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30th April 2020 by George Orwell and Fatherhood: Part One The most important influence on George Orwell was probably his father. This essay, then, explores the crucial theme of fatherhood in a number of contrasting ways. It first examines the responses of both Orwell and his contemporaries to his father. It then looks at the many fascinating representations of fathers in his novels. Orwell’s own strikingly progressive attitudes as a dad are highlighted as are, finally, the responses of his s...

Virginia Woolf/Stuff Police received reports of sheep being killed on Stratford’s Pembroke Rd around 10.30am on Sunday, May 2. (File photo) The Stratford District Council is still holding one of the two dogs that killed 18 sheep earlier this month. Police and Stratford District Council were made aware of two dogs attacking and killing sheep on Pembroke Rd around 10.30am on Sunday, May 2. One of the dogs was impounded, but the other was not found. In an emailed statement, council’s envir...

Virginia Woolf/Nelson Mail Police received reports of sheep being killed on Stratford’s Pembroke Rd around 10.30am on Sunday. (File photo) One dog was impounded, and another is unaccounted for, after around 20 sheep were attacked in Stratford. Police and Stratford District Council were made aware of two dogs attacking and killing sheep on Pembroke Rd around 10.30am on Sunday. In an emailed statement, council’s environmental services director, Blair Sutherland, said one of the dogs had bee...

In an emailed response to questions, Blair Sutherland, the council’s director of environmental services, admitted it was a hard task. “As it is a very busy time in the building industry nationally, it is quite difficult to attract experienced building officials,” Sutherland said in the email, which was sent via the council’s communications manager. He would not say when the previous manager changed roles and said council could provide a total monthly figure for consent-related extern...

Prestidge said the homes were quality builds priced between $800,000 to $1million, and 300sqm in size. “Among the new homes being built are several for retired farmers who have sold up and moved into town.” The boom is evidenced in the number of granted resource consents for new buildings and subdivisions in the smaller centres of Stratford and Hāwera last year. South Taranaki saw a 63 per cent increase in new housing consents, with 96 issued in 2020– up from 56 in 2019. The distric...

Residents have been told not to swim in a Taranaki river after harmful bacteria was discovered in it.