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| Cruise ship The Silver Shadow berthed at Waitohi Wharf, Picton. The Interislander ferry, Aratere, in the background. |
The Seaport News is a non-profit community newspaper, founded to give the communities in Picton and the Marlborough Sounds their own voice. It aims to provide local organisations and groups with an outlet for news and information and to promote local causes.
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GRAPHIC DESIGN AND DIGITAL PRINT CENTRE
As well as publishing The Seaport News community newspaper, we offer print centre services.Graphic design, book layout, digital print, print management, photography, photo retouching, file downloads to pdf or flashdrive, emailing, faxing.
All photos on this site are copyright Seaport News and may not be reproduced without express permission. You may order printed copies of photos by email or come in to our Mariners Mall office and place your order.
HISTORY
The Seaport News came to fruition back in 1998, when discussions were held at a Picton Foreshore Trust meeting, after the demise of the Sounds Gazette.
The Trust felt the community needed its own local paper. This has involved a lot of planning and organisation by the Trust, and is an ongoing project.
The project began as a fundraiser to set up the PowerHouse Reserve, but it quickly became its own entity which now entails a lot of hard work from a dedicated team as it grows from year to year.
From the first issue a logo was incorporated in its masthead – ‘Picton: Seaport of the Sounds’, establishing a maritime theme to the paper and the identity of the port town of Picton.
Originally the paper could be purchased with a 50 cent donation, but as more pages were added, and with printing costs escalating, something had to change. After a survey was compiled and sent to every household in Picton and the Sounds, the enthusiastic response encouraged the team to continue production, and over the 12 years the paper has been running, the cost of purchase has been kept as low as possible.
As from late last year the paper purchased a brand new colour photocopier and we are now producing the paper with colour, however we needed to increase the price of the paper to three dollars to offset costs. The new colour paper is proving to be very popular.
At present 500 copies per issue are printed in-house in digital laser colour. Of these, 120-plus are posted to subscribers both nationally and internationally, and the rest are delivered to display stands at many local outlets.
All photographs taken and produced in the paper can be purchased.
The Seaport News is in the true sense of the word a community paper. It is funded and supported by the whole community through advertising and the purchase of each issue.
The dedication of the contributors, writers, volunteers and staff (we are now able to employ 3 part timers) produces a great asset for Picton and the Sounds. Without their support the paper would not be possible.
Collation of the paper is carried out by a willing group of volunteers, who come into the office every fortnight to label the papers ready for delivery or postage to subscribers.
One of the highlights in 2009 was that we were nominated for the Trustpower Community Awards and we came runner-up in the Environment and Heritage Awards.
Site last updated: 27 February 2012.
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We have recently moved to 79 Auckland Street, Picton.
