List of print media in New Zealand
This is a list of print media in New Zealand. New Zealand once had several daily newspapers in each major city, usually a morning paper As in other countries, the print medium has been damaged by radio, then television and then the internet. The major cites now have only one daily newspaper.
There are no truly national newspapers, although The New Zealand Herald and to a lesser extent The Dominion Post are both available outside their core areas. The four main centres of Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin are served by The New Zealand Herald, The Dominion, The Press, and the Otago Daily Times, respectively. There are also several weekly newspapers with a national scope, including two tabloids, the Sunday News and the Herald on Sunday. There are also numerous low-budget and free weekly newspapers catering for particular suburbs or for subcultures including the gay and farming communities and various ethnic groups.
The ownership of New Zealand newspapers is dominated by Fairfax New Zealand and NZME, with Fairfax having 48.6 per cent of the daily newspaper circulation.
Dailies
Publication | City | Circulation | Owned by | Founded |
The New Zealand Herald | Auckland | APN News & Media | 1863 | |
The Dominion Post | Wellington | Fairfax New Zealand | 2002 | |
The Press | Christchurch | Fairfax New Zealand | 1861 | |
Otago Daily Times | Dunedin | Allied Press | 1861 | |
Waikato Times | Hamilton | Fairfax New Zealand | 1872 | |
The Southland Times | Invercargill | Fairfax New Zealand | 1862 | |
Hawke's Bay Today | Hastings | APN News & Media | 1999 | |
Taranaki Daily News | New Plymouth | Fairfax New Zealand | 1857 | |
Bay of Plenty Times | Tauranga | APN News & Media | 1872 | |
Manawatu Standard | Palmerston North | Fairfax New Zealand | 1880 | |
The Nelson Mail | Nelson | Fairfax New Zealand | 1866 | |
The Timaru Herald | Timaru | Fairfax New Zealand | 1864 | |
The Northern Advocate | Whangarei | APN News & Media | 1875 | |
Whanganui Chronicle | Whanganui | APN News & Media | 1856 | |
The Daily Post | Rotorua | APN News & Media | 1885 | |
Gisborne Herald | Gisborne | Gisborne Herald Co. | 1874 | |
Wairarapa Times-Age | Masterton | APN News & Media | 1878 | |
Ashburton Guardian | Ashburton | Ashburton Guardian Company | 1879 | |
Greymouth Star | Greymouth | Allied Press | 1866 | |
Oamaru Mail | Oamaru | Allied Press | 1876 | |
Westport News | Westport | The Westport News | 1871 | |
The Marlborough Express | Blenheim | Fairfax New Zealand | 1866 |
National weekly papers
- Herald on Sunday
- National Business Review
- Sunday News
- The Sunday Star-Times
- The Farmers Weekly NZ
Free newspapers
- Advocate South, Southland
- Auckland City Harbour News, Auckland
- The Bay Chronicle, Bay of Islands
- The Cambridge Edition
- Central Leader, Auckland
- Chinese Herald, Auckland – free newspaper every Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday
- Coast & Country News – free monthly newspaper
- Cook Strait News
- The Courier, Ashburton
- East & Bays Courier, Auckland
- Eastern Courier, Auckland
- The Ensign, Gore
- Featherston Phoenix, free monthly newspaper, Featherston
- The Fishing Paper & Hunting News – national, monthly
- The Flagstaff, Devonport, Auckland
- The GB Weekly, Golden Bay
- Hamilton News
- Hamilton Press
- The Hauraki Herald
- Horowhenua Chronicle
- Horowhenua Mail
- Howick and Botany Times
- Howick and Pakuranga Times
- The Hurunui Times
- The Kaikoura Star
- Kapiti Observer
- Manukau Courier, Auckland
- The Matamata Chronicle
- Namaste Gujarat, Auckland
- The News, Alexandra
- Nor-west News, Auckland
- North Harbour News, Auckland
- North Shore Times, Auckland
- Northern News, Kaikohe
- The Northern Outlook, North Canterbury
- The Opunake and Coastal News
- Papakura Courier, Auckland
- Raglan Chronicle
- River City Press
- Rodney Times, Auckland
- Ruapehu Bulletin
- South Waikato News
- Southern Rural Life
- Southland Express, Invercargill
- The Star, Christchurch
- The Star, Dunedin
- Taumarunui Bulletin, Taumarunui
- Te Awamutu Courier
- The Timaru Courier
- Wairarapa Midweek, Wairarapa
- Waitomo News
- The Weekend Sun, Bay of Plenty
- Western Community News, Hamilton West – Non-profit free bi-monthly community newspaper
- Western Leader, Auckland
- Waihi Leader, Waihi
- Wanaka Sun, Wanaka – free weekly community newspaper
- Whangarei Leader, Northland
Magazines
- Australian Women's Weekly NZ Edition
- Challenge Weekly
- Chinese Eye Magazine
- Eye Magazine
- Investigate
- Metro
- New Zealand Listener
- New Zealand Woman's Weekly
- New Zealand's Best Dining Guide
- North & South
Student magazines
- Canta – University of Canterbury
- Craccum – University of Auckland
- Critic – University of Otago
- Debate – Auckland University of Technology
- Gyro – Otago Polytechnic
- Nexus – University of Waikato
- Salient – Victoria University of Wellington
Literary magazines
- Landfall
- Sport
- takahē
Historic
Magazines
- Junior Digest
Newspapers
;1830s
- New Zealand Gazette
- Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle
- New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian
- New Zealander
- The Colonist
- Daily Southern Cross
- Hawke's Bay Herald
- Lyttelton Times
- New Zealand Chronicle
- Otago Witness
- Taranaki Herald
- The Christchurch Star
- The Evening Post
- Evening Star
- Grey River Argus
- Nelson Evening Mail
- The Timaru Herald
- Tuapeka Times
- The Wellington Independent
- West Coast Times
- North Otago Times
- Southland Times
- Timaru Herald
- Wanganui Chronicle
- Wanganui Herald
- Paeroa Gazette
- Industrial Unionist
- Maoriland Worker, aka the Standard
- Zealandia
- 1991–2000:
- New Zealand Russian monthly
- Out magazine