Roy Pilott
Readers have discovered Cambridge News is available online first thing on Thursday morning, website statistics for March show.
The www.cambridgenews.nz front page was the most visited with nearly 20 per cent of all visits last month.
Second went to The News’ breaking story on Takena Stirling’s suspension as a lawyer and subsequent resignation from Waipā District Council.
But in a notable first, sister publication Te Awamutu News beat the Cambridge News for total visitors over the month thanks to our exclusive story on a new lease of life for the Alpha Hotel in Kihikihi.
Rounding out the Cambridge News top five stories for the month was our very popular The News in Brief – all the briefs that appear in Cambridge News on one page – a story on Waipā councillors getting yesterday’s rubbish served up to them for morning tea, problems for i-Site in Cambridge and Audit NZ’s rebuke of the council.
Editor Roy Pilott was chuffed with the Te Awamutu News result. It was his story on March 1 about the Alpha Hotel which accounted for over half the page views and lifted numbers by 96 per cent over the same month last year.
“The figures are an indication of the growth in our product across Waipā,” said Pilott. “We are also delivering more than 23,500 free copies of the sister papers into letter boxes every Thursday. Readers tell us they appreciate having access to a real newspaper with relevant Waipā news.”
