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{{short description|Locality in the Auckland Region, New Zealand}}
{{other uses}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=May 2022}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name                     = Piha
| image_skyline            = Image:Piha and Lion Rock.JPG
| image_caption            = Piha and [[Lion Rock (New Zealand)|Lion Rock]] from the access road above
| subdivision_type         = Country
| subdivision_name         = New Zealand
| subdivision_type1        = [[List of regions in New Zealand|Region]]
| subdivision_name1        = [[Auckland Region|Auckland]]
| subdivision_type2        = Ward
| subdivision_name2        = [[Waitākere ward]]
| subdivision_type3        = Local board
| subdivision_name3        = [[Waitākere Ranges Local Board]]
| leader_title             = Territorial Authority
| leader_name              = [[Auckland Council]]
| leader_title2            = [[Mayor of Auckland]]
| leader_name2             = {{NZ officeholder data|Auckland Mayor|y}}
| leader_title3            = [[New Lynn (New Zealand electorate)|New Lynn MP]]
| leader_name3             = {{NZ officeholder data|New Lynn MP|y}}
| leader_title4            = [[Tāmaki Makaurau|Tāmaki Makaurau MP]]
| leader_name4             = {{NZ officeholder data|Tāmaki Makaurau MP|y}}
| seat_type                = Electorates
| seat                     = {{ubl|[[New Lynn (New Zealand electorate)|New Lynn]]|[[Tāmaki Makaurau]]}}
| image_map                = {{infobox mapframe|coord={{coord|-36.954|174.471}}|zoom=9}}
| coordinates              = {{coord|-36.954|174.471|display=it|source:dewiki}}
| area_total_km2           = 5.24
| area_footnotes           = <ref name="Area"/>
| population_total         = {{NZ population data 2018|Piha|y}}
| population_as_of         = {{NZ population data 2018|||y}}
| population_footnotes     = {{NZ population data 2018||||y}}
| population_density_km2   = auto
}}
[[File:Timber settlement, Piha ATLIB 136094.png|thumb|Timber settlement at Piha circa 1916, photograph by [[Albert Percy Godber]]]]

'''Piha''' is a coastal settlement in [[West Auckland, New Zealand|West Auckland]], on the western coast of the [[Auckland Region]] in New Zealand. It is one of the most popular beaches in the area and a major day-trip destination for Aucklanders throughout the year, and especially in summer.

Piha is 39 kilometres west of [[Auckland]] city centre, on the [[Tasman Sea]] coast to the north of the [[Manukau Harbour]], on the western edge of the [[Waitākere Ranges]]. Immediately to the north of Piha is [[Whites Beach]], and immediately to the south is [[Te Unuhanga-a-Rangitoto / Mercer Bay]]; land access to both is only by foot. The nearest beaches accessible by road are [[Karekare, New Zealand|Karekare]] to the south, and [[Anawhata]] to the north.