The ''New Zealand Herald and Auckland Gazette'' was

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's first newspaper. It ran from July 1841 to January 1842, until it offended

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William Hobson so much it was closed down. It is not related to the current '' New Zealand Herald'', which was first published in 1863.

References

*Clyde Romer Hughes Taylor.
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', from ''An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand'', edited by A. H. McLintock, originally published in 1966. Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 2007-09-18. Accessed 2007-12-23. * Defunct newspapers published in New Zealand Mass media in Auckland {{NewZealand-newspaper-stub