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In response to From the Editor (October 10, 2025)
Firstly, thank you for bravely bursting into print with truly local stories and calf club photos — all the stuff we have been missing with the loss of truly local publications, those which were full of syndicated irrelevant stories.
I think that the reduction of rural mail deliveries is sadly an evolutionary phase we have to adjust to. Out here in the country, we had to shed our valued landlines, as it became
clear that Chorus (formerly Telecom) had no interest in caring for our connections. We now
battle with tricky reception and temperamental phones.
It does seem that our daily deliveries are going the same way. In our case, the delivery of the daily newspaper is already fouled — receiving the Saturday paper now happens on Monday, or after long weekends, Tuesday. Instead of an enjoyable read in spare time during the weekend, catching up with reading becomes a battle through the week.
For those of us who have had newspapers as part of daily life for all of our lives, it’s another adjustment. It looks as though we will have to join the phone-addicted, picking up headlines 24/7.
But as we age, reading and navigating tiny screens becomes a hassle, but one we are going to have to live with.
In the meantime, can anyone make rural or urban deliveries financially sustainable in the future?
For those of us who love to live rurally, this is a lifeline we will struggle to live without.
I&A McNaughton, Waiuku
