The Wellington Independent

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The Wellington Independent was an early newspaper published in Wellington, New Zealand. The first issue of it was on 2 April 1845 and it continued until 1874 when it was replaced by Julius Vogel's The New Zealand Times . [1]

The paper was published twice weekly from July 1854 and thrice weekly from July 1862, [2] and went daily in January 1871. [3]

Digital copies of all issues are available online via the National Library of New Zealand. [1]

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