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 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, Christchurch, Dunedin and Wellington. 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

PublicationCityCirculationReadership Owned by Founded
The New Zealand HeraldAuckland100,073 504,000NZME1863
Herald on SundayAuckland308,000NZME2004
The StarChristchurch80,000Star Media1868
Sunday Star-TimesAuckland77,000 195,000Stuff1994
The PostWellington30,473116,000Stuff2002
The PressChristchurch31,207 93,000Stuff1861
Otago Daily TimesDunedin24,904 91,000Allied Press1861
The StarDunedinAllied Press1863
Rodney TimesAuckland39,000Stuff1901
Hawke's Bay TodayHastings15,690 NZME1999
Te Puke TimesTe Puke15,418 NZME1912
Manawatū GuardianPalmerston North14,497 NZME1972
Horowhenua ChronicleLevin12,984 NZME1893
Waikato TimesHamilton11,633 57,000Stuff1872
Katikati AdvertiserKatikati11,062 NZME1967
Bay of Plenty TimesTauranga10,162 NZME1872
The Northern AdvocateWhangārei9,676 NZME1875
The Southland TimesInvercargill9,501 Stuff1862
Taranaki Daily NewsNew Plymouth8,704 Stuff1857
Whanganui ChronicleWhanganui7,498 NZME1856
Nelson MailNelson5,532 Stuff1866
Rotorua Daily PostRotorua5,207 NZME1885
Manawatū StandardPalmerston North5,058 Stuff1880
Wairarapa Times-AgeMasterton5,053 Stuff1878
The Timaru HeraldTimaru4,885 Stuff1864
Gisborne HeraldGisborne4,648 NZME1874
Ashburton GuardianAshburton4,306 Ashburton Guardian Co.1879
Greymouth StarGreymouth3,203 Allied Press1866
Marlborough ExpressBlenheim2,917 Stuff1866
Westport NewsWestport1,884 The Westport News1871

Newspapers

List of defunct and operating newspapers in New Zealand by date of launch.
;1830sNew Zealand Gazette
;1840sNelson Examiner and New Zealand ChronicleNew Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait GuardianNew Zealander
;1850sThe ColonistDaily Southern CrossHawke's Bay HeraldLyttelton TimesNew Zealand ChronicleOtago WitnessTaranaki Herald
;1860sBruce HeraldThe Star (Christchurch)The Star (Dunedin)The Evening PostEvening StarGrey River ArgusNelson Evening MailThe Timaru HeraldTuapeka TimesThe Wellington IndependentWest Coast Times
;1870sAuckland StarBay of Plenty TimesClutha LeaderThe EnsignThe New Zealand Times The Oamaru MailNorth Otago TimesSouthland TimesTimaru HeraldWanganui ChronicleWanganui Herald
;1890sHorowhenua Chronicle Paeroa GazetteThe Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser
;1900sRaglan ChronicleRodney Times
;1910sIndustrial UnionistMaoriland Worker, aka the StandardNorthern NewsTe Puke Times
; 1920sThe Hutt News
; 1930sManukau CourierTe Awamutu Courier
;1940sNorth Shore Times
;1960sCentral LeaderKatikati Advertiser Stratford Press Sunday NewsWestern Leader
;1970sBush Telegraph National Business Review
;1980sCHB Mail Auckland City Harbour NewsEastern CourierRiver City PressWaihī Leader Whanganui Midweek
;1990sCook Strait NewsEast & Bays CourierThe FlagstaffThe Hastings Leader Napier Courier Selwyn TimesSunday Star-Times
;2000sHibiscus MattersMahurangi MattersHerald on SundayThe Weekend Sun
;2010sManawatū Guardian Taupō & Tūrangi Herald
;2020sHauraki-Coromandel Post The Waikato Local
;Unknown launch date
  • ''Hamilton Press''

Magazines

Operating

List of operating magazines in New Zealand by date of launch.
;1920sForest & Bird, originally Birds
;1930sNew Zealand Listener New Zealand Woman's Weekly
;1940sNew Zealand Gardener
;1970sArt New Zealand
  • Art News Aotearoa, originally Art News New Zealand
;1980sCuisine Fashion Quarterly Metro New Zealand Geographic North & South Woman's Day
;1990s
;2000sAvenues Kia Ora Mindfood
;2010s
;2020sCosmpolitan Australia, New Zealand version FHM New Zealand Harper's Bazaar Australia / New Zealand Rolling Stone AU / NZ
  • ''Viva''

Defunct

List of defunct magazines in New Zealand by date of launch.
;1840sNew Zealand Journal
;1850sNew Zealand Magazine
;1860sAuckland Punch Canterbury Punch Chapman’s New Zealand Monthly Magazine Otago Punch Southern Monthly Magazine Taranaki Punch
;1870sNew Zealand Tablet
;1880sNew Zealand Punch Zealandia
;1890sNew Zealand Graphic and Ladies’ Journal
;1920sAussie New Zealand The Mirror New Zealand Railways Magazine
;1930sHome and Building New Zealand Mercury Oriflamme and Sirocco Spilt Ink
;1940sAll Sports Monthly, Sports Digest from 1963 Arena Here and Now Junior Digest New Zealand Farmer New Zealand Sportsman New Zealand Woman and Stitch
;1950sPlaydate as Cinema and then Cinema, Stage & TV till 1960 Te Ao Hou / The New World Vogue New Zealand - from 1955 to 1957 as a supplement to "British Vogue"
;1960sElegance in Australia & New Zealand - Australian/New Zealand version of FlairEve Life New Zealand The Northlander Thursday
;1970sBroadsheet The New Zealand Charity and Legal Gazette Out! Penthouse Forum New Zealand Rip It Up
;1980sChaCha Dolly New Zealand More Sheila New Zealand W5 Wellington Cosmo
;1990sCleo New Zealand Creme Fashion Quarterly Entertaining Grace Mana Next Pavement Real Groove Simply You
;2000sBLACK FQ Men Investigate Nylon Aust / NZ Spasifik
;2010sFQ Life FQ Occasions Miss FQ Maxim New Zealand
;2020s

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

Literary magazines

;1930sPhoenix
;1940sBook Landfall New Zealand New Writing
;1980s