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• 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.

• 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.

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....

• WHITES THAT WORK

  WHETHER YOUR TASTE ALIGNS with minimalism, rustic, coastal or country cottage, white will always play a role in your desired look. Evoking freshness and elegance, whites are versatile, and work with most other hues....

• Southern end of town place to thrive

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

• Couple close 30-year chapter on their beloved bookshop

  When Raymond and Pam Perera close the doors at their Stratford shop later this year, they will be closing the chapter nearly three decades of serving customers in their beloved bookshop....

• MODERN MONOCHROME

  FOR MANY, A MONOCHROME interior means white on white with some black accents. But today’s monochrome goes well beyond that to embrace the true meaning of the word monochrome — one colour....

• Sustainable garden out to put bugs on menu

  ‘Nobody likes me, everybody hates me; I’m going down the garden to eat worms.”...

• DHB and defendant take report issues to High Court

  Ongoing issues around the provision of court-ordered psychiatric reports for offenders have given rise to two High Court proceedings....

• 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....

• Stratford Happenings

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