2025 MEDIA KIT
SUNLIVE.CO.NZ
About SunLive
SunLive is the leading local news website for the Western Bay of Plenty with Breaking News, Weather, Sport, Lifestyle, Rural, Automotive and What’s On. Being accessible via desktop, mobile, tablet or iOS/Android app means our viewers can be up to date with news as it happens, when it happens. SunLive is one of the most viewed news/magazine websites in New Zealand.
Key Stats
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Audience
average weekly page views
443,000 average weekly active users
3min 10sec
64,000+ average engagement time
85,000 social media reach
ADVERTISING RATES
(cost per 1000 views) Medium Rectangle (MREC) 1 300pxW x 250pxH
Banner 728pxW x 90pxH
MREC 300pxW x 250pxH
160pxW x 600pxH
Medium Rectangle (MREC) 2 300pxW x 250pxH
x 60pxH
RUN OF SITE DESKTOP
Rectangle (MREC) 3 300pxW x 250pxH
(cost per 1000
Rectangle Run of Site 300pxW x 250pxH
+ Mobile MREC units
DIGITAL
Digital Taster
Get a taste of digital advertising on SunLive with this package, covering both desktop and mobile units across 7 days.
AD UNIT PLACEMENT
PREMIUM EXPOSURE
SKINS
Use SunLive Skins to make an impact on every page and every single SunLive desktop visitor. Skins are the most effective way of delivering your message to as many people as possible in a short time period.
Page Skins 300pxW x 1050pxH each side $450/day
DAILY NEWS BULLETIN
Directly target our regular SunLive readers through our Daily News Bulletins, sent out daily to the inbox of over 4,000 SunLive subscribers.
Medium Rectangle 300pxW x 250pxH ................ $50/day Top or Bottom Banner 468pxW x 60pxH $20/day
SPONSORED CONTENT
Homepage: Mobile
SPECIFICATIONS
Accepted File Formats:
We accept jpg, gif, png, HTML5 files or third party tags. Please note: Advert creative for skins and daily news bulletin bookings must be supplied as image files (jpg/gif).
Ad Size: All ad measurements are in pixels (width x height).
File Specs: All ads are to be supplied at the correct size (see right), at 72dpi, in RGB colour mode.
File Size: Smaller file sizes will load faster - try to keep your ad file size under 300kb.
Links: All content must be supplied with a click through URL to which the advert will link. Only one URL can be applied per ad file. HTML5 adverts must contain a ClickTag or exit event directing to your preferred URL.
Deadline: Supplied files are due four working days prior to the start of your campaign. Supplying files after this deadline can mean that your campaign may not commence on time, or may not reach the quoted impression target.
Supply: Supply your adverts to your media specialist via email attachment or Dropbox/WeTransfer link. Please include the relevant click through URL in your email.
Quality Control: All supplied content is subject to SunLive quality control. Content which does not pass quality control checks may be returned to you for amendment or amended in house in order to fit our specifications.
For more information, or if you have any queries, please contact your media specialist.
Terms and Conditions
• Rates and ad units are effective from 1 January 2025 and are subject to change without notice.
• Rates are in New Zealand Dollars and exclusive of GST.
• Rates do not include any third party ad serving charges.
• SunLive retains the right to decline or modify your creative content if it fails to meet our specifications or advertising standards. We also maintain the discretion to handle delivery of your advertising as we deem appropriate.
• There is a margin for error with regards to impressions booked. On some occasions the impressions that are booked may fall short of the target. Should this occur on your campaign there will be the option to add these page views on to your next Sunlive campaign if under 10% at no charge. If over 10% of your booked impressions have not been delivered you will be given the option to run those page views directly after your campaign period or at another chosen time (with the option to change out material) at no additional charge.