# 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 (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 | Circulation | Readership (2023/2024) | Owned by (2024) | Founded |
| The New Zealand Herald | Auckland | 100,073 (2021) | 521,000 | NZME | 1863 |
| Herald on Sunday | Auckland | | 313,000 | NZME | 2004 |
| The Star | Christchurch | | 87,000 | Star Media | 1868 |
| Sunday Star-Times | Auckland | 77,000 (2017) | | Stuff | 1994 |
| The Post | Wellington | 30,473 | 111,000 | Stuff | 2002 |
| The Press | Christchurch | 31,207 (2021) | 90,000 | Stuff | 1861 |
| Otago Daily Times | Dunedin | 24,904 (2023) | 80,000 | Allied Press | 1861 |
| The Star | Dunedin | | 38,000 | Allied Press | 1863 |
| Rodney Times | Auckland | | 37,000 | Stuff | 1901 |
| Hawke's Bay Today | Hastings | 15,690 (2019) | | NZME | 1999 |
| Te Puke Times | Te Puke | 15,418 (2023) | | NZME | 1912 |
| Manawatū Guardian | Palmerston North | 14,497 (2023) | | NZME | 1972 |
| Horowhenua Chronicle | Levin | 12,984 (2023) | | NZME | 1893 |
| Waikato Times | Hamilton | 11,633 (2021) | 45,000 | Stuff | 1872 |
| Katikati Advertiser | Katikati | 11,062 (2023) | | NZME | 1967 |
| Bay of Plenty Times | Tauranga | 10,162 (2019) | | NZME | 1872 |
| The Northern Advocate | Whangārei | 9,676 (2019) | | NZME | 1875 |
| The Southland Times | Invercargill | 9,501 (2021) | | Stuff | 1862 |
| Taranaki Daily News | New Plymouth | 8,704 (2021) | | Stuff | 1857 |
| Whanganui Chronicle | Whanganui | 7,498 (2019) | | NZME | 1856 |
| The Nelson Mail | Nelson | 5,532 (2021) | | Stuff | 1866 |
| The Daily Post | Rotorua | 5,207 (2019) | | NZME | 1885 |
| Manawatū Standard | Palmerston North | 5,058 (2021) | | Stuff | 1880 |
| Wairarapa Times-Age | Masterton | 5,053 (2021) | | Stuff | 1878 |
| The Timaru Herald | Timaru | 4,885 (2021) | | Stuff | 1864 |
| Gisborne Herald | Gisborne | 4,648 (2021) | | NZME | 1874 |
| Ashburton Guardian | Ashburton | 4,306 (2019) | | Ashburton Guardian Co. | 1879 |
| Greymouth Star | Greymouth | 3,203 (2021) | | Allied Press | 1866 |
| Marlborough Express | Blenheim | 2,917 (2021) | | Stuff | 1866 |
| Westport 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 Unionist
* Maoriland Worker, aka the Standard
* Northern News
* Te Puke Times (1912–2024)

### 1920s

* The Hutt News

### 1930s

* Manukau Courier
* Te Awamutu Courier (1936–2024)
* Zealandia

### 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.

#### 1930s

* Forest & Bird, originally Birds (since 1923)

#### 1930s

* New Zealand Listener (since 1939)
* New Zealand Woman's Weekly (1932 to 2020, since 2020)

#### 1940s

* New Zealand Gardener (since 1944)

#### 1970s

* Art New Zealand (since 1977)
* Art News Aotearoa, originally Art News New Zealand (since 1979)

#### 1980s

* Cuisine (since 1986)
* Fashion Quarterly (1980 to 2020, since 2020)
* Metro (since 1981)
* New Zealand Geographic (since 1989)
* North & South (since 1986)
* Woman's Day (since 1989)

#### 1990s

* The Australian Women's Weekly New Zealand (since 1993)
* Lucire (since 1997)
* NZ House & Garden (since 1994)
* Remix (since 1997)

#### 2000s

* Kia Ora (since 2007)
* Mindfood (since 2008)

#### 2010s

* Capital (since 2013)
* Denizen (since 2011)
* Denizen Modern Living (since 2016)

#### 2020s

* FQ Living (since 2023)
* Harper's Bazaar Australia / New Zealand (since 2021)
* Woman (2020 to 2022, since 2023)
* Viva (since 2020, also as a weekly supplement to The New Zealand Herald since 1998)

### 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)

#### 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)

#### 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)
* Rip It Up (1977 to 2015)

#### 1980s

* ChaCha (1983 to ?)
* More (1983 to 1996)
* 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)

#### 2020s

* Thrive (2020 to 2022)

### Never launched

L'Officiel New Zealand was planned to launch in 2014 however it never entered publication, it was supposed 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)