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

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published in Greymouth and circulated on the

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of New Zealand's

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from Westport to Haast.

History

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

West Coast Gold Rush The West Coast Gold Rush, on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island, lasted from 1864 to 1867. Description The gold rush populated the area, which up until then had been visited by few Europeans. Gold was found near the Taramakau River in ...

. 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

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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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in Hokitika, first published in 1865. Formerly known as ''The West Coast Times''. * ''The West Coast Messenger'': a

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printed every Wednesday and distributed throughout Westland between

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, Haast and Murchison.
West Coast Messenger
'' on

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 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 ...

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