Securing Herald’s future under NZME

While understandable, it is a sad end to one local family’s enormous contribution to this isolated community. It has been the heartbeat of a region blessed with unique features and a population that more often than not exhibits the fighting spirit of those who will never surrender.
I happened to be in town yesterday on one of my rare ventures to the big smoke and noticed Michael Muir, the surviving patriarch of the Muir family ownership, hurrying down the street in front of our parked car.
Although I did recognise a degree of anxiety on his furrowed brow, I had no idea of the difficult decision he and his family had just made.
Let’s hope the new format will not do away with the column space that has provided opportunities for readers to discuss the issues that concern us all.
It is possible and important that we can agree to disagree on important matters - that is the tried and proven formula for reaching decisions somewhere in between the extreme views of both the left and the right.
In a world without those opportunities, we will not succeed in overcoming our differences - slowly moving to a state of permanent decline.
We are better than that.
Thank you to the Muir family.