Newspapers of New Zealand Masthead

Wellington

Wellington City District — Wellington Region — 141 Newspapers

Publication Lineages

📜 Digitised on Papers Past 🌐 Publisher Website Available 
graph LR
  node_2072["The Wellington Independent 📜<br/>(1845–1874)"]
  click node_2072 "/newspapers/2072/" "View The Wellington Independent"
  node_2106["New Zealand Times 📜<br/>(1874–1927)"]
  click node_2106 "/newspapers/2106/" "View New Zealand Times"
  node_2133["The Dominion 📜<br/>(1907–2002)"]
  click node_2133 "/newspapers/2133/" "View The Dominion"
  node_2206["The Dominion Post 🌐<br/>(since 2002)"]
  click node_2206 "/newspapers/2206/" "View The Dominion Post"
  node_2101["The Evening Post 📜<br/>(1865–2002)"]
  click node_2101 "/newspapers/2101/" "View The Evening Post"
  node_2205["NZ InfoTech 🌐<br/>(2001–2002)"]
  click node_2205 "/newspapers/2205/" "View NZ InfoTech"
  node_2072 --> node_2106
  node_2106 --> node_2133
  node_2133 --> node_2206
  node_2101 --> node_2206
  node_2205 --> node_2206
        
graph LR
  node_2105["Tribune<br/>(1874–1875)"]
  click node_2105 "/newspapers/2105/" "View Tribune"
  node_2107["Evening Argus<br/>(1875–1878)"]
  click node_2107 "/newspapers/2107/" "View Evening Argus"
  node_2109["Evening Chronicle<br/>(1878–1880)"]
  click node_2109 "/newspapers/2109/" "View Evening Chronicle"
  node_2105 --> node_2107
  node_2107 --> node_2109
        
graph LR
  node_2128["Free Lance 📜<br/>(1900–1960)"]
  click node_2128 "/newspapers/2128/" "View Free Lance"
  node_3054["New Zealand Free Lance<br/>(1923–1960)"]
  click node_3054 "/newspapers/3054/" "View New Zealand Free Lance"
  node_2128 --> node_3054
        
graph LR
  node_2136["The Maoriland Worker 📜<br/>(1910–1924)"]
  click node_2136 "/newspapers/2136/" "View The Maoriland Worker"
  node_2140["New Zealand Worker<br/>(1924–1935)"]
  click node_2140 "/newspapers/2140/" "View New Zealand Worker"
  node_2145["Standard<br/>(1935–1959)"]
  click node_2145 "/newspapers/2145/" "View Standard"
  node_2136 --> node_2140
  node_2140 --> node_2145
        
graph LR
  node_2085["New Zealand Times [1981]<br/>(1981–1986)"]
  click node_2085 "/newspapers/2085/" "View New Zealand Times [1981]"
  node_2178["Sunday Times<br/>(1976–1981)"]
  click node_2178 "/newspapers/2178/" "View Sunday Times"
  node_2188["New Zealand Sunday Times (1986)<br/>(1986–1987)"]
  click node_2188 "/newspapers/2188/" "View New Zealand Sunday Times (1986)"
  node_2165["Dominion Sunday Times<br/>(1965–1976)"]
  click node_2165 "/newspapers/2165/" "View Dominion Sunday Times"
  node_2189["Dominion Sunday Times<br/>(1987–1992)"]
  click node_2189 "/newspapers/2189/" "View Dominion Sunday Times"
  node_2164["The N.Z. Sunday Times<br/>(1965–1965)"]
  click node_2164 "/newspapers/2164/" "View The N.Z. Sunday Times"
  node_2087["Sunday Times [1992]<br/>(1992–1994)"]
  click node_2087 "/newspapers/2087/" "View Sunday Times [1992]"
  node_2178 --> node_2085
  node_2085 --> node_2188
  node_2189 --> node_2087
  node_2164 --> node_2165
  node_2165 --> node_2178
  node_2188 --> node_2189
        
graph LR
  node_2167["Exercise<br/>(1968–1970)"]
  click node_2167 "/newspapers/2167/" "View Exercise"
  node_2171["Exercise<br/>(1971–1973)"]
  click node_2171 "/newspapers/2171/" "View Exercise"
  node_2167 --> node_2171
        
graph LR
  node_2168["Contact (Wellington)<br/>(1969–1990)"]
  click node_2168 "/newspapers/2168/" "View Contact (Wellington)"
  node_2195["Contact Weekender<br/>(1990–1991)"]
  click node_2195 "/newspapers/2195/" "View Contact Weekender"
  node_2197["Contact (Wellington. 1991)<br/>(1991–2003)"]
  click node_2197 "/newspapers/2197/" "View Contact (Wellington. 1991)"
  node_2208["Wellington Contact<br/>(2003–2004)"]
  click node_2208 "/newspapers/2208/" "View Wellington Contact"
  node_2201["Norwester (Wellington)<br/>(1993–2003)"]
  click node_2201 "/newspapers/2201/" "View Norwester (Wellington)"
  node_2212["Wellingtonian<br/>(since 2004)"]
  click node_2212 "/newspapers/2212/" "View Wellingtonian"
  node_2168 --> node_2195
  node_2195 --> node_2197
  node_2197 --> node_2208
  node_2201 --> node_2208
  node_2208 --> node_2212
        
graph LR
  node_2174["Independent Herald<br/>(since 1972)"]
  click node_2174 "/newspapers/2174/" "View Independent Herald"
  node_2214["Citylife (North Ed.)<br/>(2006–2008)"]
  click node_2214 "/newspapers/2214/" "View Citylife (North Ed.)"
  node_2174 --> node_2214
        
graph LR
  node_2181["Southern News (Wellington)<br/>(1979–1994)"]
  click node_2181 "/newspapers/2181/" "View Southern News (Wellington)"
  node_3148["Cook Strait News<br/>(1994–2006)"]
  click node_3148 "/newspapers/3148/" "View Cook Strait News"
  node_2192["Eastern News (Wellington)<br/>(1989–1994)"]
  click node_2192 "/newspapers/2192/" "View Eastern News (Wellington)"
  node_2181 --> node_3148
  node_2192 --> node_3148
        
graph LR
  node_2194["Western News (Johnsonville)<br/>(since 1989)"]
  click node_2194 "/newspapers/2194/" "View Western News (Johnsonville)"
  node_2215["Citylife (West Ed.)<br/>(2006–2008)"]
  click node_2215 "/newspapers/2215/" "View Citylife (West Ed.)"
  node_2194 --> node_2215
        
graph LR
  node_2196["Creativity Network<br/>(1991–1993)"]
  click node_2196 "/newspapers/2196/" "View Creativity Network"
  node_2199["Learning Connexion (Series)<br/>(1993–1995)"]
  click node_2199 "/newspapers/2199/" "View Learning Connexion (Series)"
  node_2196 --> node_2199
        
graph LR
  node_2897["Newlands/Paparangi Post<br/>(1996–2001)"]
  click node_2897 "/newspapers/2897/" "View Newlands/Paparangi Post"
  node_2898["Northern Courier<br/>(since 2001)"]
  click node_2898 "/newspapers/2898/" "View Northern Courier"
  node_2895["Tawa Times<br/>(1997–2001)"]
  click node_2895 "/newspapers/2895/" "View Tawa Times"
  node_2897 --> node_2898
  node_2895 --> node_2898
        
graph LR
  node_2213["Citylife (South Ed.)<br/>(2006–2007)"]
  click node_2213 "/newspapers/2213/" "View Citylife (South Ed.)"
  node_2093["Citylife (South South & East ed.)<br/>(2007–2009)"]
  click node_2093 "/newspapers/2093/" "View Citylife (South South & East ed.)"
  node_2213 --> node_2093

Newspaper List

Title Years Frequency Status Digitised Online Site Lineage
The Wellington Independent 1845 – 1874 Daily Ceased 📜 Papers Past — 🌳 Chart
Waka Maori o Niu Tirani 1871 – 1877 Fortnightly Ceased — 🌐 Website 📄 Single
Echo 1896 – an unknown date Daily Ceased — — 📄 Single
New Zealand's European Mail News 1896 – an unknown date — Ceased — — 📄 Single
Critic 1899 – 1899 Weekly Ceased — — 📄 Single
The Lowry Bay Buster 1899 – 1899 — Ceased — — 📄 Single
Free Lance 1900 – 1960 Weekly Ceased 📜 Papers Past — 🌳 Chart
Sun 1902 – 1902 Daily Ceased — — 📄 Single
N.Z. Truth 1905 – 1988 Weekly Ceased 📜 Papers Past — 📄 Single
Sentinel 1905 – sometime in the 1900's Weekly Ceased — — 📄 Single
Searchlight 1907 – 1909 Weekly Ceased — — 📄 Single
The Dominion 1907 – 2002 Daily (except Sunday) Ceased 📜 Papers Past — 🌳 Chart
Weekly Herald 1909 – 1912 Weekly Ceased — — 📄 Single
WhareKura 1909 – 1928 Irregular Ceased — — 📄 Single
The Maoriland Worker 1910 – 1924 Weekly Ceased 📜 Papers Past — 🌳 Chart
Greater Wellington Chronicle 1917 – an unknown date Monthly Ceased — — 📄 Single
Platt's Weekly 1921 – an unknown date Weekly Ceased — — 📄 Single
The man Sing Times 1921 – 1922 Every ten days Ceased — — 📄 Single
New Zealand Worker 1924 – 1935 Weekly Ceased — — 🌳 Chart
New Zealand Critic 1925 – sometime in the 1900's Weekly Ceased — — 📄 Single
Red Worker 1929 – 1933 Monthly Ceased — — 📄 Single
Wellington Free Press 1931 – an unknown date Weekly Ceased — — 📄 Single
Workers' Weekly 1931 – 1939 — Ceased — — 📄 Single
Standard 1935 – 1959 Weekly Ceased — — 🌳 Chart
N.Z Chinese Weekly News 1937 – 1946 Weekly Ceased — — 📄 Single
Reo Mihi 1941 – sometime in the 1940's — Ceased — — 📄 Single
Freedom 1943 – 1964 Monthly Ceased — — 📄 Single
Karori Chronicle 1947 – 1947 Monthly Ceased — — 📄 Single
Northland News 1948 – 1964 Irregular Ceased — — 📄 Single
Sports Post 1948 – 1975 Weekly Ceased — — 📄 Single
Newlands-Paparangi Monthly Times 1952 – 1966 Monthly Ceased — — 📄 Single
Karori News (1956) 1956 – 1962 Monthly Ceased — — 📄 Single
Naenae and Taita News Record 1956 – 1957 Fortnightly Ceased — — 📄 Single
Newtown News 1956 – 1961 — Ceased — — 📄 Single
Bay View 1957 – 1958 Monthly Ceased — — 📄 Single
Peninsula 1957 – 1958 Monthly Ceased — — 📄 Single
Carillon 1958 – 1958 Monthly Ceased — — 📄 Single
Eastern Suburbs Sentinel 1961 – 1976 Weekly Ceased — — 📄 Single
National Business Review 1970 – Present Weekly Current — 🌐 Website 📄 Single
New Zealand Times [1981] 1981 – 1986 Weekly Ceased — — 🌳 Chart
Sunday Times [1992] 1992 – 1994 — Ceased — — 🌳 Chart
Wellingtonian sometime in the 1990's – Present — Current — — 📄 Single
Victoria Times 1841 – 1841 Weekly Ceased 📜 Papers Past 🌐 Website 📄 Single
The New Zealand Colonist and Port Nicholson Advertiser 1842 – 1843 — Ceased 📜 Papers Past — 📄 Single
The New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian 1844 – 1865 — Ceased 📜 Papers Past — 📄 Single
Te Karere o Poneke 1857 – 1858 Weekly Ceased — 🌐 Website 📄 Single
New Zealand Advertiser 1859 – 1869 Two issues per week Ceased — — 📄 Single
The Evening Post 1865 – 2002 Daily (except Sunday) Ceased 📜 Papers Past — 🌳 Chart
New Zealand Times 1867 – 1869 Daily Ceased — — 📄 Single
Wellington Journal 1868 – 1868 Three issues per week Ceased — — 📄 Single
Daily Advertiser and Wellington Register 1870 – 1871 Daily Ceased — — 📄 Single
New Zealand Times 1874 – 1927 Daily Ceased 📜 Papers Past — 🌳 Chart
Tribune 1874 – 1875 Daily Ceased — — 🌳 Chart
Evening Argus 1875 – 1878 Daily Ceased — — 🌳 Chart
Tribune 1875 – an unknown date Weekly Ceased — — 📄 Single
Evening Chronicle 1878 – 1880 Daily Ceased — — 🌳 Chart
New Zealander [Wellington] 1878 – 1880 Daily Ceased — — 📄 Single
Wellington Weekly Mercury 1879 – an unknown date Weekly Ceased — — 📄 Single
Era 1881 – sometime in the 1800's Weekly Ceased — — 📄 Single
Wellington Advertiser 1881 – an unknown date Weekly Ceased — — 📄 Single
Evening Press 1884 – 1894 Daily Ceased — — 📄 Single
Wellington Citizen 1884 – an unknown date Weekly Ceased — — 📄 Single
Jubilee Herald 1887 – 1887 Weekly Ceased — — 📄 Single
Truth 1887 – sometime in the 1900's Weekly Ceased — — 📄 Single
Weekly Herald 1887 – 1893 Weekly Ceased — — 📄 Single
Catholic Times 1888 – an unknown date Weekly Ceased — — 📄 Single
Argus And Newtown Chronicle 1894 – an unknown date — Ceased — — 📄 Single
Daily Commercial News and Shipping Register 1895 – an unknown date Daily Ceased — — 📄 Single
Newtown Advocate (1895) 1895 – an unknown date Weekly Ceased — — 📄 Single
People 1895 – 1897 Weekly Ceased — — 📄 Single
Guardian 1896 – 1900 Fortnightly Ceased — — 📄 Single
New Zealand Free Lance 1923 – 1960 Weekly Ceased — — 🌳 Chart
Unemployed Leader: Official Organ of the National Unemployed Worker's Movement of New Zealand 1935 – sometime in the 1900's Fortnightly Ceased — — 📄 Single
South Wairarapa Sentinel 1962 – an unknown date Monthly Ceased — — 📄 Single
Southern Sentinel 1962 – 1976 Monthly Ceased — — 📄 Single
Northern Sentinel 1963 – 1972 Monthly Ceased — — 📄 Single
Sunday News 1963 – Present Weekly Current — — 📄 Single
Dominion Sunday Times 1965 – 1976 — Ceased — — 🌳 Chart
The N.Z. Sunday Times 1965 – 1965 Weekly Ceased — — 🌳 Chart
Tawa Times (1967) 1967 – an unknown date Monthly Ceased — — 📄 Single
Exercise 1968 – 1970 Irregular Ceased — — 🌳 Chart
Contact (Wellington) 1969 – 1990 Weekly Ceased — — 🌳 Chart
Eastern Suburbs Observer 1969 – an unknown date Monthly Ceased — — 📄 Single
Payday 1970 – 1971 Weekly Ceased — — 📄 Single
County News 1971 – sometime in the 1970's Weekly Ceased — — 📄 Single
Exercise 1971 – 1973 Irregular Ceased — — 🌳 Chart
Independent Herald 1972 – Present Weekly Current — — 🌳 Chart
Norwester 1972 – 1976 Weekly Ceased — — 📄 Single
Onslow Johnsonville News 1973 – 1976 Weekly Ceased — — 📄 Single
The New Zealand Chronicle 1975 – Present — Current — — 📄 Single
Nor'wester 1976 – 1977 Weekly Ceased — — 📄 Single
Sentinel 1976 – 1978 Weekly Ceased — — 📄 Single
Sunday Times 1976 – 1981 — Ceased — — 🌳 Chart
Mount Cook Messenger 1977 – 1987 Irregular Ceased — — 📄 Single
Eastern Suburbs News 1978 – 1989 Weekly Ceased — — 📄 Single
Southern News (Wellington) 1979 – 1994 — Ceased — — 🌳 Chart
The Nation 1980 – 1981 Weekly Ceased — — 📄 Single
Capital Times 1982 – Present Weekly Current — — 📄 Single
New Zealand Women's Press 1982 – sometime in the 1980's Weekly Ceased — — 📄 Single
Upper Hutt Citizen 1982 – Present — Current — — 📄 Single
TV and Radio Times 1983 – 1983 Weekly Ceased — — 📄 Single
Samoa Niu Sila 1984 – 1984 — Ceased — — 📄 Single
New Zealand Sunday Times (1986) 1986 – 1987 Weekly Ceased — — 🌳 Chart
Dominion Sunday Times 1987 – 1992 — Ceased — — 🌳 Chart
Fakamaneke 1987 – Present Irregular Current — — 📄 Single
Upper Hutt Leader 1987 – Present — Current — — 📄 Single
Eastern News (Wellington) 1989 – 1994 — Ceased — — 🌳 Chart
Malvern Record 1989 – Present — Current — — 📄 Single
Western News (Johnsonville) 1989 – Present — Current — — 🌳 Chart
Contact Weekender 1990 – 1991 — Ceased — — 🌳 Chart
Contact (Wellington. 1991) 1991 – 2003 — Ceased — — 🌳 Chart
Creativity Network 1991 – 1993 Irregular Ceased — — 🌳 Chart
City Voice Wellington 1993 – 2001 — Ceased — — 📄 Single
Learning Connexion (Series) 1993 – 1995 Irregular Ceased — — 🌳 Chart
Norwester (Wellington) 1993 – 2003 Weekly Ceased — — 🌳 Chart
This is the Drum 1993 – 1993 Irregular Ceased — — 📄 Single
Cook Strait News 1994 – 2006 Weekly Ceased — — 🌳 Chart
Newlands/Paparangi Post 1996 – 2001 Fortnightly Ceased — — 🌳 Chart
Petone and Harbour Ward Herald 1996 – Present Fortnightly Current — — 📄 Single
Tawa Times 1997 – 2001 Fortnightly Ceased — — 🌳 Chart
Capital Chinese News 1998 – 2005 Monthly Ceased — — 📄 Single
Xiang yin 1998 – Present Weekly Current — — 📄 Single
Northern Courier 2001 – Present Fortnightly Current — — 🌳 Chart
NZ InfoTech 2001 – 2002 Weekly Ceased — 🌐 Website 🌳 Chart
WX : Wellington Exclusive 2001 – 2001 — Ceased — — 📄 Single
The Dominion Post 2002 – Present Daily (except Sunday) Current — 🌐 Website 🌳 Chart
Weekday News 2003 – 2003 Daily (Monday to Friday) Ceased — — 📄 Single
Wellington Contact 2003 – 2004 Weekly Ceased — — 🌳 Chart
Feng Chao bao 2004 – 2004 Weekly Ceased — — 📄 Single
Sheng huo Zhou bao 2004 – 2004 Weekly Ceased — — 📄 Single
Wellingtonian 2004 – Present Weekly Current — — 🌳 Chart
Xin min Qiao bao 2004 – 2012 Fortnightly Ceased — — 📄 Single
Citylife (North Ed.) 2006 – 2008 Weekly Ceased — — 🌳 Chart
Citylife (South Ed.) 2006 – 2007 Weekly Ceased — — 🌳 Chart
Citylife (Wainuiomata Ed.) 2006 – 2009 Weekly Ceased — — 📄 Single
Citylife (West Ed.) 2006 – 2008 Weekly Ceased — — 🌳 Chart
Citylife (South South & East ed.) 2007 – 2009 Weekly Ceased — — 🌳 Chart
Xin Cheng Zhou kan 2007 – 2008 Weekly Ceased — — 📄 Single
Ju Jiao 2009 – 2009 — Ceased — — 📄 Single
Hua ren you bao 2012 – Present Weekly Current — — 📄 Single
Xin-sheng Huo 2012 – Present — Current — — 📄 Single