The Dominion Post (Wellington)

The Dominion Post was created in July 2002 when Independent Newspapers Limited (INL) amalgamated two Wellington printed and published metropolitan broadsheet newspapers, The Evening Post, an evening paper first published on 8 February 1865, and The Dominion, a morning paper first published on Dominion Day, 26 September 1907.

The Dominion was distributed throughout the lower half of the North Island, as far as Taupo, where it met with Auckland's ambitiously named The New Zealand Herald. The Evening Post was not so widely distributed, but had a much greater circulation than The Dominion.

INL sold The Dominion Post and all other New Zealand newspapers and most magazines in its catalogue to Fairfax Media in 2003.

The Dominion Post is the only pay-and-read local newspaper in Wellington City.

Richard Long had been the editor of The Dominion for ten years and was appointed the inaugural editor for The Dominion Post, but resigned shortly after the newspaper merger.[1] Tim Pankhurst joined The Dominion Post shortly after it was founded to take over from Long. He resigned in February 2009 to head the New Zealand Press Association.[2] Bernadette Courtney, who had previously been assistant editor at The Dominion Post and had gone to become editor of the Manawatu Standard, was appointed to replace Pankhurst.[3] Courtney started in a national role for Stuff in 2018[4] and was replaced by Eric Janssen.[5]

Anna Fifield will take over as editor in October 2020 after Janssen's departure.[6][7]

The following table lists the editors of The Dominion Post:

Name	Portrait	Term of office
Richard Long		2002
Tim Pankhurst		2002	2009
Bernadette Courtney		2009	2018
Eric Janssen		2018	2020
Anna Fifield		2020

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