The ''Greymouth Star'', formerly the ''Greymouth Evening Star'', is a

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published in

Greymouth Greymouth () (Māori: ''Māwhera'') is the largest town in the West Coast region in the South Island of New Zealand, and the seat of the Grey District Council. The population of the whole Grey District is , which accounts for % of the West Coas ...

and circulated on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island from Westport to Haast.

History

The ''Greymouth Evening Star'' was one of many newspapers founded on the West Coast during the

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. It is New Zealand's sixth oldest daily newspaper and was founded by James Snyder Browne as a four-page daily on 18 March 1866. An evening newspaper, its main competitors was the ''Grey River Argus'' founded in 1865 (folded in 1966) and issued as a morning newspaper. The ''Grey River Argus'' was owned by labour movement interests and published by James Kerr. In contrast, the ''Greymouth Evening Star'' took a conservative stance and there was an ongoing rivalry between the papers through their editorials. The ''Greymouth Evening Star'' celebrated 125 years in 1991 and in the same year

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media company Allied Press purchased a majority shareholding. In 2006, the newspaper changed its name from ''Greymouth Evening Star'' to ''Greymouth Star''.

Sister publications

* ''Hokitika Guardian'': Monday to Friday morning

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Hokitika Hokitika is a town in the West Coast region of New Zealand's South Island, south of Greymouth, and close to the mouth of the Hokitika River. It is the seat and largest town in the Westland District. The town's estimated population is as of ...

, first published in 1865. Formerly known as ''The West Coast Times''. * ''The West Coast Messenger'': a free newspaper printed every Wednesday and distributed throughout

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between

Karamea Karamea is a town on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It is the northernmost settlement of any real size on the West Coast, and is located northeast by road from Westport. Apart from a narrow coastal strip, the town of Kara ...

, Haast and Murchison.
West Coast Messenger
'' on Allied Press website, viewed 10 January 2012. * ''The Kaikoura Star'': a weekly subscriber paper. Purchased by the ''Greymouth Star'' in May 2018.

References

External links

greystar.co.nz
company website
''Greymouth Star''
news feed on '' Otago Daily Times'' news website {{Grey District Allied Press Newspapers published in New Zealand Mass media in Greymouth West Coast, New Zealand Newspapers established in 1866 1866 establishments in New Zealand