The Government's reforms for local government show a thoughtless disregard for New Zealand's media businesses.

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.

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.

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.

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

The Voyager Media Awards website has expanded to include some new pages, including lists of our previous winners, past recipients of our Outstanding Achievement Awards and also details about our beautiful legacy trophies.

Stuff have announced the arrival of their newest publication Waikato Local, which has commenced publishing from 3 July 2024 and will consolidate and replace the South Waikato News, Piako Post, and Matamata Chronicle.

The News Publishers' Association welcomes the decision by the Minister for Media and Communications, Paul Goldsmith, to proceed with the Fair Digital News Bargaining Bill.

New research shows that news is a fundamental part of daily life in New Zealand, the work of local journalists is trusted by 80% of the population and it adds value to search and social media.

The News Publishers' Association is disappointed that the Select Committee for Economic Development, Science and Innovation has been unable to reach consensus on the Fair Digital News Bargaining Bill.

The winners of 37 awards were announced at Aotearoa’s 51st Media Awards on Friday 24 May, as well as three Outstanding Achievement Awards.

It has been a very tough period for New Zealand's media. The many challenges facing journalism in this country have rarely been as stark, with the second week of April a brutal example.

108 finalists across 36 awards have been selected in the 51st annual New Zealand Media Awards by more than 60 judges.

The News Publishers' Association is deeply disappointed in the decision by NZ Post to cancel rural deliveries on Saturdays. It is another blow to New Zealand media in very challenging market conditions.

Mark down 28 February, 2024, as a very bad day for New Zealand journalism, the day we learned that Newshub – the newsroom that delivers the 6pm bulletin on TV3, AM at breakfast and a plethora of other news programmes, as well as its news website – is to close.

The News Publishers' Association is devastated at the news that Newshub, one of New Zealand major newsrooms, is to close.

News Publishers’ Association, the industry body for New Zealand’s leading news publishers and advocates for championing the power of print advertising have been sharing the love lately!

There’s only one week until the closing deadline, so make sure you check out the awards on offer for the 20234 Voyager Media Awards and enter your best work from 2023.

This week will be a momentous one for the news media in New Zealand. That may seem an odd thing to say, given news is always dynamic and no week can ever be called “quiet”.

New Zealand Media and Entertainment’s (NZME) competition celebrating the innovation and creativity inherent in print advertising is back for a second year, with the esteemed panel of judges for 2024 announced today.

The News Publishers’ Association (NPA) is delighted to announce that entries to the 2024 Voyager Media Awards are now open

In 1874 the township of Gisborne sat on roads of muddy tracks and was home to about 400 European settlers. On January 5 of that year, inhabitants of the primitive colonial outpost could read the inaugural edition of the then-named Poverty Bay Herald.

With 50 years of recognising and rewarding exceptional news and current affairs coverage in Aotearoa, the News Publishers’ Association (NPA) is excited to announce some important changes to the 2024 Voyager Media Awards as we look forward to continuing to celebrate excellence in an ever-evolving industry.

The News Publishers’ Association has appointed a highly experienced journalist and editor as its first Public Affairs Director.

Stuff Group Owner Sinead Boucher has been elected as Chair of the News Publishers’ Association

Winners across 65 awards were announced at the 2023 Voyager Media Awards event on Saturday 27 May.

279 finalists across 64 awards have been selected in the 50th annual New Zealand Media Awards by more than 100 judges.

A further and final extension to the closing deadline of the 2023 Voyager Media Awards will be made due to the ongoing effects and disruption to communications in areas affected by Cyclone Gabrielle.

Due to the disruption caused by Cyclone Gabrielle, the closing deadline of the 2023 Voyager Media Awards will be extended by five days.

There’s only one week until the closing deadline, so make sure you check out the awards on offer for the 2023 Voyager Media Awards and enter your best work from 2022.

The News Publishers’ Association (NPA) is delighted to advise that entries have now opened for the 2023 Voyager Media Awards.

The list of awards on offer for the 2023 Voyager Media Awards is now live.

The Government will legislate to require big online digital companies such as Google and Meta to pay a fair price to New Zealand media companies…

277 finalists across 60 awards have been selected in the 49th annual New Zealand Media Awards by a total of 90 judges.

The News Publishers’ Association (NPA) today welcomed the Commerce Commission’s decision to approve the NPA’s application for independent New Zealand news publishers to collectively bargain with global giants Meta and Google for fair payment for journalism used on their platforms.

Winners across 59 awards were announced at the 2022 Voyager Media Awards event on Saturday 20 August.

The News Publishers’ Association (NPA) today welcomed the Commerce Commission’s draft decision to approve the NPA’s application for independent New Zealand news publishers to collectively bargain with global giants Meta and Google for fair payment for journalism used on their platforms.

277 finalists across 60 awards have been selected in the 49th annual New Zealand Media Awards by a total of 90 judges.

28 publishers have to date chosen to join the News Publishers' Association’s (NPA) collective bargaining initiative to seek fair payment from Google and Facebook for the use of Kiwi journalism on their platforms.

At last week’s News Publishers’ Association AGM held in Wellington on May 12, 2022, Michael Muir OBE was honoured with life membership in recognition of his service to the association and the newspaper industry.

The News Publishers’ Association (NPA) has commissioned a follow-up study to research the evolving news media habits of New Zealanders; the 2nd NPA News Engagement Study.

The News Publishers’ Association (NPA) has today received provisional authorisation from the Commerce Commission allowing it to begin a collective bargaining process with global giants Facebook and Google to seek fair payment for Kiwi journalism used on their platforms.

In November, the NPA applied to the Commerce Commission seeking permission on behalf of its members including NZME, and all other independent New Zealand-owned media organisations, to collectively bargain with Facebook and Google.

Due to continuing disruption from the Omicron outbreak, an extension to the 2022 Voyager Media Awards closing deadline will be made. Entries will now close at 1pm on Friday, March 4.

There are only ten days until the closing deadline, so make sure you check out the 60 awards on offer for the 2022 Voyager Media Awards and enter your best work from 2021.

The News Publishers’ Association (NPA) is delighted to advise that entries have now opened for the 2022 Voyager Media Awards.

Entries for the 2022 Voyager Media Awards will open next month, so you can use your summer break to start thinking about your best work from 2021 and which awards you can enter.

Local news media, including Stuff, the NZ Herald and the Otago Daily Times, is seeking Commerce Commission approval to collectively bargain with Facebook and Google. The Spinoff founder Duncan Greive explains why.

The News Publishers’ Association (NPA) today filed an application with the Commerce Commission seeking permission on behalf of its members, and all other independent New Zealand-owned media organisations, to collectively bargain with global giants Facebook and Google to seek fair payment for Kiwi journalism used on their platforms.

The NPA commissioned a study earlier this year to research the news media habits of New Zealanders to see how their relationship with news media had changed 12 months following the first nationwide level 4 lockdown in March 2020.

Following this afternoon’s announcement we wanted to assure you that we are fully operational and the team are available for any newspaper advertising support you may need.

Winners of the 2021 Voyager Media Awards will be announced at a glitzy cocktail celebration at the Auckland Town Hall on Friday, May 28.

280 finalists across 66 awards have been selected in the 48th Annual New Zealand Media Awards by a total of 90 judges.

Around 90 former and current print and broadcast journalists, editors, photographers, illustrators and video journalists have recently completed the judging process for the 2021 Voyager Media Awards.

A year ago the entire nation went into self-isolation. The News Publishers’ Association (NPA) wanted to explore how New Zealanders' relationship with news media had changed over the past 12 months.

Nielsen’s latest CMI results, released today, confirm New Zealanders continue to have a strong relationship with newspapers, and this love of print has grown throughout 2020.

Representing more than 100 newspapers from 10 publishers right across New Zealand we support accredited media agencies to plan effective newspaper advertising campaigns for their clients leveraging 20+ years’ experience in our dedicated team.

Due to last week’s three-day lockdown, a decision to extend the closing deadline for the 2021 Voyager Media Awards has been made. Entries will now close at 1pm on Wednesday, March 3*.

The closing deadline for the 2021 Voyager Media Awards is 1pm, Friday February 26.

News publisher’s have long suspected that newspapers command an extremely high level of attention from their readers, now they have the scientific evidence to prove it.

The News Publishers’ Association (NPA) is delighted to advise that entries have now opened for the 2021 Voyager Media Awards.

It’s now time to start collating your best work from 2020, ready to enter the 2021 Voyager Media Awards.

Nielsen’s latest CMI release shows that New Zealand’s news publishers are reaching more than 3 million New Zealanders across print and online every week, up from 2.86 million last quarter with daily newspaper readership up 10% in the past year too.

The evolving nature of news publishing has prompted one of New Zealand’s largest media industry groups to change its name.

At the 100th AGM of the Newspaper Publishers’ Association held in April 2020, Sir Julian Smith was honoured with life membership in recognition of his service to the association.

NZME Chief Executive Michael Boggs has been appointed chair of the Newspaper Publishers’ Association. He replaces Phil Eustace, chair since 2016.

Accomplished marketer Brook Cameron has been appointed to lead the Newspaper Publishers’ Association (NPA), which includes News Works NZ, PMCA and Voyager Media Awards taking over from outgoing chief executive Brian Hill.