Our newspapers
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North Island Publications
South Island Publications
The Northern Advocate is the leading daily newspaper in the Northland region, serving the community with a tradition of stability, innovation, and growth in providing news coverage of the important issues for the north With distribution from Kaitaia to Wellsford, The Northern Advocate continues to be the voice for Northlanders
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The Northland Age, established in 1904, is one of New Zealand’s oldest community newspapers .
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Newspaper Type Community
Region Northland
Group NZME Day Tue/Thu
Size Compact
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The New Zealand Herald connects Kiwis to the nation, the world, and to what matters to them . A trusted news source for breaking and local news The NZ Herald is part of the fabric of New Zealand, it’s a daily newspaper, an award-winning website, mobile site and app . The NZ Herald enables advertisers to reach audiences wherever they are - at work, at home or on the move, through flexible, relevant and cost-effective campaigns
The Waikato Times was named Newspaper of the Year, up to 30,000 circulations, at the 2019 Voyager Media Awards and is an excellent way to reach local customers and drive sales across the region
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Newspaper Type Metro
Region Waikato
Group Stuff Day Monday - Saturday
Size Mon-Fri Compact Sat Broadsheet
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Delivered every Wednesday, the Waikato Local celebrates everything that’s great and vibrant about Waikato and Hamilton
Dark green for home delivery, light green for store drops
The Waikato Herald is published every Friday and delivered inside the New Zealand Herald to loyal subscribers and sold by an extensive network of local distributors throughout the greater Waikato Region
Newspaper Type Community
Region Waikato
Group NZME Day Friday
Size Compact
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The Bay of Plenty Times daily newspaper covers local news and opinion, including high-profile BOP columnists, obituaries, world section, sport, business, employment and classified advertising
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Weekend Sun is the largest circulating community newspaper in the Western Bay Of Plenty
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Region Bay Of Plenty
Group NZME Day Friday
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The Rotorua Daily Post is the only local daily newspaper in Rotorua The circulation is at the heart of New Zealand’s tourism and forestry industries While the focus is strongly local, the paper also provides up-to-date national and international news and a wide sports coverage
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The Beacon is produced as a paid tabloid newspaper and is published weekly on Wednesdays and Fridays . It is delivered in the Eastern Bay to Whakatane, Ohope, Edgecumbe, Matata, Kawerau and Opotiki and is also available online .
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Newspaper Type Daily
Region Bay of Plenty
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The Gisborne Herald is the daily morning newspaper for Gisborne and environs
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Newspaper Type Daily
Region Gisborne
Group NZME Day Tue-Sat
Size Compact
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Hawke’s Bay Today is the Hawke’s Bay’s daily newspaper (Monday to Saturday) . With a fresh, lively look and a primary focus on local news, business and sport, it also offers solid coverage of national and international developments and has a strong features focus covering all topics from food and wine, agriculture and horticulture, home and garden, entertainment, health and technology .
The Taranaki Daily News engages and informs residents across Taranaki Monday – Saturday each week . A trusted voice in the community, the Taranaki Daily News offers brands and businesses a variety of options to connect with local consumers and residents
Newspaper Type Daily
Region Taranaki
Group Stuff Day Mon - Sat
Size Mon-Fri Compact Sat Broadsheet
The Manawatū Standard is the region’s daily paper delivering a diverse range of content . Engaging local consumers, from gardeners to fashionistas and families to foodies, the Manawatu Standard attracts a valuable audience and offers a range of options for brands and businesses to connect with them
The Whanganui Chronicle is proud to be New Zealand’s oldest daily newspaper Distributed Monday to Saturday, The Chronicle is a trusted source of news and information, an influential voice in the community, and a powerful advocate for business & enterprise .
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Newspaper Type Daily
Region Whanganui
Group NZME Day Monday - Saturday
Size Mon-Fri Compact Sat Broadsheet
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The Wairarapa Times-Age is the regional daily paper for New Zealand’s Wairarapa where it is prepared printed and published in Masterton VIEW RATE
This weekly community paper is delivered free to homes throughout the Wairarapa District .
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Newspaper Type Community
Region Wairarapa
Group Stuff Day Wednesday Size Compact
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The Post has been informing and inspiring Wellington and the lower North Island for over 150 years . Monday –Saturday it delivers a premium local environment for big and small advertisers alike to connect with consumers, grow brand awareness and drive action
Delivered every Thursday and reaching 20,000 readers in Marlborough each week, Marlborough Weekend Express gets your message in front of a local audience
8K+ copies delivered every Wednesday, reaching homes, lifestyle blocks, RD’s farms and businesses throughout Marlborough
Welcomed into the homes of residents across Nelson and Tasman districts every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, the Nelson Mail shares the highs and lows of this community and shines a light on the people, personalities and successes that make this community great .
Newspaper Type Daily
Region Nelson Group Stuff Day Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat
Size Mon/Wed/Fri Compact Sat Broadsheet
Targeting both local residents and the tourists who flock to this beautiful region, the Kaikoura Star covers local news and promotes local businesses Have a chat to the Kaikoura Star and they’ll help you reach the right people for your business
PEKETA
RAKAUTARA
MANGAMAUNU
GOOSE BAY
KAIKOURA
HAPUKU
The News Hurunui Kaikoura Waimakiriri, based in Amberley, is published every Thursday and delivered to every home from the Waimakiriri River north to Kekerengu north of Kaikoura, from the coast to the Alps It is delivered to 27,000 homes .
The largest daily paper in the South Island, The Press has been setting the local news agenda for over 150 years . With a diverse range of content and a loyal subscriber base, The Press in Christchurch offers brands and businesses a premium advertising environment and delivers an engaged and motivated audience .
The Ashburton Guardian is a weekly newspaper published in Ashburton The Ashburton Guardian was first published
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Newspaper Type Daily
Region Canterbury
Group Ashburton Guardian Co Ltd
Day Friday Size Compact
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Distributed to over 93,000 homes in Christchurch, The Star is a metro community newspaper publishing news, features, sports and entertainment content to its readers
Ashburton’s The Courier was established in 1985 and has become mid-Canterbury’s favourite best read newspaper among the main income earners and main household shoppers The Courier is a weekly tabloid sized community newspaper . 15,300 copies are delivered free each Thursday from just north of the Rakaia River south to Geraldine and its RD deliveries from the mountains to the sea ”
Staveley
Mount Somers
Valetta
Ruapuna
Arundel
Orari Bridge
Geraldine Ealing Hinds
Willowby Moranan Wakanui
Winchmore
Lauriston Ashburton Forks Methven
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Rakaia
Huntsbury
Sumner pick up points in the area
9,714 copies of the Bay Harbour News are delivered into 10 key areas of Canterbury, including Brookhaven, Heathcote, Ferrymead, Mt Pleasant, Redcliffs, Sumner, Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour, Governors Bay and Akaroa
More than 28,000 copies of the Nor’West News are delivered into 16 key areas of north-west Christchurch, including Harewood, Burnside, Bishopdale, Bryndwr, Fendalton, Merivale, St Albans, Mairehau, Papanui, Casebrook, Redwood, Regents Park, Styx Mill, Northwood, Belfast and Strowan Every Thursday, copies are inserted into The Star and home delivered They are also available at prominent retail outlets across the area
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17,598 copies of the Pegasus Post are delivered into 16 key areas of eastern Christchurch, including Linwood, Aranui, Richmond, Shirley, Burwood, Dallington, Wainoni, Bromley, Avonside, Avondale, Bexley, New Brighton, Northshore, Queenspark, Parklands and South Brighton . Copies are delivered in The Star, into homes and pick up points in the East Christchurch area every Thursday
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Bay Harbour Distribution Area
Target the areas of your choice by using one or a combination of any seven of our community papers. Be the first out in the marketplace every week, ensuring your ad gets read first and delivers results for the full week.
Compact size is easy to read with high pass on readership, ensuring your ad works harder for you.
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65% of Canterbury people Read a Community newspaper each month*
More than 20,946 copies of the Southern View are delivered into 14 key areas of southern Christchurch, including Spreydon, Hoon Hay, Hillmorton, Cracroft, Cashmere, St Martins, Somerfield, Sydenham, Addington, Waltham, Opawa, Beckenham, Huntsbury and Woolston . Every Thursday, copies are home delivered within The Star and also available at prominent retail outlets across the area .
Target the areas of your choice by using one or a combination of any seven of our community papers. Be the first out in the marketplace every week, ensuring your ad gets read first and delivers results for the full week.
Compact size is easy to read with high pass on readership, ensuring your ad works harder for you. FREE consultancy. Use our creative design service to make your advert.
65% of Canterbury people Read a Community newspaper each month*
25,150 copies of the Western News are delivered into 17 key areas of western Christchurch, including Templeton, Islington, Hei Hei, Broomfield, Halswell, Oaklands, Westlake, Hornby, Wigram, Sockburn, Church Corner, Ilam, Russley, Hyde Park, Avonhead, Riccarton Park and Riccarton 24,894 copies delivered in The Star, into homes and pick up points in the West Christchurch area every Thursday
The Bay Harbour Distribution Area
Target the areas of your choice by using one or a combination of any seven of our community papers.
Be the first out in the marketplace every week, ensuring your ad gets read first and delivers results for the full week.
Compact size is easy to read with high pass on readership, ensuring your ad works harder for you. FREE consultancy. Use our creative design service to make your advert.
More than 21,000 copies of the Selwyn Times are delivered into 13 key areas of Canterbury, including Rolleston, Lincoln, Darfield, Tai Tapu, Leeston, Southbridge, Prebbleton, Burnham, West Melton, Springfield, Sheffield and Arthur’s Pass
Delivered in The Star weekly into homes and pick up points in the area
The Selwyn Times Distribution Area
Central Rural Life is distributed free to all R D box-holders from Moeraki in rural North Otago through the Waitaki Valley, South & Mid Canterbury, Banks Peninsula and to the Waimakariri River north of Christchurch and to the West Coast
CANTERBURY
Twizel
Oamaru
Timaru
Greymouth
Hokitika
Haast
Westport
Christchurch
OTAGO
Ashburton
Kaiapoi
Karamea
Covering the thriving region of South Canterbury, The Timaru Herald provides locals with their daily dose of regional, national and international news in addition to lifestyle and entertainment content
Newspaper Type Daily
Region South Canterbury
Group Stuff Day Monday - Saturday
Size Mon-Fri Compact Sat Broadsheet
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The Courier is a weekly community tabloid sized newspaper with a circulation of 27,000 . It is delivered free each Thursday from the Rangitata River to the Waitaki River covering Timaru City, 11 towns and RD’s and the McKenzie Basin Regular features including Gardening, Entertainment, Home and Garden, What’s On in our Community, Senior Living, Business and Finance . ”
Based in Oamaru in North Otago, The Oamaru Mail, has been published since 1876 . Oamaru Mail is now a free paper, published weekly on a Friday morning It is delivered to every home in North Otago, 10,000 copies ”
Weston Maheno
Herbert
Hampden
Moeraki
Palmerston
Oamaru
Twizel
Omarama
Kurow
Otemetata
Duntroon
Kakanui
Glenavy
Waimate
Greymouth Evening Star Circulation Area
Last Revised 21 November 2008
The Greymouth Star is he largest dailies newspaper (Monday-Saturday) on the West Coast, with 4200 issues daily and a readership almost three times that
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Palmerston Street, ph 789 7319, email: editorial@westportnews.co.nz
The Westport News is an independently-owned evening newspaper published in Westport, New Zealand . It is published on weekdays The Westport News is distributed from Karamea in the north to Punakaiki in the south and as far inland as Reefton
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Frequency details: Monday to Friday, evenings
email: editorial@westportnews.co.nz
Street, Westport 7825
The Hokitika Guardian is a daily paid community tabloid circulating in the Hokitika area of Westland and delivers local and international news to its readers Monday – Friday 1,800 issues daily
GREYMOUTH
HOKATIKA
FRANZ JOSEF
KARANGARUA
HARIHARI
HAAST
The West Coast Messenger is an extremely popular weekly newspaper, delivered free to all homes on the West Coast every Wednesday
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Newspaper Type Community
Region West Coast
Group Greymouth Evening Star Co Ltd
Day Wednesday Size Compact
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KARAMEA
MOKIHINUI
WESTPORT
REEFTON
PUNAKAIKI
BLACKBALL
GREYMOUTH
HOKATIKA
FRANZ JOSEF
KARANGARUA
HARIHARI
HAAST
Mountain Scene is an independent locally owned newspaper established in Queenstown in 1972 . Mountain Scene has created its own unique identity and style and made a reputation that sees it continually dominating the fiercely competitive Queenstown media ‘battleground’ Mountain Scene is the number one broker of mass attention in the Wakatipu and is recognised as Queenstown’s most powerful media vehicle by readers, advertisers and independent research
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The News (Central Otago) is delivered to more than 16,500 homes weekly on Thursdays . Based in Alexandra, The News was first published in 1948 Its circulation area is widespread, serving Central Otago, Wanaka and Queenstown and surrounding areas as well as the Lakes District and the Clutha Valley . The newspaper is printed on a Webb offset press and makes strong use of colour
The home of Wānaka news, sports, events and opinions .
ALBERT TOWN
WANAKA
LAKE HAWEA
The Otago Daily Times, the newspaper with the longest history of daily publication in New Zealand, first rolled off the press on November 15, 1861 Today, the newspaper continues to enjoy a prominent position as one of the country’s four major dailies
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The Star community tabloid sized newspaper circulates weekly throughout the urban area of Dunedin city and surrounding areas Packed with Dunedin news and views, The Star is delivered free to more than 38,000 homes on Thursdays . With excellent use of colour and the advantage of being printed on a Webb offset press, The Star is an excellent medium to promote to the city’s 120,000 residents . ”
Since 1874 the Clutha Leader has been keeping residents across the Clutha district informed and entertained Delivered across the district every Thursday the Clutha Leader provides advertisers a premium environment through which they can connect with this local, Southern audience . It is delivered to every home in South & West Otago, 8,000 copies .
Southern Rural Life is a free newspaper delivered weekly on Wednesdays to 21,000 rural mailboxes in Otago and Southland Packed with news for the rural community, it also profiles farmers, graziers and businesses throughout the South This full-colour publication has the advantage of being printed on a web offset press and is an excellent medium for advertisers wishing to target the farming market ”
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Monday through Saturday, The Southland Times delivers the very best coverage of people, personalities and issues that matter to Southland communities With a diverse range of content and special features, The Southland Times can help you reach Southlanders, from farmers to fashionistas and families to foodies .
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The Southland Express is a free weekly tabloid community newspaper, published on Thursdays and based in Invercargill 35,000 copies of The Express are delivered in Invercargill and Southland This newspaper focuses on community news and local politics and contains features and promotions for the Southland region . The Southland Express is printed on a Webb offset press and makes strong use of colour .
Stewart Island
Winton
Tuatapere
Ohai/Nightcaps Riverton
Kingston Lumsden
Te Anau
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Based in Gore, The Ensign is proud to provide in-depth coverage about the people of Eastern and Northern Southland and West Otago and the issues that directly affect them Established in 1878, The Ensign is distributed to more than 12,000 homes on Wednesdays and Fridays It features coverage of local government, sports and recreation, arts and entertainment, education, farming and business news . ” Kingston
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Balfour Lumsden Mossburn
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Heriot
Waipahi Clinton Wyndham Edendale Mataura Gore Waikaka Riversdale
Tapanui
Established in October 2004 the Herald on Sunday circulation covers the whole North Island, from the Far North to Wellington, with a heavy Auckland readership
Each Sunday the Sunday Star-Times connects with New Zealanders nationwide . Offering the opportunity to sit back and relax and catch up with the latest news, Sunday Star-Times lets readers be inspired, informed and switch off from the stressful week just gone .
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Vivienne Withell Senior Account Manager
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DDI. 09 306 1654
Email. viv withell@npa co .nz
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