Piha Surf Life Saver Jonathan Webber tells how to stay safe in the water this summer. Video / Michael Craig Holidaymakers at Waihi Beach were urged to avoid the dangerous surf overnight after ...

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A road is closed and emergency services are responding to widespread flooding in Waihi Beach after the region was hit by a severe thunderstorm on Monday. Waka Kotahi said major flooding has closed ...
Former Prime Minister and Waihi Beach local Helen Clark will officially launch Sustainable Waihi Beach as its ambassador next month. Sustainable Waihi Beach (SWB) founder Pippa Coombes said she was ...
The New Zealand dream may be getting harder and harder (and more and more expensive) to realise, but Rebecca (Bex) Hankinson reckons Waihi Beach could be the best place in New Zealand to give it a go.
A road trip. It has that ring to it that tickles memories of those carefree days when we'd pile into a car older than ourselves and head off "on a mission" with the coast as our ultimate destination.
A plan has been hatched in Waihi Beach to build a community garden to assist with food security, but not only that, it has been designed to preserve indigenous Māori food and seed sovereignty. The ...
A consent to construct a rock seawall at Waihi Beach has been granted by Conservation Minister Steve Chadwick. “Seawalls are never the ideal solution to managing coastal erosion. However, where ...