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Piha, Auckland, New Zealand

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36.954°S, 174.471°E

Wild, cinematic, restorative.

Coming over the Waitākere Ranges, the Tasman unfolds so abruptly with such magnificence that people have to stop and marvel. The local council was eventually forced to put in extra parking and call it a lookout.

This is Piha - and this is the local's guide to it. Where to eat, where to walk, where to swim, and what's only obvious if someone tells you.

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Piha Stories

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Where to eat in Piha
Eat & Drink
Where to eat in Piha
Eat & Drink

Eight food businesses, four sit-down restaurants, one running argument, and more reasons to stay for dinner than the village's reputation suggests.

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Eat & Drink
Piha Surf
Recreation, Things to do
Piha Surf
Recreation, Things to do

The locals' version of what the break is, what to expect, and what to respect. Honest enthusiasm and honest danger, treated as parts of the same picture.

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Recreation, Things to do
The Piha sunset
Scenic, Recreation, Things to do
The Piha sunset
Scenic, Recreation, Things to do

Why the sunsets here are world-class — what makes them specifically distinctive, where to stand, when to arrive, and what the locals know that the day-trippers don't.

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Scenic, Recreation, Things to do