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• 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.

• It’s always been about you

  He aha te mea nui o te ao

• Ham it up: Meat the preferred dish

  Retail Meat New Zealand’s Great Kiwi Christmas Survey results are in and ham has edged lamb out to become the top choice for New Zealanders’ festive tables.

• New dance classes coming to Hāwera

  Dancing has taken her all over the world but for Sonia Lee Nazzer, there’s no place like Taranaki.

• Unique kids’ hats gain traction

  When Taranaki’s Levi Mcphee was left couch-bound by a freak accident which occurred while he was playing rugby, he spent a lot of time thinking.

• Inglewood to celebrate 150th

  A North Taranaki town is celebrating its 150th birthday with several free events.

• Student’s advice: ‘Do everything’

  The TET Kings Theatre in Stratford was packed on Friday morning for the Te Kura o Pi’opatanga o W’akaa’urangi Taranaki Diocesan School annual prizegiving ceremony.

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....

• Teen years have never been tougher OPINION

  Of all the things I learned at university, there is one particular lecture that I remember vividly even now, so many years after I graduated....

• Think 100 years ahead, couple urge

  The couple behind one of New Zealand’s most sustainable farms are challenging all Kiwi farmers to think three or four generations into the future when making decisions....

• 10 ways to help dairy farmers

  DairyNZ is calling on the Government to partner with dairy farmers to achieve better outcomes, invest more in research and development, and stop overloading farmers with too many regulations....

• Birds of a feather decorate together Birds are ruffling up the interior decorating world. Try these ideas for feathering your nest.

  IS THERE A SOUND more soothing than the resonant hoot of a ruru on a dark night, or more enchanting than the sunlit warble of a tui? Could the shimmering blue of a kingfisher be any more beautiful, or the bronzed green of a kererū more magical? We love our feathered friends and have long harnessed...

• Candidates on qualities, experience

  The local body elections are your chance to have your say on who makes the big decisions on the issues that touch our everyday lives....

• Trial looks at putting whenua first

  The Mangatea Stream that passes through the farm of the same name has always been a food source for Māori of the area, yet its significance runs even deeper than its ability to sustain the people....

• Building and pool charges probed

  Apotential rates rise of 16.35 per cent is “a real concern,” and to be avoided, says mayor Neil Volzke....

• Bowl of Brooklands bringing in the crowds Bowled Over Bowled Over

  Thousands of people are flocking to the picturesque Bowl of Brooklands this summer and praise for the iconic venue is already ringing out over the region....