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• Hata dominates modifieds

  Taranaki Modified competitors John Jackson and Carl Hinton raced well to finish second and third respectively in the MC Fale Transport/Gibbons Contracting North Island Modified Championships.

• A century of empowering women

  Members past and current of Taranaki Guides celebrated 10 decades of promising to do their best with a special celebration in Stratford earlier this month.

• Plenty to unwrap for raffle winners

  Christmas has come early for the winners of the Stratford Lions Club’s annual Christmas Stocking Raffle.

• A taste ofCATALONIA

  BE TRANSPORTED to Catalonia’s buzzing metropolis through the flavours of the best tapas bars, restaurants and bodegas with a handy gift-sized Barcelona Cult Recipes.

• Optimism grows with farmers’ payout success

  A year ago, I submitted my first Christmas column to the Stratford Press entitled Christmas Under the Mountain.

• Stratford on Stage wraps up a successful year

  And that’s a wrap on the year that was 2024.

• Prizegiving names scholars

  Inglewood High School senior prizegiving was held on Friday, November 1.

• SPORT REPORTS

  ■ Midhirst Tennis Club

• Stratfords unite for global event

  There will be plenty of international flavour in Stratford next month, as a global convention takes place in the town.

• Playful pantomime captivates crowd

  Edward Lear’s poem The Owl and the Pussycat is reimagined and given a delightful twist by playwright Carl Nixon, creating a fun pantomime that will appeal to children and adults alike.

Featured documents

• Showman’s magical journey from shy kid to master illusionist

  Let’s begin at the beginning, how old were you when you first discovered magic and saw it as something you could do? I was 12. I was actually a very shy kid, very introverted, and I didn’t learn to read until I was 12. My mother was a school principal so she was really worried by this. She took me...

• Tears as Taranaki officers acquitted

  Three Taranaki police officers at the centre of a manslaughter trial after a death in custody have been found not guilty....

• MOOD BOOSTING COLOURS TO INSPIRE AND INVIGORATE

  IT IS ALMOST EXPECTED that most of the on-trend hues right now encourage joy and happiness....

• Spiegel Fest celebration to start summer

  Roll up, roll up — festival fans in Taranaki are in for a treat with an exciting, world-class line-up of performers and acts coming to the region for the popular Taranaki Arts Festival Spiegel Fest this November....

• Where to start

  SETTING OUT ON an interior design journey is exciting but, if you’re a beginner and lack confidence, it can feel a bit daunting....

• HOW TO DECORATE A LOUNGE

  NOTHING SPELLS CHILL out better than a beautiful lounge. The place to relax, this room should be able to cater for someone wanting a cup of coffee in the sunshine on their own, as well as a group of friends catching up over a glass of wine....

• Lego show building interest again

  Apopular Lego-themed event is returning to Taranaki this month....

• Pensioner loses $224k after deepfake Luxon scam

  ATaranaki grandmother lost $224,000 to scammers after being duped by an AI-generated deepfake video of Christopher Luxon encouraging superannuitants to invest in cryptocurrency....

• GORGEOUS GREY IN

  GREYS HAVE LONG BEEN the darling of home colours. But while we’ve said goodbye to the flat, sterile versions of the past, we still love greys — it’s just that we’re more fond of the creamy tones with plenty of depth and character to them....

• COLOUR FLOW How to perfect the flow of different colours throughout a home

  THERE IS SOMETHING so satisfying about stepping into the entrance of a home and greeting multiple colours as you cast your eye around surrounding rooms. Of course, one elegant hue throughout a home can look stunning, but the flow of more than one colour in different spaces carries vitality....