The New Zealand Herald facts for kids
Front page, 5 April 2024
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Compact (weekdays and Sundays) Broadsheet (Saturdays) |
| Owner(s) | NZME |
| Founded | 1863 (by William Chisholm Wilson) |
| Headquarters | Auckland, New Zealand |
| Circulation | 100,073 (30 September 2019) |
| ISSN | 1170-0777 |
The New Zealand Herald is a well-known daily newspaper in Auckland, New Zealand. It is owned by New Zealand Media and Entertainment (NZME). Many people consider it a very important newspaper for New Zealand news.
It has the largest number of readers for a newspaper in New Zealand. In 2006, over 200,000 copies were printed each day! By September 2019, about 100,073 copies were printed daily.
The Herald publishes a daily paper, a Saturday paper called the Weekend Herald, and a Sunday paper called the Herald on Sunday. The Herald on Sunday is read by 365,000 people across the country. It is the most popular Sunday newspaper in New Zealand.
The newspaper also has a website, nzherald.co.nz. About 2.2 million people visit it every week. The website has won the Voyager Media Awards' News Website of the Year award several times, including in 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023. In 2023, the Weekend Herald was named Weekly Newspaper of the Year. The Herald mobile app also won News App of the Year.
The Herald is mostly read in the Auckland area. It is also delivered to many other parts of the North Island. This includes places like Northland, Waikato, and Wellington.
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History of The New Zealand Herald
The New Zealand Herald was started by William Chisholm Wilson. The very first newspaper was printed on 13 November 1863. Wilson used to work with John Williamson on another newspaper called the New Zealander. But he decided to start his own paper. He saw that Auckland's population was growing fast, which meant more readers.
After the New Zealander closed in 1866, another newspaper called The Daily Southern Cross became its main competitor. This paper first started in 1843 as The Southern Cross. It became a daily paper in 1862. In 1876, the Wilson family (who owned the Herald) and Alfred Horton (who owned The Daily Southern Cross) joined together. The New Zealand Herald then took over The Daily Southern Cross.
In 1879, a group called the United Press Association was formed. This allowed major newspapers to share news stories with each other. This group later became the New Zealand Press Association (NZPA) in 1942. The NZPA stopped operating in 2011.
For many years, the Wilson and Horton families owned the company, known as Wilson & Horton. In 1996, a company from Dublin, Ireland, bought the Horton family's share. Later, the company was bought by APN NZ. Today, The Herald is owned by New Zealand Media and Entertainment (NZME), which was created in 2014.
Important People Who Wrote for The Herald
Many talented people have worked for The New Zealand Herald.
- Dita de Boni was a columnist who wrote for the Herald starting in 1995.
- Gordon Minhinnick was a staff cartoonist for many years, from the 1930s to the 1980s.
- Malcolm Evans was also a staff cartoonist. He left in 2003 after some people complained about his cartoons on sensitive topics.
- Laurence Clark was the daily political cartoonist from 1987 to 1996. He continued to publish cartoons weekly until 2000.
- William Berry was an editor for the New Zealand Herald in 1875.
- William Lane became an editor in 1913.
How The Herald Looks
For 150 years, The New Zealand Herald was printed in a large size called broadsheet. But on 10 September 2012, the weekday papers changed to a smaller, more compact size. The Weekend Herald still uses the larger broadsheet size.
The Herald's Views
The Herald has traditionally been a newspaper that supports ideas that are a bit more traditional or "centre-right." Sometimes, people used to call it "Granny Herald" in the past.
In 2007, the Herald strongly disagreed with a new law. They even campaigned against it in their newspaper.
Times When Mistakes Happened
The Wrong Photo Incident
In July 2014, the Herald printed a story on its front page about a New Zealand soldier named Guy Boyland who had passed away. However, the paper accidentally used a photo of a TV star, Ryan Dunn, from Boyland's social media page. They thought it was Boyland. When the mistake was found, the Herald said sorry to Boyland's family, his friends, and its readers. They promised to improve how they check photos in the newsroom.
Different Versions of The Herald
The Weekend Herald
In 1998, The Weekend Herald was created as a separate newspaper for Saturdays. This was also when the newspaper's website first started.
Herald on Sunday
The Herald on Sunday is a smaller-sized paper published on Sundays. It first came out on 3 October 2004. It has won Newspaper of the Year awards and is the most-read Sunday newspaper in New Zealand. In 2010, the Herald on Sunday started a campaign called "Two Drinks Max." This campaign aimed to help make roads safer by reducing the legal alcohol limit for driving in New Zealand.
Herald Online Website
The newspaper's online news service, first called Herald Online, began in 1998. It was updated in 2006 and again in 2012. The website has won awards for being the best news website. Since 29 April 2019, some special articles on the website require a subscription to read. This means you pay a small fee to access them.
Editors of The Herald
- Managing editor: Murray Kirkness
- Weekends editor: Stuart Dye
Regular Writers (Columnists)
- Deborah Coddington, writes for the Herald on Sunday
- Matt McCarten, writes for the Herald on Sunday
- Brian Rudman
- Colin James used to be a columnist
The Herald's Coat of Arms
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See also
In Spanish: The New Zealand Herald para niños
