New Zealand Woman's Weekly

The New Zealand Woman's Weekly is a weekly New Zealand women's magazine published by Are Media. As of 2011, it had a circulation of 82,040, third by paid sales after TV Guide and New Zealand Woman's Day.[2]

New Zealand Woman's Weekly
EditorMarilynn McLachlan
CategoriesWomen's magazines
FrequencyWeekly
Circulation82,040 (2011)
Founder
  • Otto Williams
  • Audrey Argall
First issue8 December 1932 (1932-12-08)
CompanyAre Media[1]
CountryNew Zealand
LanguageNew Zealand English
Websitewww.nzwomansweekly.co.nz

History

On 8 December 1932, journalists Otto Williams and Audrey Argall launched the magazine,[3] with 7,000 copies on newsprint.[4] Williams took the role of managing director, and Argall was the first editor.[5] 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.[6] 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.[5] Hedda Dyson was retained as editor.

In the early 1980s, New Zealand Woman's Weekly's circulation peaked at around 250,000,[7] before the Australian magazines Woman's Day and New Idea entered the New Zealand market.[5]

In 2007, the magazine celebrated its 75th anniversary with guest Prime Minister Helen Clark.[8]

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.[9][10][11]

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.[12][13] On 17 July, Mercury Capital announced that it would resume publishing the Women's Weekly and other former Bauer publications.[14][15] In late September 2020, Mercury Capital rebranded Bauer Media as Are Media, which took over publication of the Woman's Weekly.[16][1]

Editors
  • Audrey Argall, 1932–1933
  • Hedda Dyson, 1933–1948[6]
  • Ola Rudman, 1948–1952[17]
  • Jean Wishart, 1952–1984[17]
  • Michal Louise McKay, 1984–1987[17]
  • Jenny Lynch, 1987 to 1994[18]
  • Sarah Kate Lynch, 1994–1996[17]
  • Wendyl Nissen, 1996–1997[17]
  • Rowan Dixon, 1997–2003[19]
  • Nicky Pellegrino, 2003[20]
  • Sido Kitchin, 2006–2010[21]
  • Nicky Pellegrino (acting), 2010
  • Sarah Stuart, 2010–2013[22]
  • Louise Wright 2013–2014
  • Fiona Fraser 2014–2016[22]
  • Alice O'Connell 2016–2020
  • Marilynn McLachlan 2020-

See also

References
  1. "Rebrand and Relaunch: Australasia's Bauer Media now titled Are Media". StopPress. 28 September 2020. Archived from the original on 30 September 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  2. "Magazines". Audit Bureau of Circulations. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  3. "Woman's Weekly, 1932". Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  4. "New Zealand Woman's Weekly turns 75". Scoop / Press Release: Pead PR. 10 August 2007. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  5. Kitchin, Sido (12 August 2007). "Living history". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  6. McCallum, Janet. "Dyson, Elizabeth Geertruida Agatha 1897–1951". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  7. "Kiwi icon turns 75". One News. 13 August 2007. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  8. McKenzie-Minifie, Martha (11 August 2007). "Milestone for women's mag". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  9. Edmunds, Susan; Nadkarni, Anuja; Cookes, Henry (2 April 2020). "Govt 'could have given half-a-million' to help Bauer but publisher didn't want it, Faafoi says". Stuff. Archived from the original on 2 April 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  10. "Covid 19 coronavirus: Bauer Media closing - publisher of the Listener, Woman's Day, North & South". New Zealand Herald. 2 April 2020. Archived from the original on 2 April 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  11. "Covid-19: Major magazine publisher Bauer Media closing down". Radio New Zealand. 2 April 2020. Archived from the original on 2 April 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  12. "Bauer Media NZ bought by Australian investment company". Radio New Zealand. 17 June 2020. Archived from the original on 18 June 2020. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  13. Edmunds, Susan (17 June 2020). "Bauer magazines sold to private equity firm". Stuff. Archived from the original on 18 June 2020. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  14. Edmunds, Susan. "The Listener and other Bauer mags return — some may be gone for good". Stuff. Archived from the original on 17 July 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  15. "Bauer resumes publishing of The Listener and NZ Woman's Weekly after Mercury Capital takes over". New Zealand Herald. 17 July 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  16. Blackiston, Hannah (28 September 2020). "Bauer Media rebrands as Are Media". Mumbrella. Archived from the original on 29 September 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  17. "New Zealand National Bibliography" (PDF). National Library of New Zealand. November 2003. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  18. Phare, Jane (7 June 2009). "Our women's weaklies are doing it hard". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  19. "Woman's Weekly editor appointed". The New Zealand Herald. 10 September 2003. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  20. "New editor for 'NZ Woman's Weekly'". The New Zealand Herald. 7 January 2006. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  21. Drinnan, John (4 January 2011). "A to Z of a challenging year in the media". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  22. "Sarah Stuart named 'NZ Woman's Weekly' editor". Otago Daily Times. NZPA. 8 December 2010. Retrieved 24 October 2011.

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