How well do you know your neighbourhood?  If news happens around you, how do you find out about it? The short answer is… most of the time, you don’t.  Well, maybe if it effects people outside your community or it’s really sensational.  But what about the kind of news that effects you and your neighbours, and that’s all.  [...]

After day 1, we got some feedback that choosing locations was a big clunky and a few of you were getting errors. So, we’ve gone in and made it better. The next time you choose a location and there’s a problem, it will redirect you to a detailed page to choose your locations. Tell us [...]

Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand – Today in New Zealand, what matters most to you and your community, just became clearer. NZ-based start-up, Locally Informed (locallyinformed.co.nz), brings to New Zealand a new way to uncover the local news and local knowledge that matters most to people in their communities.  And, perhaps most importantly, a new way [...]

Last November, we put out a call to Journalists, Reporters and Editors interested in getting involved with Locally Informed as a Community Editor.  We received interest from nearly 200 people from throughout New Zealand, with backgrounds and experience in many areas of journalism and community involvement. Of those applicants, a process ensued, which helped us find the [...]

The moment we’ve all be waiting for… On Feb 1 at 11am, we’ll open up the doors and let you all in! In the mean time, have a listen to our Welcome Message and watch the Getting Started Videos.

Locally Informed (http://locallyinformed.co.nz), a privately funded New Zealand publishing start-up , is seeking expressions of interest from journalists, reporters and editors throughout New Zealand, in all locations. Locally Informed publishes online and is the next generation offering to a hyperlocal publishing company established a few years ago by one of our directors in Canada.  With [...]