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July 17th '10 News:
Working Bee, Sunday August 1st :  Our first winter planting will be held on August first, to do infill planting of Spinifex on the Mid Beach dunes.  The planting from previous seasons has done well, but there are still some areas that need a bit of a boost.  Meet at the Lion Rock Corner carpark at 10am and bring suitable footwear, windproof / waterproof clothing, gloves and a spade (or use ours).  Dune planting is a good activity to bring your children to - easy work, and if interest wanes, there is always the beach.... 
 
Congratulations:  The residents of Beach Valley Road are to be heartily congratulated on being awarded the Auckland Region Weedbusters award for a private land group.  The outstanding environmental improvements in beach Valley Road, where weeds have been replaced by eco-sourced natives,  have been made possible because nearly all households in the street have participated.  WCC is very keen to support other neighbourhood groups who would like to effect a similar transformation in their own neck-of-the-woods, on the grounds that there is no point in their assisting one property owner to become weed-free if their neighbours continue to share their weeds with all and sundry! Assistance is available to groups of neighbours or whole streets.
 
New Dune Signs:  For many years now, Mandy Patmore has made us beautiful hand-painted dune signs.   Unfortunately for us, Mandy is in high demand as an artist and teacher, and  no longer has the time to do this work for Piha Coastcare.  We owe a huge vote of thanks to Mandy for her work over the years.
 
Fortunately, we have been able to purchase new signs through the Council, that will, we hope, do a similar job.  The new signage will be gradually phased in as we run out of Mandy's signs. 
 
Working Bee
 
        Activity:    Planting Spinifex on Mid Beach dunes
       
        Date:        Sunday August 1st 
 
        Time:        10am
 
        Meet:        Lion Rock Corner Carpark
 
        Bring:       Windproof / waterproof clothing, strong shoes, gloves, spade (or use ours)

June '10: NZ Plant Conservation Network 2010 Conference in Christchurch from Friday 8 - 10 October 2010:  Theme Plants in a human landscape - conservation outside nature reserves  NZPCN Conference Flyer [751kb].pdf
May '10 The "Beach Valley Road Project" in Piha, supported by Piha CoastCare  Wins Weedbusters Award  Well into it's third year the Community "Beach Valley Road Project", a fabulous partnership with Waitakere City Council Parks, has won the Weedbusters Auckland Region Wide 'Private Land Group' Award.

The goals: "Eradicate Weeds, replace with natives, pedestrian and vehicle safety".  What a Team, what a project!  Beach Valley Road Project


May '10 Piha CoastCare publish their Operating Protocols HERE
April 2010 Piha CoastCare are pleased to advice that we have successfully negotiated with WCC to have one of our Rangers on Duty for the Export Gold 16 Surfing Competition in Piha 23 & 24 April 2010.  Ranger Susie will be on duty Friday and Saturday


April 2010  Become a Fan of Piha CoastCare on Facebook by clicking logo on the left
18/4/2010  Piha CoastCare Trustees thank Rangers for their great service  See the photos
April 2010: A new page added to website:  Natives in Piha  If you would like one added please just Email us here and we'll do our very best.
4th April 2010  See photos of CoastCare's Easter Outing to Mercer Bay Loop Track HERE
3/3/10 To: President, Piha Ratepayers and Residents Assn, Piha

Dear Keith

I am in receipt of your Presidents Report to the 2010 R&R Annual General meeting.

Included in this report is one sentence regarding Coastcare that reads:

"Coastcare after asking the R&R for finding (sic) and receiving it, then advised us that they had formed trust and would no longer be involved with the R&R"

The two events you refer to are two separate matters, and we would like you to revise your report to more accurately reflect what happened.

At the February 09 meeting of the R&R Committee, in response to a request from Piha Coastcare, a donation of $1000 was made towards the catering costs for the upcoming National Dunes Conference being held in Piha in March 2009.  This donation was not for Piha Coastcare, but was sponsorship of the Dunes Conference on the same sort of basis that R&R also made a similar donation to the Piha Surf Club to run its anniversary celebration.

At the end of July Piha Coastcare announced to its members that it was in the process of forming a Trust and at the end of September, following the first meeting of the Trust Board, a letter was sent to R&R in which we said that the Coastcare Trust looked forward to maintaining "an ongoing friendly and productive relationship with you". 

Could you please alter your report to convey a more accurate account to your members.

Regards

Berend Westera,  Chair,  Piha CoastCare Trust


See what our WCC Piha Rangers are doing  HERE

See news on War on Weeds HERE


24 Feb '10: Nature in my Neighbourhood  March 2010 : Discover how you can work with your neighbours (like the Beach Valley Rd Project) to look after local streams and gardens.  This is a really great course 


Keep Easter Sunday 2010 free for a great outing with Piha CoastCare - suitable for children and fun.  Includes Easter Egg Hunt for the under 12


24th Feb '10: The Future of Piha Beach and Dunes - Community Open Day - March 7th

This flyer is going out by postal delivery, letterbox drop and display at the library at Piha Community Library

  You can see it  HERE also [760kb].pdf


Wai Care Expo 2010 24th April 2010

 Click this photo for more details

Unitec, Mt Albert Campus, Auckland City

 


Community Consultation : The Future of Piha Beach and Dunes - Session Two

OPEN DAY - ALL WELCOME

 

March 7th 2010 @ Piha SLSC

 

Presentations at 10.30, 12.00 and 1.30

 

Please see HERE a document outlining Session One on 18th October '09

This is a very important document to read in preparation for the next Open Day Consultation March 7th 2010 at Piha SLSC which will provide further opportunity to discuss the long term management of the beach and dunes.  Hard copies will be available in Piha's Library by weeks end.

Come along to:

  • See ideas from Piha community from first session
  • See coastal experts comments and analysis of these
  • Discuss issues raised & generate solutions that are workable locally & meet a wide range of needs

This is a follow-up session from 'Session One' on 18th November  Details here

 Waitakere City Council Parks have contracted Coastline Consultants to facilitate Consultation with the Piha Community on the Future Management of Piha Beach (South) including the Dunes.  This will involve meeting with and gathering ideas from the Community, returning with a report for feedback and ultimately report back to Waitakere City Council with their results.


5/01/10 Dogs on our local beaches

Piha CoastCare, who manages the WCC Ranger Service in Piha, has arranged for all people with letterboxes and private boxes at the Piha Post Office to receive one of these leaflets.

'What you need to know' includes maps of Piha Beaches and Bethells showing where dogs are and aren't allowed and when.

Please keep it in a handy place to remind you and visitors you may have with dogs so they can see it too.

 

 


31/1/10  Piha CoastCare Shed is relocated on a rainy rainy day

Today Piha CoastCare's shed was relocated from Geoff's place in Glenesk Road to beside Fiona's garage on the Domain. 

Now we can store the Piha Ranger's gear in there so they have easy access to it. 

 

The big strong Piha men who moved it for us, it took 8 of them, are from left: Nigel Mark-Brown (Trustee) Steve Skidmore, Berend Westera (Trust Chair) Jon Lees, Allan la Roche, Andy Higgs, Mike Phillipps and Rob Donald. 

Thanks Heaps to Fiona for allowing it there, Pat for organising the move and the big strong Piha men for moving it for us.


Dec 09: Piha CoastCare supports ARC & WCC to eradicate Climbing Asparagus from Piha.  See details


Nov 09: Piha CoastCare announces the 2009/10 Piha Rangers  See details here


27/11/09 Piha CoastCare Chair, Berend Westera, signs the contract with Waitakere City Council for Piha CoastCare Trust to provide Ranger Services in Piha  . . .  for details have a look here

18/11/09  Piha CoastCare Trustee, Pat la Roche, finalist in WCC Kauri Award

Keep Waitakere Beautiful Trust present their EcoWise Awards Annually.

The Kauri Award: Most active individual volunteer working in the community to beautify Waitakere City by reducing litter, weeds and/or graffiti.

Left: Pat receiving her baby nikau and finalist certificate.

 

 

 

Left: The certificate that Pat received.  click for big copy.

 

 


VACANCIES FOR 2 PART-TIME RANGERS AT PIHA Summer 2009/10

 

 

10/11/09 The Piha Coastcare Trust has been contracted by Waitakere City Council to provide a ranger service for Piha over the summer months.  Two part-time contract positions are available, one at approximately 16 hours per week (weekends and public holidays only) until mid April, and the other for 20 hours per week (week days) for a 2 month period during January and February.  Applicants must be committed to the conservation of the natural environment and have good public relations skills with all age groups.  Applicants would need to be available to take up the position at the beginning of December 2009.

 

For job description and contract conditions, please apply to one of the CoastCare Co-ordinators. 

  • Bobbie Carroll,  phone 8128 758 or email Bobbie here or 
  • Pat La Roche, phone 8128 202 or email Pat here.   

All enquiries will be treated as confidential.  Applications close at midday on Monday, 23 November.


WCC Piha Ranger Service : The Piha CoastCare Trust wins tender for Ranger Service

Nov '09 The Trustees of Piha CoastCare are delighted to announce they have won the tender to provide summer 'ranger services' in Piha.

In putting the 'tender together' the Trustees thought long and hard about how the summer ranger could offer the very best value to the Piha Community and Visitors to Piha.   We thought well outside the square and submitted a tender with the hope that WCC would see how this would benefit everyone.  We are thrilled to have won the tender.


Community Consultation : The Future of Piha Beach and Dunes 18/10/09

Sharing ideas on how you would like to see Piha Beach managed in the futre and hear coastal experts give a presentation about "How West Coast Beaches Function"

 Waitakere City Council Parks have contracted Coastline Consultants to facilitate Consultation with the Piha Community on the Future Management of Piha Beach (South) including the Dunes.  This will involve meeting with and gathering ideas from the Community, returning with a report for feedback and ultimately report back to Waitakere City Council with their results.

First Consultations 18th October 2009:

Below: 4 tables were set up with 'post it' stickers for people to write their thoughts on these quesitons.

 

Below: The three sessions were well attended with plenty of questions being asked by the audience.

Below: Freehand map of the area being consulted on

An example of the 'post it' stickers with feedback.

Below: Random photos

    

Piha CoastCare Trust would like to thank Piha SLSC for their assistance.

We would also like to thank the person who wrote the idea on the left  :-)  

 

 Email Harley @ Coastline Consultants here  if you would like to share your ideas with him.

Piha CoastCare Trust is supporting this process

Piha Surf Life Saving Club is also offering their club rooms free for the consultation process . . .


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