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• 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.

• Taranaki Diocesan announces 2025 student leaders

  Te Kura o Pi’opatanga o W’akaa’urangi Taranaki Diocesan School’s leaders for 2025 have been announced.

• Smiles everywhere as Christmas Parade passes by

  There was plenty of holiday cheer at the Inglewood Lions Club’s Christmas Parade.

• Stratford faces tough challenges in years ahead FROM THE MAYOR’S DESK

  The festive season is upon us and the 2024 year is near an end, it is a time to both reflect and to look forward, to what the New Year might bring.

• Your local community newspaper for 65 years. In your letterbox and on your device every Wednesday.

• A stroll through the Stratford Press’ history

  The end of an era.

• Boaties: Slow down to five knots

  Taranaki boaties are urged to be aware of others when they head out on the water this summer.

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....

• Wickedly good show jam-packed with talent OPINION

  The musical Wicked is one of Broadway’s biggest success stories and, as such, was always going to be a hot ticket when it came to Taranaki thanks to New Plymouth Operatic....

• YOU GOT ME AT HELLO

  FEELING A BIT BORED over your home’s entrance and not sure where to start? Let your front door be your first step. It doesn’t take long to paint a door, nor does it require much paint, and the freshened-up colour will provide a refreshing change....

• Southern end of town place to thrive

  “Stratford isn’t just about what’s between the two roundabouts on Broadway.”...

• Gallery director not retiring passion

  For the past decade, Rhonda Bunyan’s passion for art has been intrinsically linked with Stratford’s Percy Thomson Art Gallery....

• BATHROOM REDECORATION QUESTIONS ANSWERED

  BY AND LARGE, it’s the little things that count, and turning a ‘blah’ bathroom into something special can make a real difference to your everyday experiences at home. Your update could involve a serious reconfiguration or be strictly cosmetic. With a focus on the latter, we put common questions to...

• DIVING INTO TOTAL DRAMA Opting for a deep paint colour can be just the thing you need to take a boring space from drab to dramatic. Are you brave enough to take the plunge?

  DARK WALLS ARE A popular and dramatic design choice — both inside and out — but there are a number of considerations that need to be taken into account, such as lighting and gloss finish levels before you decide to cross to the dark side. Practicalities aside, there is also a certain amount of...

• Why we shouldn’t cut cow numbers

  Northland is ahead of the game. While some parts of the country are considering their greenhouse gas emissions profile (EVs or hybrid vehicles, in Auckland, for instance, and how many stars for efficiency rating do the appliances have), Northland has already tackled the big issue of agricultural...

• ETS snubs on-farm carbon capture

  Award-winning Northland beef farmers Jeff Martin and Helen Linssen want genuine recognition for the greenhouse gas emissions their farm’s trees and vegetation are absorbing after decades of planting programmes on their Kaeo land....