New Zealand Woman's Weekly

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New Zealand Woman's Weekly
New Zealand Woman's Weekly cover.jpg
EditorMarilynn McLachlan
Categories Women's magazines
FrequencyWeekly
Circulation 82,040 (2011)
Founder
  • Otto Williams
  • Audrey Argall
First issue8 December 1932;92 years ago (1932-12-08)
Company Are Media [1]
CountryNew Zealand
Language New Zealand English
Website www.nowtolove.co.nz/nz-womans-weekly/ OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

The New Zealand Woman's Weekly is a weekly New Zealand women's magazine published by Are Media. [2] As of 2011, it had a circulation of 82,040, third by paid sales after TV Guide and Are Media's New Zealand Woman's Day. [3]

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History

On 8 December 1932, journalists Otto Williams and Audrey Argall launched the magazine, [4] with 7,000 copies on newsprint. [5] Williams took the role of managing director, and Argall was the first editor. [6] Due to financial difficulties, they were forced to sell the magazine after three months. Ellen Melville ran the magazine for a few weeks, before the magazine's printer, F. S. Proctor, and his wife, took over. Early in 1933, solicitor Vernon Dyson bought it, and his wife Hedda became the second editor. [7] At the end of the year it was sold again to Brett Print and Publishing Co., later New Zealand Newspapers, which also published the Auckland Star . [6] Hedda Dyson was retained as editor.

In the early 1980s, New Zealand Woman's Weekly's circulation peaked at around 250,000, [8] before the Australian magazines Woman's Day and New Idea entered the New Zealand market. [6]

In 2007, the magazine celebrated its 75th anniversary with guest Prime Minister Helen Clark. [9]

In early April 2020, the Bauer Media Group announced that it would be closing several of its New Zealand brands in response to the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand including the New Zealand Woman's Weekly. [10] [11] [12]

On 17 June 2020, Mercury Capital purchased the New Zealand Woman's Weekly as part of its acquisition of Bauer Media's Australia and New Zealand assets. [13] [14] On 17 July, Mercury Capital announced that it would resume publishing the Women's Weekly and other former Bauer publications. [15] [16] In late September 2020, Mercury Capital rebranded Bauer Media as Are Media, which took over publication of the Woman's Weekly. [17] [1]

Editors

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Rebrand and Relaunch: Australasia's Bauer Media now titled Are Media". StopPress. 28 September 2020. Archived from the original on 30 September 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  2. ↑ "Are Media 2021 Media Kit" (PDF). Are Media New Zealand. November 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 April 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  3. ↑ "Magazines". Audit Bureau of Circulations. Archived from the original on 24 July 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  4. ↑ "Woman's Weekly, 1932". Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand . Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  5. ↑ "New Zealand Woman's Weekly turns 75". Scoop / Press Release: Pead PR. 10 August 2007. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  6. 1 2 3 Kitchin, Sido (12 August 2007). "Living history". The New Zealand Herald . Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  7. 1 2 McCallum, Janet. "Dyson, Elizabeth Geertruida Agatha 1897–1951". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography . Ministry for Culture and Heritage . Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  8. ↑ "Kiwi icon turns 75". One News . 13 August 2007. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  9. ↑ McKenzie-Minifie, Martha (11 August 2007). "Milestone for women's mag". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  10. ↑ Edmunds, Susan; Nadkarni, Anuja; Cookes, Henry (2 April 2020). "Govt 'could have given half-a-million' to help Bauer but publisher didn't want it, Faafoi says". Stuff . Archived from the original on 2 April 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  11. ↑ "Covid 19 coronavirus: Bauer Media closing - publisher of the Listener, Woman's Day, North & South". New Zealand Herald . 2 April 2020. Archived from the original on 2 April 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  12. ↑ "Covid-19: Major magazine publisher Bauer Media closing down". Radio New Zealand . 2 April 2020. Archived from the original on 2 April 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  13. ↑ "Bauer Media NZ bought by Australian investment company". Radio New Zealand . 17 June 2020. Archived from the original on 18 June 2020. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  14. ↑ Edmunds, Susan (17 June 2020). "Bauer magazines sold to private equity firm". Stuff . Archived from the original on 18 June 2020. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  15. ↑ Edmunds, Susan. "The Listener and other Bauer mags return — some may be gone for good". Stuff . Archived from the original on 17 July 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  16. ↑ "Bauer resumes publishing of The Listener and NZ Woman's Weekly after Mercury Capital takes over". New Zealand Herald . 17 July 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  17. ↑ Blackiston, Hannah (28 September 2020). "Bauer Media rebrands as Are Media". Mumbrella . Archived from the original on 29 September 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  18. 1 2 3 4 5 "New Zealand National Bibliography" (PDF). National Library of New Zealand . November 2003. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  19. ↑ Phare, Jane (7 June 2009). "Our women's weaklies are doing it hard". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  20. ↑ "Woman's Weekly editor appointed". The New Zealand Herald. 10 September 2003. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  21. ↑ "New editor for 'NZ Woman's Weekly'". The New Zealand Herald. 7 January 2006. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  22. ↑ Drinnan, John (4 January 2011). "A to Z of a challenging year in the media". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  23. 1 2 "Sarah Stuart named 'NZ Woman's Weekly' editor". Otago Daily Times . NZPA. 8 December 2010. Retrieved 24 October 2011.

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