This is a list of print media in New Zealand.

New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...

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 cites now have only one daily newspaper. There are no truly national newspapers, although ''

The New Zealand Herald ''The New Zealand Herald'' is a daily newspaper published in Auckland, New Zealand, owned by New Zealand Media and Entertainment, and considered a newspaper of record for New Zealand. It has the largest newspaper circulation of all newspapers ...

'' and to a lesser extent '' The Dominion Post'' are both available outside their core areas. The four main centres of

Auckland Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The List of New Zealand urban areas by population, most populous urban area in the country and the List of cities in Oceania by po ...

Wellington Wellington ( mi, Te Whanganui-a-Tara or ) is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the second-largest city in New Zealand by me ...

Christchurch Christchurch ( ; mi, Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region. Christchurch lies on the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula on Pegasus Bay. The Avon River / ...

, and

Dunedin Dunedin ( ; mi, Ōtepoti) is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand (after Christchurch), and the principal city of the Otago region. Its name comes from , the Scottish Gaelic name for Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. Th ...

are served by ''The New Zealand Herald'', '' The Dominion'', ''

The Press ''The Press'' is a daily newspaper published in Christchurch, New Zealand owned by media business Stuff Ltd. First published in 1861, the newspaper is the largest circulating daily in the South Island and publishes Monday to Saturday. One comm ...

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Otago Daily Times The ''Otago Daily Times'' (ODT) is a newspaper published by Allied Press Ltd in Dunedin, New Zealand. The ''ODT'' is one of the country's four main daily newspapers, serving the southern South Island with a circulation of around 26,000 and a c ...

'', respectively. There are also several weekly newspapers with a national scope, including two tabloids, the '' Sunday News'' 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

Fairfax New Zealand Stuff Ltd (previously Fairfax New Zealand) is a privately held news media company operating in New Zealand. It operates Stuff, the country's largest news website, and owns nine daily newspapers, including New Zealand's second and third-highest ...

and NZME, with Fairfax having 48.6 per cent of the daily newspaper circulation.

Dailies

National weekly papers

* '' Herald on Sunday'' * ''

National Business Review The ''National Business Review'' (or ''NBR'') is a New Zealand online news publication aimed at the business sector. It has journalists based in Auckland and Wellington. History The ''NBR'' was founded in 1970 by then-23 year old publisher Hen ...

'' * '' Sunday News'' * ''

The Sunday Star-Times The ''Sunday Star-Times'' is a New Zealand newspaper published each weekend in Auckland. It covers both national and international news, and is a member of the New Zealand Press Association and Newspaper Publishers Association of New Zealand. ...

'' * ''

The Farmers Weekly NZ ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in E ...

Free newspapers

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

tabloid Tabloid may refer to: * Tabloid journalism, a type of journalism * Tabloid (newspaper format), a newspaper with compact page size ** Chinese tabloid * Tabloid (paper size), a North American paper size * Sopwith Tabloid, a biplane aircraft * ''Ta ...

format. * '' Auckland City Harbour News'', Auckland * '' Central Leader'', Auckland * '' Clutha Leader'', Balclutha * ''

Cook Strait News ''Cook Strait News'' was a free community newspaper A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide ...

'' * ''

East & Bays Courier Stuff Ltd (previously Fairfax New Zealand) is a privately held news media company operating in New Zealand. It operates Stuff, the country's largest news website, and owns nine daily newspapers, including New Zealand's second and third-highest ...

'', Auckland * ''

Eastern Courier ''Eastern Courier Messenger'' is a weekly suburban newspaper in Adelaide, part of the Messenger Newspapers group. The ''Eastern Courier's'' area is bounded by South Road to the west, Magill Road to the north, the foothills, and the city. The ...

'', Auckland * '' The Ensign'', Gore * ''The Flagstaff'', Devonport, Auckland * ''

Hamilton News The ''Rotorua Daily Post'' is the regional newspaper for the Central North Island including the greater Rotorua area as well as Taupo and the surrounding areas. History The paper was founded in 1885 as the ''Hot Lakes Chronicle'', and received a ...

'' * '' Hamilton Press'' * ''

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'', Orewa * ''

Horowhenua Chronicle ''Horowhenua Chronicle'' is a regional newspaper for the Horowhenua district, encompassing Foxton, Shannon, Tokomaru and Levin. It is owned by NZME and is delivered free to every home in the Horowhenua region on Fridays. It was established i ...

'' * '' Mahurangi Matters'', Warkworth * ''

Manukau Courier Stuff Ltd (previously Fairfax New Zealand) is a privately held news media company operating in New Zealand. It operates Stuff, the country's largest news website, and owns nine daily newspapers, including New Zealand's second and third-highest ...

'', Auckland * ''

North Shore Times The ''North Shore Times'' is an Australian local newspaper, serving the local government areas of Willoughby, Ku-ring-gai, Lane Cove and part of North Sydney. Like the ''Northern District Times'', the paper is one of News Limited's community ...

'', Auckland * ''

Northern News The ''Northern News'' is a newspaper in Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada. It is owned and published by Postmedia. History First published in 1922 as the ''Northern Daily News'', it was downsized to fit the population in the readership on June 1 ...

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Raglan Chronicle The ''Raglan Chronicle'', formerly the ''Raglan County Chronicle'', is a free fortnightly newspaper published in Raglan, New Zealand, Raglan and delivered to most homes west of the summit of New Zealand State Highway 23, State Highway 23. Circul ...

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River City Press A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...

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Whanganui Whanganui (; ), also spelled Wanganui, is a city in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand. The city is located on the west coast of the North Island at the mouth of the Whanganui River, New Zealand's longest navigable waterway. Whangan ...

* '' Rodney Times'', Auckland * ''

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The Weekend Sun ''The Weekend Sun'' is a regional newspaper based in the Bay Of Plenty. It is published every Friday by Sun Media and sent free of cost. Its total circulation exceeds 60,000 papers every Friday, more than any other regional newspaper in the regio ...

'', Bay of Plenty * ''

Western Leader ''Western Leader'' is a local newspaper in Auckland, New Zealand. It is owned by media business Stuff Ltd. It was launched in 1963 and is published three times a week. The newspaper operates from the John Henry Centre on Pioneer Street in Henders ...

'', Auckland * contact, Wellington

Magazines

* '' Australian Women's Weekly NZ Edition'' * '' Investigate'' * ''

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'' * New Zealand Fishing News * ''

New Zealand Listener The ''New Zealand Listener'' is a weekly New Zealand magazine that covers the political, cultural and literary life of New Zealand by featuring a variety of topics, including current events, politics, social issues, health, technology, arts, f ...

'' * '' New Zealand Woman's Weekly'' * '' North & South''

Student magazines

* '' Canta'' –

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Craccum ''Craccum'' is the weekly magazine produced by the Auckland University Students' Association of the University of Auckland, New Zealand. It was founded in 1927. The name originated from the scrambled acronym of "Auckland University College Men' ...

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University of Auckland , mottoeng = By natural ability and hard work , established = 1883; years ago , endowment = NZD $293 million (31 December 2021) , budget = NZD $1.281 billion (31 December 2021) , chancellor = Cecilia Tarrant , vice_chancellor = Dawn F ...

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Critic A critic is a person who communicates an assessment and an opinion of various forms of creative works such as art, literature, music, cinema, theater, fashion, architecture, and food. Critics may also take as their subject social or governmen ...

'' – University of Otago * ''Debate'' – Auckland University of Technology (AUT) * '' Gyro'' – Otago Polytechnic * ''

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University of Waikato The University of Waikato ( mi, Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato), is a Public university, public research university in Hamilton, New Zealand, Hamilton, New Zealand established in 1964. An additional campus is located in Tauranga. The university perfo ...

* '' Salient'' –

Victoria University of Wellington Victoria University of Wellington ( mi, Te Herenga Waka) is a university in Wellington, New Zealand. It was established in 1897 by Act of Parliament, and was a constituent college of the University of New Zealand. The university is well know ...

* '' Massive'' -

Massey University Massey University ( mi, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa) is a university based in Palmerston North, New Zealand, with significant campuses in Albany and Wellington. Massey University has approximately 30,883 students, 13,796 of whom are extramural or ...

Literary magazines

* '' Landfall'' * ''

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takahē The South Island takahē (''Porphyrio hochstetteri'') is a flightless swamphen indigenous to New Zealand and the largest living member of the rail family. It is often known by the abbreviated name takahē, which it shares with the recently ...

Historic

Magazines

* ''Phoenix'' (1932) * ''Spilt Ink'' (1932–1937) * ''New Zealand Mercury'' (1933–1936) * ''Oriflamme'' and ''Sirocco'' (1933) * ''Tomorrow'' (1934–1940) * ''Women To-day'' (1936–1939) * ''Book'' (1942–1947) * ''Arena'' (1942–1975) * ''New Zealand New Writing'' (1943–1945) * ''Here and Now'' (1948–1957) * ''Junior Digest'' (1945–1965) * ''

Te Ao Hou / The New World ''Te Ao Hou / The New World'' was a quarterly magazine published in New Zealand from 1952 to 1975. It was published by the Māori Affairs Department and printed by Pegasus Press. It was bilingual, with articles in both English and Māori, and c ...

'' (1952–1974) * ''Out!'' (1976–2009)

Newspapers

''Note: these newspapers are listed by decade of first issue.'' For place and years published see ''Papers Past''. ;1830s * '' New Zealand Gazette'' ;1840s * '' Nelson Examiner'' and '' New Zealand Chronicle'' * '' New Zealand Spectator'' and '' Cook's Strait Guardian'' * '' New Zealander'' ;1850s * ''

The Colonist ''The Colonist'' was a weekly English-language tabloid newspaper published in Sydney from 1835 to 1840. History ''The Colonist'' was founded by John Dunmore Lang with a religious and political agenda. First published on 1 January 1835 by Henry ...

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Daily Southern Cross ''The New Zealand Herald'' is a daily newspaper published in Auckland, New Zealand, owned by New Zealand Media and Entertainment, and considered a newspaper of record for New Zealand. It has the largest newspaper circulation of all newspapers ...

'' * ''

Hawke's Bay Herald The ''Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune'' was a New Zealand newspaper which published from 1937 until 1999. Covering the Hawke's Bay region, it was based in Hastings. History The paper was formed in 1937 from the merger of the Napier-based ''Hawke's Bay ...

'' * ''

Lyttelton Times The ''Lyttelton Times'' was the first newspaper in Canterbury, New Zealand, publishing the first edition in January 1851. It was established by the Canterbury Association as part of its planned settlement of Canterbury and developed into a libera ...

'' * '' New Zealand Chronicle'' * ''

Otago Witness The ''Otago Witness'' was a prominent illustrated weekly newspaper in the early years of the European settlement of New Zealand, produced in Dunedin, the provincial capital of Otago. Published weekly it existed from 1851 to 1932. The introduction ...

'' * ''

Taranaki Herald The ''Taranaki Herald'' was an afternoon daily newspaper, published in New Plymouth, New Zealand. It began publishing as a four-page tabloid on 4 August 1852. Until it ceased publication in 1989, it was the oldest daily newspaper in the country. ...

'' ;1860s * '' Bruce Herald'' at Milton, Otago * '' The Christchurch Star'' * ''

The Evening Post ''Evening Post'' or ''The Evening Post'' may refer to the following newspapers: United Kingdom * ''Evening Post'' (London) (1710–1732), then ''Berington's Evening Post'' (1732–1740) * '' London Evening Post'' (1727–1797) * '' ...

'' * '' Evening Star'' * ''

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Nelson Evening Mail ''The Nelson Mail'' is a 4-day a week newspaper in Nelson, New Zealand (Let him, who has earned it, bear the palm) , image_map = Nelson CC.PNG , mapsize = 200px , map_caption = , coordinates ...

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The Timaru Herald ''The Timaru Herald'' is a daily provincial newspaper serving the Timaru, South Canterbury and North Otago districts of New Zealand. The current audited daily circulation is about 14,500 copies, with a readership of about 31,000 people. The pap ...

'' * '' Tuapeka Times'' * ''

The Wellington Independent ''The Wellington Independent'' was an early newspaper published in Wellington, New Zealand. The first issue of it was on 2 April 1845 and it continued until 1874 when it was replaced by Julius Vogel's ''The New Zealand Times''.The Wellington Indep ...

'' * ''

West Coast Times West or Occident is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sun sets on the Earth. Etymology The word "west" is a Germanic word passed into some ...

'' ;1870s * ''

Auckland Star The ''Auckland Star'' was an evening daily newspaper published in Auckland, New Zealand, from 24 March 1870 to 16 August 1991. Survived by its Sunday edition, the ''Sunday Star'', part of its name endures in ''The Sunday Star-Times'', created in ...

'' * ''

Bay of Plenty Times The ''Bay of Plenty Times'' is the regional daily paper for the Bay of Plenty area, including Tauranga, in the North Island of New Zealand. History The ''Bay of Plenty Times'' was first produced on 4 September 1872 as a bi-weekly publication. It ...

'' * ''

The New Zealand Times ''The New Zealand Times'' was a New Zealand daily newspaper published in Wellington from 1874 to 1927. Background The newspaper was founded by Julius Vogel, who had had involvement with newspapers as an editor or owner since his goldfield days i ...

'' (Wellington; 1874–1927) * ''

North Otago Times The ''North Otago Times'' was a newspaper published in Otago Otago (, ; mi, Ōtākou ) is a region of New Zealand located in the southern half of the South Island administered by the Otago Regional Council. It has an area of approximatel ...

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Southland Times ''The Southland Times'' is the regional daily paper for Southland, including Invercargill, and neighbouring parts of Otago, in New Zealand. It is now owned by media business Stuff Ltd, formerly the New Zealand division of Fairfax Media. History ...

'' * '' Timaru Herald'' * ''

Wanganui Chronicle ''The Whanganui Chronicle'' is New Zealand's oldest newspaper. Based in Whanganui, it celebrated 160 years of publishing in September 2016. It is the main daily paper for the Whanganui, Ruapehu and Rangitīkei regions, including the towns of Patea, ...

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Wanganui Herald ''The Wanganui Herald'', originally published as ''The Evening Herald'', was a daily newspaper in Wanganui published from 1867 to 1986 when it was replaced by a community newspaper of the same name. John Ballance arrived in Wanganui in August 1 ...

'' ;1890s * ''

Paeroa Gazette Paeroa is a town in the Hauraki District of the Waikato Region in the North Island of New Zealand. Located at the base of the Coromandel Peninsula, it is close to the junction of the Waihou River and Ohinemuri River, and is approximately 20 ki ...

'' * '' The Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser 1901-1936 ;1910s * ''

Industrial Unionist Industrial unionism is a trade union organizing method through which all workers in the same industry are organized into the same union, regardless of skill or trade, thus giving workers in one industry, or in all industries, more leverage in ...

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Maoriland Worker The ''Maoriland Worker'', later called ''The Standard'', was a leading New Zealand labour journal of the early 20th century. It was launched in 1910 by the Shearers' Union and was initially published monthly (Frank Langstone was involved). The ne ...

'', aka ''the Standard'' ; 1930s *'' Zealandia''Nicholas Evan Reid, ''The Bishop's Paper: A History of the Catholic Press of the Diocese of Auckland'', CPC, Auckland, 2000, p. 55 ; 1990s * ''New Zealand Russian Monthly'' (published by Russian association of Auckland, this newspaper published its final edition in November 2000)

References

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Papers Past
a collection of digitised historical print media (including newspapers) run by the

National Library of New Zealand The National Library of New Zealand ( mi, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa) is New Zealand's legal deposit library charged with the obligation to "enrich the cultural and economic life of New Zealand and its interchanges with other nations" (''Nat ...

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