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The Geraldine News, 17 Sep 2026

Description

The Geraldine News (GNews) is a free community newspaper circulating 16,000 households (inside the Ashburton Courier) in the South Canterbury town of Geraldine and its outlying areas. Founded by Neil Wilson and Marg Braggins in 1992, Hugh and Fi McCafferty continue to foster the goodwill of the publication, and nurture and champion the values of the local community.

In This Edition

ArticleEden takes top hon­ours

Peel Forest’s Eden Wilson fin­ished an already suc­cess­ful regional gym­nastics sea­son with a flour­ish, win­ning the Aor­angi Medal for the top female STEP 2 gym­nast and the over­all Franch Trophy at the 5-6 Septem­ber South Island Artistic...

Eden takes top hon­ours

ArticleCom­munity response plan builds resi­li­ence

The Peel Forest Com­munity Hub Team and the Timaru Dis­trict Coun­cil Emer­gency Man­age­ment Unit presen­ted their Peel Forest and Blandswood Com­munity Response Plan to loc­als on Sunday. Aware­ness of nat­ural dis­asters’ threat to the rel­at­ively...

Com­munity response plan builds resi­li­ence

ArticleA beer, a bless­ing, and good com­pany

At the invit­a­tion of local Anglican priest, Rev Hugh McCaf­ferty, a col­lec­tion of people assembled at the Bonny Day tap­room to cel­eb­rate Buy a Priest a Beer Day. Hugh says, “It was a good oppor­tun­ity for the newly installed vicar of Temuka-Te...

A beer, a bless­ing, and good com­pany

ArticleMEET THE TEAM

FI MCCAFFERTY EDITOR | ADVERTISING 027 899 0703 @gnews.co.nz I’ve been edit­ing GNews since April 2019, and always enjoy bring­ing the joy and com­munity of this quirky little town to every single edi­tion. I’m also incred­ibly proud of the report­ers...

MEET THE TEAM