List of print media in New Zealand

This is a list of print media in New Zealand. New Zealand once had several daily newspapers in each major city, usually for the morning and evening. However now most cities only have one daily or weekly paper.

There are no national newspapers however The New Zealand Herald is distributed widely outside of its core distribution area and the same is true but to a lesser extent for the Otago Daily Times and The Post. The four main centres of New Zealand each have a major newspaper based in them Auckland (The New Zealand Herald), Christchurch (The Press), Dunedin (Otago Daily Times) and Wellington (The Post). Along these there are several low-budget and free papers which cater for particular areas or subcultures. New Zealand's newspapers are mainly owned by New Zealand Media and Entertainment and Stuff.

Circulation and readership

edit
Publication City Circulation[1] Readership (2023/2024)[2] Owned by (2024) Founded
The New Zealand Herald Auckland 100,073 (2021) 521,000 NZME 1863
Herald on Sunday Auckland 313,000 NZME 2004
The Star Christchurch 87,000 Star Media 1868
Sunday Star-Times Auckland 77,000 (2017) Stuff 1994
The Post Wellington 30,473 111,000 Stuff 2002
The Press Christchurch 31,207 (2021) 90,000 Stuff 1861
Otago Daily Times Dunedin 24,904 (2023) 80,000 Allied Press 1861
The Star Dunedin 38,000 Allied Press 1863
Rodney Times Auckland 37,000 Stuff 1901
Hawke's Bay Today Hastings 15,690 (2019) NZME 1999
Te Puke Times Te Puke 15,418 (2023) NZME 1912
Manawatū Guardian Palmerston North 14,497 (2023) NZME 1972
Horowhenua Chronicle Levin 12,984 (2023) NZME 1893
Waikato Times Hamilton 11,633 (2021) 45,000 Stuff 1872
Katikati Advertiser Katikati 11,062 (2023) NZME 1967
Bay of Plenty Times Tauranga 10,162 (2019) NZME 1872
The Northern Advocate Whangārei 9,676 (2019) NZME 1875
The Southland Times Invercargill 9,501 (2021) Stuff 1862
Taranaki Daily News New Plymouth 8,704 (2021) Stuff 1857
Whanganui Chronicle Whanganui 7,498 (2019) NZME 1856
The Nelson Mail Nelson 5,532 (2021) Stuff 1866
The Daily Post Rotorua 5,207 (2019) NZME 1885
Manawatū Standard Palmerston North 5,058 (2021) Stuff 1880
Wairarapa Times-Age Masterton 5,053 (2021) Stuff 1878
The Timaru Herald Timaru 4,885 (2021) Stuff 1864
Gisborne Herald Gisborne 4,648 (2021) NZME 1874
Ashburton Guardian Ashburton 4,306 (2019) Ashburton Guardian Co. 1879
Greymouth Star Greymouth 3,203 (2021) Allied Press 1866
Marlborough Express Blenheim 2,917 (2021) Stuff 1866
Westport News Westport 1,884 (2008) The Westport News 1871

Newspapers

edit

List of defunct and operating newspapers in New Zealand by date of launch.

1830s
1840s
  • Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle
  • New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian
  • New Zealander
1850s
1860s
1870s
1890s
1900s
1910s
1920s
1930s
1940s
  • North Shore Times
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2020s
  • The Waikato Local
Unknown launch date
  • Hamilton Press

Magazines

edit

Operating

edit

List of operating magazines in New Zealand by date of launch.[8]

1930s
1930s
1940s
  • New Zealand Gardener (since 1944)
1970s
  • Art New Zealand (since 1977)
  • Art News Aotearoa, originally Art News New Zealand (since 1979)
1980s
1990s
2000s
  • Kia Ora (since 2007)
  • Mindfood (since 2008)
2010s
  • Capital (since 2013)
  • Denizen (since 2011)
  • Denizen Modern Living (since 2016)
2020s

Defunct

edit

List of defunct magazines in New Zealand by date of launch.[8]

1840s
  • New Zealand Journal (1840 to 1852)
1850s
  • New Zealand Magazine (1850)
1860s
  • Auckland Punch (1868 to 1869)
  • Canterbury Punch (1865)
  • Chapman’s New Zealand Monthly Magazine (1862)
  • Otago Punch (1866 to 1867)
  • Southern Monthly Magazine (1863 to 1866)
  • Taranaki Punch (1860 to 1861)
1880s
  • New Zealand Punch (1888)
  • Zealandia (1889)
1890s
  • New Zealand Graphic and Ladies’ Journal (1890 to 1908)
1920s
  • Aussie New Zealand (1923 to 1932)
  • The Mirror (1922 to 1963)
  • New Zealand Railways Magazine (1926 to 1940)
1930s
  • Home and Building (1937 to 1975)
  • New Zealand Mercury (1933 to 1936)[9]
  • Oriflamme and Sirocco (1933)[9]
  • Spilt Ink (1932 to 1937)[9]
  • Tomorrow (1934 to 1940)
  • Women To-day (1936 to 1939)[9]
1940s
  • All Sports Monthly, Sports Digest from 1963 (1949 to 1979)
  • Arena (1942 to 1975)[9]
  • Here and Now (1948 to 1957)[9]
  • Junior Digest (1945 to 1965)[10]
1950s
1960s
  • Elegance in Australia & New Zealand (1960s) - Australian/New Zealand version of Flair
  • Eve (1966 to 1975)
  • Life New Zealand (1967 to 1968)
  • The Northlander (1961 to 1977)
  • Thursday (1968 to 1976)
1970s
1980s
  • ChaCha (1983 to ?)
  • More (1983 to 1996)
  • W5 (1980s)
  • Wellington Cosmo (1984 to 1987)
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
  • Thrive (2020 to 2022)

Never launched

edit

L'Officiel New Zealand was planned to launch in 2014 however it never entered publication, it was supposed to be published by the publisher of Australian L'Officiel.[12]

Student magazines

edit

Literary magazines

edit
1930s
  • Phoenix (1932)[9]
1940s
  • Book (1942–1947)[9]
  • Landfall (1947 to present)
  • New Zealand New Writing (1943 to 1945)[9]
1980s

See also

edit
  • Joseph Ivess (1844–1919), who had an association with about 40 newspapers and founded many of them[15]

References

edit
  1. ^ "Circulation". NPA | News Publishers' Association. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  2. ^ "Nielsen National Readership Report: Newspaper Toplines Q3 2023 - Q2 2024" (PDF). Nielsen Holdings.
  3. ^ "PAEROA GAZETTE 1891 – 1991". ohinemuri.org.nz. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Bruce Macdonald Brown (1966). "High Casualty Rate". Department of External Affairs. Retrieved 5 July 2008.
  6. ^ 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
  7. ^ "Home". The Devonport Flagstaff.
  8. ^ a b "Magazines and periodicals". Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i Schrader, Ben. "Page 4. Art and literary magazines, 1930 to 1950". Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  10. ^ Keith, Hamish (1984). New Zealand yesterdays: a look at our recent past. Reader's Digest Services. p. 131. ISBN 9780949819406. Retrieved 21 April 2016. Junior Digest, published in Christchurch, lasted from 1945 to 1964- longer than most of the magazines [...]
    • New Zealand Farmer (1946 to 2001)
    • New Zealand Sportsman (1946 to 1960)
  11. ^ "GayNZ.com NZ's longest-running gay magazine ends". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  12. ^ "Voila! L'Officiel ready for local launch - AdNews". www.adnews.com.au. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  13. ^ "ausm Publisher Publications - Issuu". issuu.com.
  14. ^ "Massive". Massive Magazine. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  15. ^ Harvey, Ross. "Ivess, Joseph – Biography". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
edit