By Rachel Graham of RNZ
Newspapers in New Zealand and around the world are under increasing pressure with many businesses facing restructures, going digital or closing all together but a free newspaper on Banks Peninsula is celebrating its 150th anniversary. The Akaroa Mail was first published on 21 July, 1876, and prints 10,000 paper copies every fortnight. Owner and editor Michael de Hamel has been running The Akaroa Mail for the last 41 year…
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