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Otorohanga Times, around 1912

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<em>Otorohanga Times</em>, around 1912

J. C. Claridge (third from left in bowler hat) and his staff stand outside the office of their bi-weekly newspaper, the Otorohanga Times, soon after its formation in 1912. Claridge was then associated with eight other rural Waikato newspapers. In 1980 the Otorohanga Timesmerged with the King Country Chronicle (established in 1906) to form the Waitomo News.

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Mark Derby, Newspapers – The heyday of newspapers, 1900–1939, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/43264/otorohanga-times-around-1912 (accessed 20 June 2026).

Story by Mark Derby, published 16 December 2013.