Today, 11 June 2014, The Timaru Herald celebrates her reaching 150 years in the newspaper business.
Circulating in the Timaru, South Canterbury and Otago districts of the South Island New Zealand, The Timaru Herald has a daily circulation of 14,500 copies and approximately a readership of 31,000 people.
Thank you The Timaru Herald for your important role in information and community development.
My association with the prestigious paper began when they published about our blog promoting South Canterbury on their 17 January 2013 edition.
Since then, The Timaru Herald had published several articles about our role as channel of service and support for the Timaru communities. These articles are as follows:
- Open arms to different cultures on 3 July 2013
- Pastor spreads word in his new business on 8 August 2013
Then calamities struck the Philippines in last quarter of 2013, a catastrophic earthquake in October and the destructive super Typhoon Haiyan in November.
The Timaru Herald wasted no time in helping the Filipinos through publishing our concern and desire to raise funds to help the earthquake and typhoon victims in the Philippines.
- Worried pastor wants to help stricken homeland on 11 November 2013
- Direct help to the Philippines on 4 December 2013 via South Canterbury Herald
- Trust provides faster support to Filipinos on 8 January 2014
These articles stirred up the community (local and international) to donate for the Philippines.
Businessperson and blogger, Jonathan Davey of The Berkshire Blog UK told me that he read the article on Stuff about my desire to help so he contacted me via LinkedIn. I provided estimates on the boat-building project he was launching at that time. Many have benefited through the Rotary Club One Boat for the Philippines project he started.
The Country Women Institute of Timaru is one organisation that responded after reading the articles in The Timaru Herald and South Canterbury Herald.
The blog post “Fisherman Benefits from CWI Donation” shares about the beneficiary of CWI’s gift.
In anniversaries of longevity such as the sesquicentennial celebration of The Timaru Herald, the olden days are often revered more than the present ones.
This is quite understandable because it is through history that an organisation finds strength and inspiration to continue in the next hundred years or so.
Clearly, the recent developments in the life of The Timaru Herald, particularly referring to the news articles mentioned above and her commitment to provide news and information have paved way for forging relationships in the community to help one another regardless of race and distance.
Again, congratulations The Timaru Herald!
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