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Herald printed in Gisborne for the last time

May 16 2023 Updated May 16, 2023

Ben Cowper

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The Goss Community Press rolled one last time for today’s Gisborne Herald. After 149 years of printing in Gisborne, the company is outsourcing printing of the paper to NZME in Auckland from next week.

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