A permit for this two-storey masonry building was issued to Mr H. Weston (Proprietor of the Taranaki Herald) on 9 October 1906. The estimated construction cost was £1700 and the architect was James Sanderson. Another permit was issued on 22 May 1909 for "additions" to the Currie Street building. The value was £1947 and the architects Sanderson and Griffiths. The contractors were the well-known local firm Boon Bros.
The building was located on Town Section 924 on the east side of Currie Street. In 1984 the building was demolished and the existing Daily News building on the corner of Currie and Powderham Streets was extended to accommodate staff from the Herald.
The Taranaki Herald ceased publication in April 1989, merging with the Daily News.
Related documents:
A Newspaper's progress 1852-1932 (Taranaki Herald 19 November 1932)
Goodbye Taranaki (Taranaki Herald 29 April 1989)
From the archives: Herald was oldest newspaper in land (Taranaki Daily News 17 November 2012)
From the archives (Taranaki Daily News 8 March 2014)
From the archives (Taranaki Daily News 30 August 2014)
Installation of New Machinery: A Record of Progress (TH 13 December 1909)
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