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

Sustaining Journalism in New Zealand: Lessons from Canada

In an era of misinformation, disinformation, generative artificial intelligence, and deep fakes, real journalism, produced by real journalists who research, write and fact check real stories that real people can rely upon is more important than ever before.


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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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