Almost three months ago, Cyclone Gabrielle hammered many Auckland West coast communities, including Piha. Since then, due to road damage and recovery work, entry has been restricted to residents and ...

Surf lifeguards at Auckland's notoriously dangerous Piha beach have raised questions with police about possible delays in activating rescues at the drowning blackspot.

An isolated Auckland settlement hard hit and cut off by Cyclone Gabrielle will have all cordons lifted this week. The west coast community at Piha will be reopened to everybody come midday Friday, ...

The black sands of Piha. The documentary Black Coast Vanishings wonders if several missing persons cases from the area could be linked. Photograph: Fiona Goodall/The Guardian Six people have gone ...

A true crime series into people missing from the west Auckland community of Piha has seen the start-up of several “walking groups” so women can explore the bush area and tracks safely. After the ...

Piha is world renowned for its wild surf but it has another claim to fame – six people have disappeared. Photo / Supplied Candida Beveridge remembers the night Iraena Asher went missing at Piha. She ...