''Zealandia'' was a

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tabloid newspaper owned, and published weekly for 55 years, by the Catholic Bishop of Auckland. Its first issue is dated 10 May 1934 and its last is dated 23 April 1989. It was founded by the seventh Catholic Bishop of Auckland,

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and even though its focus was on

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religious matters, well-known New Zealand writers were published in its columns such as James K. Baxter and John Reid. Its editors included Cardinal McKeefry and Bishop Owen Snedden (as they later became), the historian Father Ernest Simmonds,

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, the newspaper's first lay editor, and the later prominent traditionalist priest, Father Denzil Meuli. The Catholic Diocese of Auckland holds an archive of publications, including those of its replacement publication ''New Zealandia''.

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{{Authority control Defunct newspapers published in New Zealand Catholic Church in New Zealand Publications established in 1934 1934 establishments in New Zealand Publications disestablished in 1989 1989 disestablishments in New Zealand

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