News will be on newsstands from Thursday 1 June at the Piha Store, the West Coast Gallery, the Piha Community Library and the Piha Post Office. The cost is $5 an issue or if you are a member of Piha Ratepayers & Residents, your free copy will be available from the Post Office.

A group of seven residents, with professional experience in journalism and publishing, have come together to form a sub-committee to bring our beloved community newspaper back. Thanks to the Piha Ratepayers & Residents, the first year of the publication has been funded.

We'll be out four times a year, close to public holidays and long weekends, and will cover stories from Piha, Karekare and Anawhata.

The reason we've fought hard to bring back our is because it gives us a balanced voice within our communities and also to external agencies, such as Auckland Council. It's a place where we can celebrate each other and acknowledge the challenges we face together, living west of everywhere.

The first issue is a tribute to the resilience of our communities as we rebuild after Cyclone Gabrielle.

While there are too many amazing contributors to name, all have submitted words, photographs, illustrations and time to create the Winter 2023 edition.

25/05/2023