The ''Marlborough Express'' is a newspaper serving the
Marlborough area of New Zealand. Its headquarters are in
Blenheim and has been published there since 1866.
Ownership
The ''Marlborough Express'' was set up by the printer, journalist and editor
Samuel Johnson and his brother Thomas. They arrived in Blenheim in April 1866 and intended to set up weekly that served all of
Marlborough Province
:''(For the current top-level subdivision of Nelson in New Zealand, see Marlborough region)''
The Marlborough Province operated as a province of New Zealand from 1 November 1859, when it split away from Nelson Province, until the abolition of pr ...
, in opposition to the parochial papers serving Blenheim (''Wairau Record'') and Picton (''Marlborough Press'') already.
Johnson sold the newspaper to Smith Furness and James Boudy in 1879. It remained in the Furness family until 1998, when it was acquired by
Independent Newspapers Limited (INL).
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 ...
, now
Stuff Ltd, bought the INL mastheads in 2003.
History
The ''Marlborough Express'' was published from 1866 as a weekly. It became a daily in 1880 and took over its rivals, the ''Marlborough Times'' in 1895, and the ''Marlborough Press'' in 1948.
The paper made headlines nationally in 2013 when it published a cartoon by
Al Nisbet
Alastair Nisbet (born 1958) is a Scottish-born New Zealand cartoonist.
Career
Nisbet's cartoons were published in the Christchurch ''Press'' from 1980-2017. He has worked for a number of other newspapers including the ''Sunday Times'', '' Ne ...
about the Government's introduction of food in schools that was widely criticised as "racist". The editor of the paper defended the cartoon's publication, saying it was meant to generate discussion. Race relations commissioner
Susan Devoy called it "out of line".
The current editor is Ian Allen, who was appointed in 2018.
References
External links
''Marlborough Express'' (online edition)Paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 2011-04-01
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