New Zealand Woman's Weekly
New Zealand magazine founded 1932 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The New Zealand Woman's Weekly is a weekly New Zealand women's magazine published by Are Media.[2] As of 2011[update], 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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| Editor | Marilynn McLachlan |
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| Categories | Women's magazines |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Circulation | 82,040 (2011) |
| Founder |
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| First issue | 8 December 1932 |
| Company | Are Media[1] |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Language | New Zealand English |
| Website | www |
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]
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- Audrey Argall, 1932–1933
- Hedda Dyson, 1933–1948[7]
- Ola Rudman, 1948–1952[18]
- Jean Wishart, 1952–1984[18]
- Michal Louise McKay, 1984–1987[18]
- Jenny Lynch, 1987–1994[19]
- Sarah Kate Lynch, 1994–1996[18]
- Wendyl Nissen, 1996–1997[18]
- Rowan Dixon, 1997–2003[20]
- Nicky Pellegrino, 2003[21]
- 2003–2006: no editor? stopped publishing?
- Sido Kitchin, 2006–2010[22]
- Nicky Pellegrino (acting), 2010
- Sarah Stuart, 2010–2013[23]
- Louise Wright 2013–2014
- Fiona Fraser 2014–2016[23]
- Alice O'Connell 2016–2020
- Marilynn McLachlan 2020–present
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