{"product_id":"changing-times-the-story-of-a-new-zealand-country-newspaper-2009","title":"CHANGING TIMES: The Story of a New Zealand Country Newspaper","description":"\u003cp\u003eCHANGING TIMES: The Story of a New Zealand Country Newspaper\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eby Kit de Latour\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDESCRIPTION\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780476000834\u003cbr\u003eFormat: A4 soft cover\u003cbr\u003ePublished: Times Media Group 2009\u003cbr\u003eSize: 280x225x25 mm\u003cbr\u003ePages: 241\u003cbr\u003eSKU: A4\/2403\/0300\/U443\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eABOUT\u003cbr\u003eIn 2005 the Rodney Times was bought by Fairfax New Zealand Ltd, thus ending a 104-year era for New Zealand's oldest family-owned newspaper. For the last 88 of those years, the family was that of William Thomson Rauparaha Cook and his equally determined descendants.\u003cbr\u003eEx Rodney Times editor Kit de Latour tells the fascinating story of a New Zealand country newspaper from its Australian founder, Alfred Walter Charles de La Roche - he was cold-shouldered out of the vigorous pioneer town of Warkworth - through to the present, when the proud independent was absorbed into the corporate publishing fold.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIllustrated throughout with monochrome and colour images.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCONDITION\u003cbr\u003eAs new with inscription inside front cover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eREMARKS\u003cbr\u003eIncreasingly scarce as new.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unicorn Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55450432897316,"sku":null,"price":49.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1013\/1901\/6740\/files\/94811.jpg?v=1783241606","url":"https:\/\/unicornbooks.co.nz\/products\/changing-times-the-story-of-a-new-zealand-country-newspaper-2009","provider":"Unicorn Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}