This is alist of print media in New Zealand .New Zealand once had several daily newspapers ineach major city , usually for the morning and evening. However now most cities only have one daily or weekly paper.
There are no national newspapers howeverThe New Zealand Herald Otago Daily Times The Post The New Zealand Herald ), Christchurch (The Press Otago Daily Times ) and Wellington (The Post ). Along these there are several low-budget and free papers which cater for particular areas or subcultures. New Zealand's newspapers are mainly owned byNew Zealand Media and Entertainment Stuff
Circulation and readership [ edit ] Publication City Circulation[ 1] Readership (2024/2025)[ 2] Owned by (2024) Founded The New Zealand Herald Auckland 100,073 (2021) 504,000 NZME 1863 Herald on Sunday Auckland 308,000 NZME 2004 The Star Christchurch 80,000 Star Media 1868 Sunday Star-Times Auckland 77,000 (2017) 195,000 Stuff 1994 The Post Wellington 30,473 116,000 Stuff 2002 The Press Christchurch 31,207 (2021) 93,000 Stuff 1861 Otago Daily Times Dunedin 24,904 (2023) 91,000 Allied Press 1861 The Star Dunedin Allied Press 1863 Rodney Times Auckland 39,000 Stuff 1901 Hawke's Bay Today Hastings 15,690 (2019) NZME 1999 Te Puke Times Te Puke 15,418 (2023) NZME 1912 Manawatū Guardian Palmerston North 14,497 (2023) NZME 1972 Horowhenua Chronicle Levin 12,984 (2023) NZME 1893 Waikato Times Hamilton 11,633 (2021) 57,000 Stuff 1872 Katikati Advertiser Katikati 11,062 (2023) NZME 1967 Bay of Plenty Times Tauranga 10,162 (2019) NZME 1872 The Northern Advocate Whangārei 9,676 (2019) NZME 1875 The Southland Times Invercargill 9,501 (2021) Stuff 1862 Taranaki Daily News New Plymouth 8,704 (2021) Stuff 1857 Whanganui Chronicle Whanganui 7,498 (2019) NZME 1856 The Nelson Mail Nelson 5,532 (2021) Stuff 1866 Rotorua Daily Post Rotorua 5,207 (2019) NZME 1885 Manawatū Standard Palmerston North 5,058 (2021) Stuff 1880 Wairarapa Times-Age Masterton 5,053 (2021) Stuff 1878 The Timaru Herald Timaru 4,885 (2021) Stuff 1864 Gisborne Herald Gisborne 4,648 (2021) NZME 1874 Ashburton Guardian Ashburton 4,306 (2019) Ashburton Guardian Co. 1879 Greymouth Star Greymouth 3,203 (2021) Allied Press 1866 Marlborough Express Blenheim 2,917 (2021) Stuff 1866 Westport News Westport 1,884 (2008) The Westport News 1871
List of defunct and operating newspapers in New Zealand by date of launch.
1830s 1840s Nelson Examiner andNew Zealand Chronicle New Zealand Spectator andCook's Strait Guardian New Zealander 1850s 1860s 1870s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s Manawatū Guardian (2010–2024)Taupō & Tūrangi Herald (2014–2024)2020s Hauraki-Coromandel Post (2020–2024)The Waikato Local Unknown launch date List of operating magazines in New Zealand by date of launch.[ 8]
1920s 1930s 1940s New Zealand Gardener (since 1944)1970s Art New Zealand (since 1977)Art News Aotearoa , originallyArt News New Zealand (since 1979)1980s 1990s 2000s Avenues (since 2004)Kia Ora Mindfood (since 2008)2010s Capital (since 2013)Denizen (since 2011)Denizen Modern Living (since 2016)2020s List of defunct magazines in New Zealand by date of launch.[ 8]
1840s New Zealand Journal (1840 to 1852)1850s New Zealand Magazine (1850)1860s Auckland Punch (1868 to 1869)Canterbury Punch (1865)Chapman’s New Zealand Monthly Magazine (1862)Otago Punch (1866 to 1867)Southern Monthly Magazine (1863 to 1866)Taranaki Punch (1860 to 1861)1870s 1880s New Zealand Punch (1888)Zealandia (1889)1890s New Zealand Graphic and Ladies’ Journal (1890 to 1908)1920s Aussie New Zealand The Mirror (1922 to 1963)New Zealand Railways Magazine (1926 to 1940)1930s Home and Building (1937 to 1975)New Zealand Mercury (1933 to 1936)[ 9] Oriflamme andSirocco (1933)[ 9] Spilt Ink (1932 to 1937)[ 9] Tomorrow Women To-day (1936 to 1939)[ 9] 1940s All Sports Monthly ,Sports Digest from 1963 (1949 to 1979)Arena (1942 to 1975)[ 9] Here and Now (1948 to 1957)[ 9] Junior Digest (1945 to 1965)[ 10] New Zealand Farmer (1946 to 2001)New Zealand Sportsman (1946 to 1960)New Zealand Woman and Stitch (194? to 1974)1950s 1960s Elegance in Australia & New Zealand (1960s) - Australian/New Zealand version ofFlair Eve (1966 to 1975)Life New Zealand The Northlander (1961 to 1977)Thursday (1968 to 1976)1970s 1980s ChaCha (1983 to ?)Dolly New ZealandMore (1983 to 1996)Sheila New Zealand (1980s)W5 (1980s)Wellington Cosmo (1984 to 1987)1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Thrive (2020 to 2022)Woman (2020 to 2022, 2023 to 2024)FQ Living L'Officiel New Zealand L'Officiel .[ 12]
1930s 1940s Book (1942–1947)[ 9] Landfall New Zealand New Writing (1943 to 1945)[ 9] 1980s Joseph Ivess (1844–1919), who had an association with about 40 newspapers and founded many of them[ 15] ^ "Circulation" .NPA | News Publishers' Association . Retrieved31 October 2024 .^ "Nielsen National Readership Report Q3 2024 to Q2 2025" (PDF) .^ "PAEROA GAZETTE 1891 – 1991" .ohinemuri.org.nz . Archived fromthe original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved31 October 2010 .^ The I. W. W. and the General Strike in Aotearoa. Trouble Makers – Anarchism and Syndicalism . Takver.com (1999-08-16). Retrieved on 2012-07-03.^ Bruce Macdonald Brown (1966)."High Casualty Rate" .Department of External Affairs . Retrieved5 July 2008 . ^ Nicholas Evan Reid,The Bishop's Paper: A History of the Catholic Press of the Diocese of Auckland , CPC, Auckland, 2000, p. 55ISBN 0473072181 ^ "Home" .The Devonport Flagstaff .^a b "Magazines and periodicals" .Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand ^a b c d e f g h i Schrader, Ben."Page 4. Art and literary magazines, 1930 to 1950" .Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand . Retrieved12 December 2020 . ^ Keith, Hamish (1984).New Zealand yesterdays: a look at our recent past ISBN 9780949819406 . Retrieved21 April 2016 .Junior Digest, published in Christchurch, lasted from 1945 to 1964- longer than most of the magazines [...] ^ "GayNZ.com NZ's longest-running gay magazine ends" . Archived fromthe original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved22 August 2015 .^ "Voila! L'Officiel ready for local launch - AdNews" .www.adnews.com.au . Retrieved31 October 2024 .^ "ausm Publisher Publications - Issuu" .issuu.com .^ "Massive" .Massive Magazine . Retrieved14 December 2020 .^ Harvey, Ross."Ivess, Joseph – Biography" .Dictionary of New Zealand Biography Ministry for Culture and Heritage . Retrieved14 April 2012 .
