Greymouth Star

Greymouth Star
Type Daily (except Sunday) newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s) Allied Press
Founded 1866
Headquarters Greymouth, New Zealand
Circulation 4,333[1]
Website greystar.co.nz

The Greymouth Star, formerly the Greymouth Evening Star is a daily newspaper published in Greymouth and circulated in Westland, New Zealand from Westport to Haast.[2] It is New Zealand's sixth oldest daily newspaper and was founded by James Snyder Browne as a four-page daily on March 18, 1866.[2] The newspaper celebrated 125 years in 1991 and in the same year Dunedin media company Allied Press purchased a majority shareholding.[2]

Sister publications

  • Hokitika Guardian: Monday to Friday morning newspaper in Hokitika, first published in 1865. Formerly known as The West Coast Times. [3]
  • The West Coast Messenger: a free newspaper printed every Wednesday and distributed throughout Westland between Karamea, Haast and Murchison.[4]
  • The Kaikoura Star: a weekly subscriber paper. Purchased by the Grey Star in May 2018.

References

  1. ↑ "Press Audit Results". 30 September 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 Greymouth Star on Allied Press website, viewed 2012-01-10.
  3. ↑ West Coast Times on Allied Press website, viewed 2012-01-10.
  4. ↑ West Coast Messenger on Allied Press website, viewed 2012-01-10.
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