This is a list of print media in New Zealand. New Zealand once had several daily newspapers in each major city, usually for the morning and evening. However now most cities only have one daily or weekly paper.
There are no national newspapers however The New Zealand Herald is distributed widely outside of its core distribution area and the same is true but to a lesser extent for the Otago Daily Times and The Post. The four main centres of New Zealand each have a major newspaper based in them Auckland (The New Zealand Herald), Christchurch (The Press), Dunedin (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 by New Zealand Media and Entertainment and Stuff.
Circulation and readership
Publication City CirculationReadership (2024/2025) Owned by (2024)Founded The New Zealand Herald Auckland 100,073 (2021) 504,000 NZME1863Herald on SundayAuckland308,000NZME2004The StarChristchurch80,000Star Media1868Sunday Star-TimesAuckland77,000 (2017)195,000Stuff1994The PostWellington30,473116,000Stuff2002 The Press Christchurch 31,207 (2021) 93,000 Stuff1861 Otago Daily Times Dunedin 24,904 (2023) 91,000 Allied Press1861The StarDunedinAllied Press1863Rodney TimesAuckland39,000Stuff1901 Hawke's Bay Today Hastings 15,690 (2019) NZME 1999Te Puke TimesTe Puke15,418 (2023)NZME1912Manawatū GuardianPalmerston North14,497 (2023)NZME1972Horowhenua ChronicleLevin12,984 (2023)NZME1893 Waikato Times Hamilton 11,633 (2021) 57,000 Stuff 1872Katikati AdvertiserKatikati11,062 (2023)NZME1967 Bay of Plenty Times Tauranga 10,162 (2019) NZME 1872The Northern AdvocateWhangārei9,676 (2019)NZME1875 The Southland Times Invercargill 9,501 (2021) Stuff 1862 Taranaki Daily News New Plymouth 8,704 (2021) Stuff 1857Whanganui ChronicleWhanganui7,498 (2019)NZME1856 The Nelson Mail Nelson 5,532 (2021) Stuff 1866Rotorua Daily PostRotorua5,207 (2019)NZME1885 Manawatū Standard Palmerston North 5,058 (2021) Stuff 1880Wairarapa Times-AgeMasterton5,053 (2021)Stuff1878 The Timaru Herald Timaru 4,885 (2021) Stuff 1864 Gisborne Herald Gisborne 4,648 (2021) NZME 1874Ashburton GuardianAshburton4,306 (2019)Ashburton Guardian Co.1879 Greymouth Star Greymouth 3,203 (2021) Allied Press 1866 Marlborough Express Blenheim 2,917 (2021) Stuff 1866Westport News Westport 1,884 (2008) The Westport News 1871
Newspapers List of defunct and operating newspapers in New Zealand by date of launch.
1830s New Zealand Gazette
1840s Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian New Zealander
1850s The Colonist Daily Southern Cross Hawke's Bay Herald Lyttelton Times New Zealand Chronicle Otago Witness Taranaki Herald
1860s Bruce Herald The Star (Christchurch) The Star (Dunedin) The Evening Post Evening Star Grey River Argus Nelson Evening Mail The Timaru Herald Tuapeka Times The Wellington Independent West Coast Times
1870s Auckland Star Bay of Plenty Times Clutha Leader The Ensign The New Zealand Times (1874–1927) The Oamaru Mail North Otago Times Southland Times Timaru Herald Wanganui Chronicle Wanganui Herald
1890s Horowhenua Chronicle (1893–2024) Paeroa Gazette The Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser (1901–1936)
1900s Raglan Chronicle Rodney Times
1910s Industrial UnionistThe I. W. W. and the General Strike in Aotearoa. Trouble Makers – Anarchism and Syndicalism. Takver.com (1999-08-16). Retrieved on 2012-07-03. Maoriland Worker, aka the Standard Northern News Te Puke Times (1912–2024)
1920s The Hutt News
1930s Manukau Courier Te Awamutu Courier (1936–2024) ZealandiaNicholas Evan Reid, The Bishop's Paper: A History of the Catholic Press of the Diocese of Auckland, CPC, Auckland, 2000, p. 55
1940s North Shore Times
1960s Central Leader Katikati Advertiser (1967–2024) Stratford Press (1960–2024) Sunday News Western Leader
1970s Bush Telegraph (1977–2024) National Business Review
1980s CHB Mail (1988–2024) Auckland City Harbour News Eastern Courier River City Press Waihī Leader (1981–2020) Whanganui Midweek (1988–2024)
1990s Cook Strait News East & Bays Courier The Flagstaff The Hastings Leader (1996–2004; 2006–2024) Napier Courier (1996–2024) Selwyn Times Sunday Star-Times
2000s Hibiscus Matters Mahurangi Matters Herald on Sunday The Weekend Sun
2010s Manawatū Guardian (2010–2024) Taupō & Tūrangi Herald (2014–2024)
2020s Hauraki-Coromandel Post (2020–2024) The Waikato Local
Unknown launch date Hamilton Press
Magazines
Operating List of operating magazines in New Zealand by date of launch.
1920s Forest & Bird, originally Birds (since 1923)
1930s New Zealand Woman's Weekly (1932 to 2020, since 2020) New Zealand Listener (since 1939)
1940s New Zealand Gardener (since 1944)
1970s NZ Rugby News (since 1970) Art New Zealand (since 1977) Art News Aotearoa, originally Art News New Zealand (since 1979)
1980s Fashion Quarterly, originally Fashion (1980 to 2020, since 2020) Metro (since 1981) Cuisine (since 1986) North & South (since 1986) New Zealand Geographic (since 1989) Woman's Day (since 1989)
1990s The Australian Women's Weekly New Zealand (since 1993) NZ House & Garden (since 1994) Lucire (since 1997) Remix (since 1997) Kiwi Gardener (since 1998) Metropol (since 1998)
2000s NZ Classic Driver (since 2003) Avenues (since 2004) Kia Ora (since 2007) Mindfood (since 2008)
2010s Denizen (since 2011) Capital (since 2013) Denizen Modern Living (since 2016) Playboy New Zealand (since 2019)
2020s Viva (since 2020, also as a weekly supplement to The New Zealand Herald since 1998) Harper's Bazaar Australia / New Zealand (since 2021) Rolling Stone AU / NZ (since 2022) FHM New Zealand (since 2025)
Defunct List of defunct magazines in New Zealand by date of launch.
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 New Zealand Tablet (1873 to 1996)
1880s New Zealand Punch (1888) Zealandia (1889)
1890s New Zealand Graphic and Ladies’ Journal (1890 to 1908)
1920s Aussie New Zealand (1923 to 1932) 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) Oriflamme and Sirocco (1933) Spilt Ink (1932 to 1937) Tomorrow (1934 to 1940) Women To-day (1936 to 1939)
1940s All Sports Monthly, Sports Digest from 1963 (1949 to 1979) Arena (1942 to 1975) Here and Now (1948 to 1957) Junior Digest (1945 to 1965) New Zealand Farmer (1946 to 2001) New Zealand Sportsman (1946 to 1960) New Zealand Woman and Stitch (194? to 1974)
1950s Playdate as Cinema and then Cinema, Stage & TV till 1960 (1956 to 1972) Te Ao Hou / The New World (1952 to 1974) Vogue New Zealand (1957 to 1968) - from 1955 to 1957 as a supplement to "British Vogue"
1960s Elegance in Australia & New Zealand (1960s) - Australian/New Zealand version of Flair Eve (1966 to 1975) Life New Zealand (1967 to 1968) The Northlander (1961 to 1977) Thursday (1968 to 1976)
1970s Broadsheet (1972 to 1997) The New Zealand Charity and Legal Gazette (1975 to 2016) Out! (1976 to 2009) Penthouse Forum New Zealand (1973 to 1985) Rip It Up (1977 to 2015)
1980s ChaCha (1983 to ?) Dolly New Zealand (1985 to ?) More (1983 to 1996) Sheila New Zealand (1980s) W5 (1980s) Wellington Cosmo (1984 to 1987)
1990s Cleo New Zealand (1995 to 2016) Creme (1999 to 2014) Fashion Quarterly Entertaining (1997 to 1998, 2011 to ?) Grace (1999 to 2001) Mana (1993 to 2017) Next (1991 to 2020) Pavement (1993 to 2006) Real Groove (1993 to 2010) Simply You (1998 to 2020)
2000s BLACK (2008 to 2020) FQ Men (2004 to ?) Investigate (2000 to 2015) Nylon Aust / NZ (2005 to 2006) Spasifik (2004 to 2019)
2010s FQ Life (2015 to ?) FQ Occasions (2010 to ?) Miss FQ (2016 to 2019) Maxim New Zealand (2019 to 2025)
2020s Thrive (2020 to 2022) Woman (2020 to 2022, 2023 to 2024) FQ Living (2023 to 2023) Cosmpolitan Australia, New Zealand version (2025 to 2025)
Never launched L'Officiel New Zealand was planned to launch in 2014, however, it never entered publication, it was to be published by the publisher of Australian L'Officiel.
Student magazines
Canta – University of Canterbury Craccum – University of Auckland Critic Te Ārohi – University of Otago Debate – Auckland University of Technology (AUT) Gyro – Otago Polytechnic Nexus – University of Waikato Salient – Victoria University of Wellington Massive - Massey University
Literary magazines
1930s Phoenix (1932)
1940s Book (1942–1947) Landfall (1947 to present) New Zealand New Writing (1943 to 1945)
1980s Sport (1988–2019)
See also Joseph Ivess (1844–1919), who had an association with about 40 newspapers and founded many of them
References
External links Papers Past, a collection of digitised historical print media (including newspapers) run by the National Library of New Zealand Newspapers of New Zealand - sortable list of all newspapers past and present