List of print media in New Zealand explained

This is a list of print media in New Zealand. New Zealand once had several daily newspapers in each major city, usually a morning paper (which had a wider circulation into rural areas) and an evening paper) As in other countries, the print medium has been damaged by radio, then television and then the internet. The major cities now have only one daily newspaper.

There are no truly national newspapers, although The New Zealand Herald and to a lesser extent The 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 Post, The Press, and the Otago Daily Times, respectively. There are also several weekly newspapers with a national scope, including three tabloids, the Sunday News, Sunday Star-Times and the Herald on Sunday. There are also numerous low-budget and free weekly newspapers catering for particular suburbs or for subcultures including the gay and farming communities and various ethnic groups.

The ownership of New Zealand newspapers is dominated by Stuff and NZME, with Stuff having 48.6 per cent of the daily newspaper circulation.[1]

Dailies

PublicationCityCirculation (2021)[2] Owned by (2024)Founded
The New Zealand Herald 100,073 NZME1863
The PressChristchurch31,207 Stuff1861
The PostWellington30,473 Stuff 2002
Otago Daily Times 28,262 Allied Press1861
Hawke's Bay TodayHastings15,690 (2019) NZME 1999
Waikato TimesHamilton11,633 Stuff 1872
Bay of Plenty TimesTauranga10,162 (2019) NZME 1872
The Northern AdvocateWhangārei9,676 (2019)NZME1875
The Southland TimesInvercargill9,501 Stuff 1862
Taranaki Daily NewsNew Plymouth8,704 Stuff 1857
Whanganui ChronicleWhanganui7,498 (2019)NZME1856
The Nelson MailNelson5,532 Stuff 1866
The Daily PostRotorua5,207 (2019)NZME1885
Manawatū StandardPalmerston North5,058 Stuff 1880
Wairarapa Times-AgeMasterton5,053Stuff1878
The Timaru HeraldTimaru4,885 Stuff 1864
Gisborne HeraldGisborne4,648 NZME 1874
Ashburton GuardianAshburton4,306 (2019)Ashburton Guardian Co.1879
Greymouth StarGreymouth3,203 Allied Press 1866
Marlborough ExpressBlenheim2,917 Stuff 1866
Westport NewsWestport1,884 (2008) The Westport News 1871

Weekly papers

Free newspapers

Free newspapers are often called 'community newspapers' in New Zealand. Most are published weekly, in tabloid format.

Magazines

See main article: category.

Student magazines

See main article: category.

Literary magazines

See main article: category.

Historic

Magazines

Newspapers

Note: these newspapers are listed by decade of first issue. For place and years published see Papers Past.[9]

1830s
1840s
1850s
1860s
1870s
1890s
1910s
1930s
1990s

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: News media ownership in New Zealand. Rosenberg. Bill . 2008-09-13. 2008-09-14.
  2. Web site: ABC 2021 Audit . https://web.archive.org/web/20220126000658/http://newspaper.abc.org.nz//audit.html?mode=embargo&npa_admin=1&org=npa&show=listpubs&letter= . 26 January 2022.
  3. Web site: Home. The Devonport Flagstaff.
  4. Web site: ausm Publisher Publications - Issuu. issuu.com.
  5. Web site: Massive . Massive Magazine . 14 December 2020.
  6. Web site: Schrader . Ben . Page 4. Art and literary magazines, 1930 to 1950 . Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand . 12 December 2020.
  7. Book: Keith. Hamish. Hamish Keith. New Zealand yesterdays: a look at our recent past. 1984. Reader's Digest Services. 1984. 131. 9780949819406. 2016-04-21. Junior Digest, published in Christchurch, lasted from 1945 to 1964- longer than most of the magazines [...].
  8. Web site: GayNZ.com NZ's longest-running gay magazine ends. 22 August 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924021022/http://www.gaynz.com/articles/publish/2/article_7473.php. 24 September 2015. dead.
  9. Web site: Explore all newspapers . Papers Past . 2019 .
  10. Web site: PAEROA GAZETTE 1891 – 1991. ohinemuri.org.nz. 31 October 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20110724200754/http://www.ohinemuri.org.nz/journal/36/paeroa_gazette_1891_1991.htm. 24 July 2011. dead.
  11. http://www.takver.com/history/nz/tm/tm09.htm The I. W. W. and the General Strike in Aotearoa. Trouble Makers – Anarchism and Syndicalism
  12. Web site: High Casualty Rate. Bruce Macdonald Brown. Department of External Affairs. 2008-07-05. 1966.
  13. Nicholas Evan Reid, The Bishop's Paper: A History of the Catholic Press of the Diocese of Auckland, CPC, Auckland, 2000, p. 55