Piha

**Piha** wani yanki ne na bakin teku a Yammacin Auckland, a yammacin gabar Yankin Auckland a New Zealand . Yana daya daga cikin shahararrun rairayin bakin teku a yankin kuma babban wurin tafiye-tafiye na rana ga Aucklanders a duk shekara, kuma musamman a lokacin rani.

Piha tana da kilomita 39 a yammacin tsakiyar birnin Auckland, a bakin Tekun Tasman zuwa arewacin Manukau Harbour, a gefen yammacin Waitākere Ranges. Nan da nan zuwa arewacin Piha shine White Beach, kuma nan da nan zuwa kudu shine Te Unuhanga-a-Rangitoto / Mercer Bay; samun damar zuwa duka biyun kawai ta ƙafa. Yankunan rairayin bakin teku mafi kusa da za a iya isa ta hanyar hanya sune Karekare zuwa kudu, da Anawhata zuwa arewa.

## Tarihi
Yankin al'ada ne na ƙabilar Tāmaki Māori Te Kawerau ā Maki .  An sanya sunan yankin ne don Te Piha, sunan gargajiya na Lion Rock wanda daga baya aka yi amfani da shi ga yankin da ya fi girma,  kuma yana nufin tsarin da aka yi lokacin da raƙuman ruwa suka buga dutsen.  Yankin ya kasance wurin da mutane da yawa ke zaune da ƙauyuka, gami da wani tudu a Te Waha Point a arewacin rairayin bakin teku, inda itatuwan karaka da yawa da ke da alaƙa da tsohon pā ke girma,  da Lion Rock, wanda shine wurin Whakaari pā.  Binciken archaeological ya nuna ragowar dandamali, midden da terraces a kan Lion Rock, da kuma raguwa na Kayan gargajiya, tun daga lokacin kafin hulɗar Turai. Ayyukan ƙasa na Whakaari pā ba a kiyaye su da kyau ba saboda rushewa.

Te Unuhanga-a-Rangitoto / Mercer Bay zuwa kudu an san shi da sunan Te Unuhang o Rangitoto, yana mai da hankali ga labarin gargajiya na Te Kawerau ā Maki na kakannin farko Tiriwa, wanda ya kafa bay ta hanyar motsa Tsibirin Rangitoto daga gabar yamma zuwa Hauraki Gulf / Tīkapa Moana .  Sunan harshen Ingilishi yana nufin Andrew Mercer, wani mazaunin Auckland wanda ya sami tallafin Crown a watan Yunin shekarar 1866. 

A farkon ƙarni na 20, masu hutu za su yi tafiya ta hanyar koci daga Glen Eden don zama a gidajen baƙi a Piha. A watan Fabrairun 1939, baƙi biyu na Australia zuwa Auckland, G R Mackey da J A Talbot, sun ƙone wuta a wani Piha bach. An kunna wuta a matsayin wani ɓangare na zamba na inshora, kuma an ɗauki gawar wani soja da aka binne kwanan nan daga Kabari na Waikumete kuma an sanya shi a cikin bach.

Albert Percy Godber ya ɗauki hotuna a cikin shekarun 1910.

Tun daga shekara ta 1992, mutane shida sun ɓace daga ko a yankin Piha ba tare da wata alama ba, tare da ɗayan shari'o'in da aka fi yadawa shine Iraena Asher kuma na baya-bayan nan shine matashi na Faransa Eloi Rolland a cikin 2020. Babu wani abu da wani daga cikin wadannan mutane ya bar, kuma babu wani daga cikinsu da aka samu.

Piha ta sha wahala daga ambaliyar ruwa da raguwa daga Cyclone Gabrielle a farkon 2023,  kuma an rufe babbar hanyar ga wadanda ba mazauna ba har zuwa Mayun shekarar 2023. 

## Yawan jama'a
Piha is described by Statistics New Zealand as a rural settlement, and covers  and had an estimated population of  as of  with a population density of  people per km2.

Piha tana da yawan mutane 1,044 a cikin Ƙididdigar New Zealand ta 2023, ƙaruwa da mutane 60 (6.1%) tun ƙididdigarsa ta 2018, da ƙaruwa da bantu 186 (21.7%) tun ƙidayar 2013. Akwai maza 519, mata 519 da mutane 3 na wasu jinsi a cikin gidaje 411. 4.0% na mutanen da aka gano a matsayin LGBTIQ+. Matsakaicin shekarun ya kasance shekaru 46.2 (idan aka kwatanta da shekaru 38.1 a cikin ƙasa). Akwai mutane 162 (15.5%) da ba su kai shekara 15 ba, 162 (15.5% masu shekaru 15 zuwa 29, 531 (50.9%) masu shekaru 30 zuwa 64, da 192 (18.4%) masu shekaru 65 ko sama da haka.

Mutane na iya ganewa a matsayin kabilanci fiye da ɗaya. Sakamakon ya kasance 92.8% na Turai (Pākehā); 17.8% Māori; 2.9% Pasifika; 3.2% na Asiya; 1.1% na Gabas ta Tsakiya, Latin Amurka da Afirka New Zealanders (MELAA); da kuma 2.3% wasu, wanda ya haɗa da mutane da ke ba da kabilansu a matsayin "New Zealander". 98.6%, yaren Māori 3.7%, Samoan 0.3%, da sauran harsuna 10.1%. Babu wani harshe da za a iya magana da 1.4% (misali matasa da yawa don magana). Harshen Kurame na New Zealand an san shi da 0.6%. Adadin mutanen da aka haifa a kasashen waje ya kasance 19.5, idan aka kwatanta da 28.8% a cikin ƙasa.

Haɗin addini sun kasance 16.4% Kirista, 0.3% Islama, 0.3% Addinin Māori, 1.1% Buddha, 1.1% New Age, 0.3% Yahudawa, da 2.3% sauran addinai. Mutanen da suka amsa cewa ba su da addini sun kasance 71.3%, kuma 7.5% na mutanen ba su amsa tambayar ƙidayar ba.

Daga cikin wadanda aƙalla shekaru 15, mutane 324 (36.7%) suna da digiri na farko ko mafi girma, 450 (51.0%) suna da takardar shaidar makarantar sakandare ko difloma, kuma mutane 111 (12.6%) suna da cancantar makarantar sakandare kawai. Matsakaicin kuɗin shiga ya kasance $ 45,700, idan aka kwatanta da $ 41,500 a cikin ƙasa. Mutane 168 (19.0%) sun sami sama da $ 100,000 idan aka kwatanta da 12.1% a cikin ƙasa. Matsayin aiki na wadanda aƙalla 15 shine cewa mutane 402 (45.6%) suna aiki na cikakken lokaci, 153 (17.3%) sun kasance na ɗan lokaci, kuma 33 (3.7%) ba su da aikin yi.

## Fasali da ilimin ƙasa

Kazalika da rairayin bakin teku guda biyu akwai kuma wani tafki mai kariya da rafi da yawa a yankin. Yankin bakin teku da gandun daji na Waitākere suna ba da hanyoyi da yawa, ko masu yawo, daga sauƙi zuwa wahala sosai. Saboda yaɗuwar cutar kauri dieback da ba za a iya warkar da ita ba an rufe manyan sassan Waitākere Ranges daga 2018 har zuwa ƙarin sanarwa.

Piha sanannen rairayin bakin teku ne, saboda yawan ƙarfe, wanda ya samo asali ne daga Dutsen Taranaki da tsaunuka masu fitattun wuta a yankin.

Lion Rock tsari ne na halitta wanda ke raba rairayin bakin teku na Arewa da Kudancin Piha. Yana da wuyan dutse mai shekaru miliyan 16  mai suna saboda kamanceceniya da zaki namiji lokacin da aka kalli shi daga baya (gefen bakin teku), Lion Rock yana bayyane ga baƙi nan da nan yayin da suke sauka tare da hanyar shiga kawai. Lion Rock ya zama sananne ba kawai na Piha ba, amma na West Coast na Auckland gabaɗaya. Lion Rock an nuna shi a kan hatimi da kuma littafin waya na Auckland, kuma a watan Disamba na shekara ta 1919 an bayyana wani abin tunawa ga masu aikin katako na gida waɗanda suka yi aiki a yakin duniya na farko a kan Lion Rock . 

Kimanin kilomita 2 a cikin ƙasa, a kan rafin Glen Esk, shine Kitekite Falls wanda yayin da ba shi da girma sosai suna da kyau. &nbsp;Yin iyo yana yiwuwa a duk lokutan (ko da yake kawai don sanyi ya yi tauri a waje da lokacin rani) a cikin tafki da ke sama da faduwar. A kasan faduwar akwai wani yanki mai zaman kansa wanda ya shahara tare da iyalai a lokacin rani. Akwai wani tafki tsakanin saman falls da kasa falls, amma an rufe shi saboda Kauri dieback.

Kimanin kilomita 2 a cikin ƙasa, a kan Piha Stream, ƙaramin kogi ne.&nbsp;

Kimanin kilomita 1 a kudancin Kudancin Beach shine 'The Gap', wanda a lokacin da ruwa ya ragu yana samar da wani tafki da rami.&nbsp;

## Gudun ruwa

Piha ita ce wurin haihuwar jirgin New Zealand a shekara ta 1958, kuma ta kasance wurin da aka yi gasa a gasar zakarun New Zealand da na kasa da kasa.

## Tsaro na Ruwa
Kungiyoyi biyu masu ceton rai suna ba da sintiri a lokacin rani. Piha Surf Life Saving Club, gidan jerin shirye-shiryen TV Piha Rescue, yana sintiri a sashin rairayin bakin teku zuwa kudancin Lion Rock. United North Piha Lifeguard Service tana da alhakin sashin rairayin bakin teku a arewacin Lion Rock. Dukkanin kungiyoyin suna ba da wuraren sintiri da aka tsara ta hanyar ja da rawaya kamar yadda al'ada ce tare da Surf Lifesaving a New Zealand da sauran ƙasashe da yawa.

## Bayanan tsaro
Rashin ruwa a wannan ɓangaren bakin teku ba shi da tabbas kuma yana iya canzawa tare da ƙaramin gargadi. Suna da'awar rayuka da yawa duk da kokarin masu ceton rayuka. Yawancin waɗannan nutsewa, duk da haka, suna faruwa ne bayan masu tsaron rai sun yi aiki ko kuma bayan mai kamun kifi na dutse da ke sanye da tufafi masu nauyi an wanke su daga duwatsu, ba tare da masu tsaron rayuwa ba. Masu tsaron rai suna ba da shawarar yin iyo tsakanin tutar ja da rawaya, a lokacin sa'o'in sintiri.

Bayan mutuwar mutane biyu a Piha a watan Fabrairun 2013, masu tsaron rai sun ce wawaye ne na ruwa masu iyo ta hanyar nuna kwanciyar hankali, rufe tsagewa mai karfi, kuma ya kamata mutane su kasance a waje da ruwa idan ba masu iyo ba ne.

## ''Ceto Piha''
Piha Beach ita ce wurin da aka shirya wani shahararren shirin Talabijin na gaskiya na New Zealand. An san shi da suna Piha Rescue, ya gudana na jerin 12 sama da shekaru 14 a kan TV1 kuma ya nuna rayuwar masu ceton rai a Piha Beach kuma ya ilimantar da jama'a kan lafiyar rairayin bakin teku, raƙuman ruwa da yin iyo tsakanin tutoci.

## Hoton hoto


Fayil:Piha3.jpg|North to Lion rock and Te Waha Point
Fayil:Toetoe_plumes_and_Lion_Rock.JPG|Toetoe plumes and Lion Rock
Fayil:Piha_17-09-2015_13-47-55.jpg|Aerial view of Piha Beach and Lion Rock
Fayil:Piha_beach_2018.jpg|A view over Piha beach
Fayil:Lion Rock 2018.jpg|A view of Lion Rock from the beach


## Manazarta

## Haɗin waje
 

* Piha.co.nz - Labarai, Tarihi, Muhalli da Bayani
* Game da Piha. Tarihin Surfing a Piha .
* Hotunan Piha da aka gudanar a cikin tarin kayan tarihi na Auckland.
* Hotunan bas zuwa Piha - 1940s https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/355321, https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/44759/rec/1.