The ''New Zealand Woman's Weekly'' is a weekly

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published by

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. , it had a circulation of 82,040, third by paid sales after ''TV Guide'' and Are Media's ''New Zealand Woman's Day''.

History

On 8 December 1932, journalists Otto Williams and Audrey Argall launched the magazine, with 7,000 copies on newsprint. Williams took the role of managing director, and Argall was the first editor. Due to financial difficulties, they were forced to sell the magazine after three months. Ellen Melville ran the magazine for a few weeks, before the magazine's printer, F. S. Proctor, and his wife, took over. Early in 1933, solicitor Vernon Dyson bought it, an
his wife Hedda became the second editor
At the end of the year it was sold again to Brett Print and Publishing Co., later New Zealand Newspapers, which also published the ''

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''. Hedda Dyson was retained as editor. In the early 1980s, ''New Zealand Woman's Weekly''s circulation peaked at around 250,000, before the Australian magazines ''

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'' and '' New Idea'' entered the New Zealand market. In 2007, the magazine celebrated its 75th anniversary with guest Prime Minister

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. In early April 2020, the

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announced that it would be closing several of its New Zealand brands in response to the economic impact of the

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including the ''New Zealand Woman's Weekly''. On 17 June 2020, Mercury Capital purchased the ''New Zealand Woman's Weekly'' as part of its acquisition of Bauer Media's Australia and New Zealand assets. On 17 July, Mercury Capital announced that it would resume publishing the ''Women's Weekly'' and other former Bauer publications. In late September 2020, Mercury Capital rebranded Bauer Media as

, which took over publication of the ''Woman's Weekly''.

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