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21 years of headlines: Before the Cook Cook Strait News celebrates more than two decades in the community this month. Throughout April we take a look back at the history of Cook Strait News. This week we look at the early years of community news in Wellington, before the paper we have today.
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It was April 4 1994 and throughout the Eastern and Southern Suburbs residents were having their very first edition of Cook Strait News delivered. More than 1000 editions later and the newspaper, which is published by Wellington Suburban Newspapers, is still going strong. While the name Cook Strait News began in April 1994 the newspapers origins stretch back much further. The first local paper for the eastern suburbs dates back to the 1950s with the Peninsular. In 1961 husband and wife team Don and Clemency Bryant started the Eastern Suburbs Sentinel. The following year saw the Southern Sentinel start appearing in letterboxes and it was not long before the Hataitai Herald and Northern Sentinel made their debut. Don and Clemency owned the papers for 17 years before they sold them to Independent Newspapers Limited in 1974. The papers were rationalized and two titles emerged, The Eastern Sentinel and the Nor-wester.
It was not long before those were merged and the Sentinel, a regional paper for the whole of Wellington, was started. In 1978 the Sentinel announced its closure. But just a week later the Eastern Suburbs News was in letterboxes, having been started by Brian and Maurice Kitching and Michael Veal. They then started the Southern News and already owned the Karori News, but seven years later sold the papers to Auckland-based NZ News. Ten years later NZ News also purchased the Independent Herald and the four papers became Capital Community Newspapers. In 1989 Wilson and Horton, former owners of the New Zealand Herald, purchased CCN. Then in April 1994, a change in local retail patterns bought about the demise of the Southern News and Eastern Suburbs News and the Cook Strait News was formed in their place. After a countless number of editions, various reporters, editors and sales personnel, the 16-page Cook Strait News continues to be circulated throughout the local community - rain, hail or shine.
Going home after Cyclone Pam Continued from page 1 “People were saying that others were dying near Port Vila and my village is near there so I was worried” says Nanu, who is from Mele Village, which is just outside the capital of Port Vila. Nanu, who is the president of the Wellington Vanuatu Community, says he felt helpless and could not contact his family so he booked a flight to Vanuatu to return home. It was not long after he booked the flight that he finally made contact with his extended family and heard that they were all safe. Naomi, Nanu’s wife, says it was the longest week of their lives. The village’s food supply will not last much longer so they will rely on international aid, says Nanu, who flew home to Vanuatu on Sunday. He was in Vanuatu during the category four Cyclone Uma in
1987 and says debris was left for too long before being cleaned up. This led to mosquitos in the village, which can carry and transfer malaria and dengue fever. “I expect that people will have started to clean up to prevent that,” Nanu says. “I hope people are not sitting back waiting for aid. “You cannot just sit back and wait for aid to come. You have to help yourself first.” Nanu, who has lived in Wellington since 2007, says once he arrives in Vanuatu his first focus will be his own family before looking at how he can help his village and the rest of the country. Naomi says the family is still in shock so thus far they have been unable to get a lot of information from them about what they need. Nanu says the best way for
DEVASTATION: Nanu Matautaava does not know what he will find when he returns to his home village in Vanuatu following Cyclone Pam.
people to help Vanuatu following Cyclone Pam is to donate to New Zealand Red Cross or UNICEF.
For more information go to www.redcross.org.nz or www. unicef.org.nz/vanuatu.
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