A regular contributor to Metal Type, Graeme How,  got in touch to tell me about his local newspaper, The Wairoa Star, celebrating its centenary.

We have four pages of articles about the Wairoa Star sent in by Graeme, check the “Related Pages” menu to see the others.

Said Graham: “I started my apprenticeship there in January 1969 and retired in December 2016.”

Here Graeme tells us how production of the newspaper has changed over the years.

Graeme added: “I still do the odd day’s work there filling in.

“It’s amazing how technology has progressed from black and white to the modern era of colour graphics and photographs. To think I started with hot type and ended up operating an internet based newspaper production system.”