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Its genesis was closely related to provincial politics, with one of the principal persons behind its establishment being Charles Brown, former Superintendent of the Taranaki Province. The News was set up as a rival to the Taranaki Herald, after the Herald successfully supported a rival candidate to Brown. During its early years the News suffered from a lack of funds; paper shortages also hampered production and on two occasions it had to print on dark blue packing paper. Frequent changes in ownership and management also hampered the development of the News and it did not really start to prosper until it was bought by Thomas List in List was a professional newspaper man, who had built up invaluable experience through his involvement with the Hutt and Petone Chronicle, the short-lived Wellington paper the Sun, and the Waimate Witness. When List took over the News he found that the newspaper was in the perilous position of having fewer than regular paying subscribers.

Taranaki daily news

The paper, initially housed in a small wooden building on the east side of Brougham Street opposite the present library, became a strident critic of the Herald and the provincial government. The word "Taranaki" was dropped from the masthead about when the paper's ownership was merged with that of the Herald to become Taranaki Newspapers Ltd, and reinstated in An electronic version of the paper is available on the Stuff website. Now, the Taranaki Daily News is printed in Petone, Wellington and moved premises in New Plymouth, downsizing and selling its previous building. It's limited in what it publishes, with deadlines now earlier with the printing done out of the region. Local sports reporters were made redundant from provincial newspapers and now rely on contributors to carry local coverage. Its circulation is now around 13, Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk. Read Edit View history. Tools Tools. Download as PDF Printable version. Newspaper in New Zealand. Puke Ariki. Archived from the original on 13 October

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Human faecal matter leaking from septic tanks has regularly contaminated the Urenui River and mudflats. FIle photo. Photo: Supplied. Human faecal matter leaking from septic tanks in the area contaminating the Urenui River and mudflats was a long-standing issue, the report said, noting the "property size and soil [type was] not suitable for septic tanks in large parts of Urenui and Onaero townships".

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Papers Past. Tuesday, January 30, Abraham's Funeral Home. Tuesday, March 5, Showing 1 - of 1, results. Newspapers in New Zealand. Tuesday, February 6, Wednesday, February 21, Frequent changes in ownership and management also hampered the development of the News and it did not really start to prosper until it was bought by Thomas List in The Taranaki Daily News became part of the Fairfax group in Search Rapua.

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Betty HAN. Wednesday, January 31, Saturday, February 17, George Edward COX. Friday, February 23, Retrieved 26 July Thursday, March 7, Saturday, January 27, Monday, January 22, Thursday, January 18, During its early years the News suffered from a lack of funds; paper shortages also hampered production and on two occasions it had to print on dark blue packing paper.