Greymouth Star

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]

Greymouth Star
TypeDaily (except Sunday) newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Allied Press
Founded1866
HeadquartersGreymouth, New Zealand
Circulation4,333[1]
Websitegreystar.co.nz

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. Greymouth Star Archived 3 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine on Allied Press website, viewed 2012-01-10.
  3. West Coast Times Archived 7 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine on Allied Press website, viewed 2012-01-10.
  4. West Coast Messenger Archived 31 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine on Allied Press website, viewed 2012-01-10.


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