New Zealand Woman's Weekly
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The New Zealand Woman's Weekly is a weekly New Zealand
women's magazine published by APN News & Media
. , it has a circulation of 82,040, third by paid sales after TV Guide and New Zealand Woman's Day.
. Hedda Dyson was retained as editor.
In the early 1980s, New Zealand Woman's Weekly circulation peaked at around 250,000, before the Australian magazines Woman's Day
and New Idea
entered the New Zealand market.
In 2007, the magazine celebrated its 75th anniversary with guest Prime Minister Helen Clark
.
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
women's magazine published by APN News & Media
APN News & Media
APN News & Media Limited is an Australian and New Zealand media company. Divisions include newspaper publishing, online publishing, broadcast radio and outdoor advertising in Australia and New Zealand...
. , it has a circulation of 82,040, third by paid sales after TV Guide and New Zealand Woman's Day.
History
On 8 December 1932, journalists Otto Williams and Audrey Argall launched the magazine, with 7,000 copies on newsprint. Williams took the role of managing director, and Argall was the first editor. 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. 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 StarAuckland Star
The Auckland Star was an evening daily newspaper published in Auckland, New Zealand, from 24 March 1870 to 20 August 1991. Survived by its Sunday edition, the Sunday Star, part of its name endures in The Sunday Star-Times, created in the 1994 merger of the Dominion Sunday Times and the Sunday...
. Hedda Dyson was retained as editor.
In the early 1980s, New Zealand Woman's Weekly circulation peaked at around 250,000, before the Australian magazines Woman's Day
Woman's Day (Australian magazine)
Woman's Day is an Australian magazine published by ACP Magazines. It is the second largest magazine in Australia. The magazine recently underwent significant layoffs....
and New Idea
New Idea
New Idea is a long-running Australian weekly magazine published by Pacific Magazines and aimed at women.-History:The magazine was first published in 1902 by Fitchett Bros. Southdown Magazines purchased Fitchett Bros...
entered the New Zealand market.
In 2007, the magazine celebrated its 75th anniversary with guest Prime Minister Helen Clark
Helen Clark
Helen Elizabeth Clark, ONZ is a New Zealand political figure who was the 37th Prime Minister of New Zealand for three consecutive terms from 1999 to 2008...
.
Editors
- Audrey Argall, 1932-1933
- Hedda Dyson, 1933-1948
- Ola Rudman, 1948-1952
- Jean Wishart, 1952-1984
- Michal Louise McKay, 1984-1987
- Jenny Lynch, 1987 to 1994
- Sarah Kate Lynch, 1994-1996
- Wendyl Nissen, 1996-1997
- Rowan Dixon, 1997-2003
- Nicky Pellegrino, 2003
- Sido Kitchin, 2006-2010
- Nicky Pellegrino (acting), 2010
- Sarah Stuart, 2010-