The News Publishers' Association has today notified Voyager and its CEO and Founder Seeby Woodhouse that it has terminated its naming rights sponsorship of the annual New Zealand Media Awards.

The News Publishers’ Association is delighted to announce the 2026 Voyager Media Awards finalists.

Just 24 hours or so into the new Trump Administration in America, we are finding out very quickly what their new/old President will mean for that country, and everyone else around the world.

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 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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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

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…

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.