I tend to agree with you. Our local paper the Manawatu Standard typically only has 16 pages in it. Not that I ever buy it.

gzt: The clickbait pays for the remaining quality journalism. That's the way it is now. Tbh I'm not sure why some here are interested in reading the clickbait. There are plenty of good quality stories on both The Herald and Stuff daily.

What would the situation be without these local media services? It would be bad no doubt about it.

Appreciate the good stuff and annoying yourself by reading the clickbait!

One thing that is peeing me off on Stuff online is that they are putting ads at the start , during or at the end or between   of their polls. 

Not about the headline, but do the Stuff reporters actually proof read what they write below the headline?

"New Zealand's largest DVD rental store is to close as sell of its collection of around 60,000 movies and games."

"For many older customers, the store a trip to the DVD store has provided the reason for a trip out."

RNZ writing about road safety, with a photo from a country that drives on the other side of the road.

Edit: They've changed it!

Behodar:

 

RNZ writing about road safety, with a photo from a country that drives on the other side of the road.

 

I don't know what has happened to them but they have really gone downhill lately. Terrible stupid editing/proofreading/spelling errors, content errors, sloppy photo choices, all kinds of carelessness/indifference. I greatly regret this, because there is so little intelligent quality journalism in this country. Don't know if it is related to the Clare Curran issues or related resignations or other political matters but RNZ is not even a shadow of its former self. I very much hope they recover from this sooner rather than later.

Not a headline....but another STUFF proofreading example!

https://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/life/109715905/otipua-wetland-restoration-work-continues

Work will continue this year with the installation of sings, more track upgrading and more planting. All adding to the transformation of an once described as a wasteland.

Jesus, they just about need a 'report mistakes' button for all their articles now, much like you can report a post here on GZ. 

I have very little confidence in anything they publish. Apart from the glaringly obvious incorrect words and missing words, how can you even be sure the numbers, quantities and dollar amounts are correct? You can't!

DarthKermit:

 

Jesus, they just about need a 'report mistakes' button for all their articles now, much like you can report a post here on GZ. 

 

Then they would make what little left (If any?) editors redundant!

They would just employ someone on minimum wage to check the "report mistakes" list and fix!

(Oh bugger - we have given them an idea!)

Regardless of whether they're saving up the rubbish or not, they're effectively just tossing it on the side of the road. I don't see anything actually "wrong" with that article.

On the other hand, it's the crack of dawn so I may not be thinking straight yet :)

PhantomNVD: As if campers save up massive black bags to dump 🙄

https://i.stuff.co.nz/national/109756199/coromandel-compactors-become-dump-sites-thanks-to-lazy-stingy-campers?fbclid=IwAR2tl-Cw3o7KAzyzQjH5EdL2n0rEFKFm50E0XBdrN-w057fTg28Uglb021U

"The British government yesterday expanded drone-free exclusion zones around British airports from their previous 1km limit, to about 5km."

I haven't looked for the actual law, but I suspect that it's more specific than "about 5km"...