The ''Hawera and Normanby Star'' is a newspaper published in

Taranaki Taranaki is a region in the west of New Zealand's North Island. It is named after its main geographical feature, the stratovolcano of Mount Taranaki, also known as Mount Egmont. The main centre is the city of New Plymouth. The New Plymouth Dist ...

, New Zealand.

History

The newspaper was first published on 10 April 1880. It ceased publication as a commercial newspaper in 1977, after which it has continued as a

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