The ''Taranaki Daily News'' is a daily morning newspaper published in
New Plymouth
New Plymouth ( mi, Ngāmotu) is the major city of the Taranaki region on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is named after the English city of Plymouth, Devon from where the first English settlers to New Plymouth migrated. Th ...
, New Zealand.
History
The paper was founded as the ''Taranaki News'' on 14 May 1857, by friends of former
Taranaki Province ''For the current top-level subdivision of Taranaki in New Zealand, see Taranaki region''
The Taranaki Province was a province of New Zealand from 1853 until the abolition of provincial government in 1876. Initially known as New Plymouth Province, ...
Superintendent
Charles Brown.
[J.S. Tullett, ''The Industrious Heart: A History of New Plymouth'', New Plymouth City Council, 1981.] Brown was the first proprietor of the newspaper and he appointed his political supporter and former ''
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.
...
'' editor Richard Pheney as its editor. The paper, initially housed in a small wooden building on the east side of Brougham Street opposite the present library, became a strident critic of the ''Herald'' and the provincial government.
The paper began publishing on Saturdays and in 1885 changed its name to the ''Taranaki Daily News'' when it began publishing daily.
The word "Taranaki" was dropped from the masthead about 1962 when the paper's ownership was merged with that of the ''Herald'' to become Taranaki Newspapers Ltd, and reinstated in 2004. As of December 2008, the circulation was 25,578.
Taranaki Newspapers Ltd was bought by Independent Newspapers Ltd in 1989 and was then part of
Fairfax Media
Fairfax Media was a media company in Australia and New Zealand, with investments in newspaper, magazines, radio and digital properties. The company was founded by John Fairfax as John Fairfax and Sons, who purchased '' The Sydney Morning Hera ...
. An electronic version of the paper is available on the
Stuff website. The editions from 1900 to 1920 have been digitised by the
National Library
A national library is a library established by a government as a country's preeminent repository of information. Unlike public libraries, these rarely allow citizens to borrow books. Often, they include numerous rare, valuable, or significant wo ...
and are available via
Papers Past
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" (''Na ...
.
TNL also publishes two free weekly newspapers in the
Taranaki
Taranaki is a region in the west of New Zealand's North Island. It is named after its main geographical feature, the stratovolcano of Mount Taranaki, also known as Mount Egmont.
The main centre is the city of New Plymouth. The New Plymouth D ...
region: The ''North Taranaki Midweek'' (Wednesdays) and the ''South Taranaki Star'' (Thursdays).
Awards
In 2019, ''Taranaki Daily News'' journalist Andy Jackson won News Media Awards' Portrait, Feature or Lifestyle Photography (Regional Category) Award from News Media Works.
References
External links
''Daily News'' website
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Newspapers published in New Zealand
Stuff (company)
Taranaki
Mass media in New Plymouth
Publications established in 1857
1857 establishments in New Zealand