The New Zealand Herald

The New Zealand Herald, with a circulation of 148 700 copies per day ( 2014), the highest circulation newspaper in New Zealand. The newspaper, published in broadsheet format, is owned by the Australia-based APN News & Media ( APN). The editorial team is based in Auckland. The circulation area of the newspaper represents essentially the greater Auckland area

History

The New Zealand Herald was founded in 1863 by William Chisholm Wilson. On November 13th of that same year, the first edition appeared. In 1876, the New Zealand Herald merged with The Southern Cross was founded by Alfred Horton 1843. Both Horton and the Wilson family were involved until 1996 in the newspaper. This year, Tony O'Reilly bought with his Independent News & Media Group of the Horton family from their share. The current editor of the Herald, the APN is part of the majority of the Independent News & Media Group.

A Sunday edition of the newspaper was published on October 3, starting in 2004, the Herald on Sunday.

Political orientation

Traditionally, the New Zealand Herald was positioned in the center-right political spectrum. Because of its conservative views, he got in the 1990s, nicknamed " Granny Herald " (such as: "Age Herald "). However, this has changed lately, so the New Zealand Herald today represents left-leaning positions as the British newspapers The Independent and The Observer. Nevertheless, the newspaper of any political party can be assigned, as they often also represent opposing views to the New Zealand 's center-left government.

Website

The newspaper's website was established in 1998 under the name Herald Online and listed today for 1.5 million visitors per month. They were elected at the Webby Awards 2007 to one of the 12 "top online newspaper websites ".