The News Publishers’ Association champions the news media industry of New Zealand by:

  • Promoting the power of news media as a highly effective, quality advertising medium.
  • Representing members’ interests in areas such as government affairs, media regulation and public funding of journalism.
  • Managing Aotearoa’s national media awards programme.

News Publishers' Association Members

Latest News

Announcing the 2025 Voyager Media Awards

The News Publishers’ Association is delighted to announce the awards list for the 2025 Voyager Media Awards, recognising and rewarding exceptional news and current affairs journalism in Aotearoa.


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Who should decide the value of journalism? It’s not Google or any government

The battle over who owns and profits from local news content took a new and disturbing turn recently, when Google threatened to pull New Zealand news from its search engines if the Government went ahead with a fair bargaining bill.


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NPA Responds to Google Threats

New Zealanders should be thankful that Google has finally shown its hand - its statement today about the Fair Digital News Bargaining Bill


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