List of print media in New Zealand
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This is a list of print media in New Zealand. New Zealand once had several daily newspapers in each major city, but as in other countries the medium was damaged by radio and then television, and each city now only has one daily newspaper.
There are no truly national newspapers, although The New Zealand Herald and to a lesser extent The Dominion Post are both available outside their core areas. The four main centres of Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin are served by The New Zealand Herald, The Dominion Post, The Press, and the Otago Daily Times. In addition, there are several weekly newspapers with a national scope, including two tabloids. There are also numerous low-budget weekly newspapers catering for particular suburbs or for subcultures including the gay and farming communities and various ethnic groups.
Ownership of New Zealand newspapers is dominated by Fairfax New Zealand and APN News & Media, with Fairfax having 48.6% of the daily newspaper circulation.[1]
Dailies
Publication | City | Circulation (2014)[2] | Owned by (2013) | Founded |
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The New Zealand Herald | Auckland | 142,566 | APN News & Media | 1863 |
The Dominion Post | Wellington | 68,912 | Fairfax New Zealand | 2002 |
The Press | Christchurch | 64,038 | Fairfax New Zealand | 1861 |
Otago Daily Times | Dunedin | 36,083 | Allied Press | 1861 |
Waikato Times | Hamilton | 26,610 | Fairfax New Zealand | 1872 |
The Southland Times | Invercargill | 23,231 | Fairfax New Zealand | 1862 |
Hawke's Bay Today | Hastings | 20,642 | APN News & Media | 1999 |
Taranaki Daily News | New Plymouth | 18,928 | Fairfax New Zealand | 1857 |
Bay of Plenty Times | Tauranga | 20,352 | APN News & Media | 1872 |
Manawatu Standard | Palmerston North | 12,357 | Fairfax New Zealand | 1880 |
The Nelson Mail | Nelson | 15,609 | Fairfax New Zealand | 1866 |
The Timaru Herald | Timaru | 14,010 | Fairfax New Zealand | 1864 |
The Northern Advocate | Whangarei | 13,292 | APN News & Media | 1875 |
Wanganui Chronicle | Whanganui | 11,217 | APN News & Media | 1856 |
The Daily Post | Rotorua | 10,294 | APN News & Media | 1885 |
Gisborne Herald | Gisborne | 7,705 | Gisborne Herald Co. | 1874 |
Wairarapa Times-Age | Masterton | 6,566 | APN News & Media | 1878 |
Ashburton Guardian | Ashburton | 5,243 | Ashburton Guardian Company | 1879 |
Greymouth Star | Greymouth | 4,284 | Allied Press | 1866 |
Oamaru Mail | Oamaru | 2,869 | Allied Press | 1876 |
Westport News | Westport | 1,884 (2008) | The Westport News | 1871 |
Daily Chronicle | Levin | 2,661 | APN News & Media | 1893 |
The Marlborough Express | Blenheim | 5,797 | Fairfax New Zealand | 1866 |
National weekly papers
Free newspapers
Free newspapers are often called 'community newspapers' in New Zealand. Most are weekly and published in tabloid format:
- Coast & Country News Free Monthly newspaper
- The Cambridge Edition
- Cook Strait News
- The Courier, Ashburton
- The Ensign, Gore
- Chinese Herald, Auckland, Free Newspaper every Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday
- The Opunake and Coastal News
- Advocate South (formally Fiordland Advocate), Southland
- The Fishing Paper & Hunting News, national, monthly
- The GB Weekly, Golden Bay
- Hamilton News
- The Hauraki Herald
- Hamilton Press
- Auckland City Harbour News Auckland
- East & Bays Courier Auckland
- Eastern Courier Auckland
- Manukau Courier Auckland
- Papakura Courier Auckland
- Rodney Times Auckland
- North Shore Times Auckland
- Nor-west News Auckland
- Western Leader Auckland
- Central Leader Auckland
- The Bay Chronicle Bay of Islands
- 'Northern News Kaikohe
- Whangarei Leader Northland
- North Harbour News Auckland
- Horowhenua Chronicle
- Horowhenua Mail
- Howick and Botany Times
- Howick and Pakuranga Times
- The Hurunui Times
- The Kaikoura Star
- Kapiti Observer
- The Matamata Chronicle
- The News (also called The Lakes District and Central Otago News), Alexandra
- The Northern Outlook, North Canterbury
- Raglan Chronicle
- River City Press
- Ruapehu Bulletin
- South Waikato News
- Southern Rural Life
- Southland Express, Invercargill
- The Star, Christchurch
- The Star, Dunedin
- Taumarunui Bulletin, Taumarunui
- Te Awamutu Courier
- The Timaru Courier
- Waitomo News
- The Weekend Sun
- Namaste Gujarat
- The Flagstaff,[3] Devonport
Magazines
- Australian Women's Weekly NZ Edition
- Challenge Weekly
- Investigate
- Metro
- New Zealand Listener
- New Zealand Woman's Weekly
- North & South
- Eye Magazine (New Zealand)
- New Zealand's Best Dining Guide
- Beautiful You: The Beauty Book
- Chinese Eye Magazine
Student magazines
- Canta – University of Canterbury
- Craccum – University of Auckland
- Debate – Auckland University of Technology (AUT)
- Critic – University of Otago
- Gyro – Otago Polytechnic
- Nexus – University of Waikato
- Salient – Victoria University of Wellington
Literary magazines
Historic
Magazines
- Junior Digest[4]
Newspapers
Note: these newspapers are listed by decade of first issue.
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See also
- Joseph Ivess (1844–1919), who had an association with about 40 newspapers and founded many of them[9]
References
- ^ Rosenberg, Bill (2008-09-13). "News media ownership in New Zealand" (PDF). Retrieved 2008-09-14.
- ^ "Press audit results". The New Zealand Audit Bureau of Circulations. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
- ^ http://devonportflagstaff.co.nz/
- ^
Keith, Hamish (1984). New Zealand yesterdays: a look at our recent past. Reader's Digest Services. p. 131. ISBN 9780949819406. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
Junior Digest, published in Christchurch, lasted from 1945 to 1964- longer than most of the magazines [...]
- ^ "PAEROA GAZETTE 1891 – 1991". ohinemuri.org.nz. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
- ^ The I. W. W. and the General Strike in Aotearoa. Trouble Makers – Anarchism and Syndicalism. Takver.com (1999-08-16). Retrieved on 2012-07-03.
- ^ Bruce Macdonald Brown (1966). "High Casualty Rate". Department of External Affairs. Retrieved 2008-07-05.
- ^ Nicholas Evan Reid, The Bishop's Paper: A History of the Catholic Press of the Diocese of Auckland, CPC, Auckland, 2000, p. 55 ISBN 0473072181
- ^ Harvey, Ross. "Ivess, Joseph – Biography". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
External links
- Papers Past at the National Library of New Zealand – a digitised collection of some historical newspapers