Greymouth Star

History

The Greymouth Evening Star was one of many newspapers founded on the West Coast during the West Coast gold rush. It is New Zealand's sixth oldest daily newspaper and was founded by James Snyder Browne as a four-page daily on 18 March 1866. An evening newspaper, its main competitors was the Grey River Argus founded in 1865 (folded in 1966) and issued as a morning newspaper. The Grey River Argus was owned by labour movement interests and published by James Kerr. In contrast, the Greymouth Evening Star took a conservative stance and there was an ongoing rivalry between the papers through their editorials.

The Greymouth Evening Star celebrated 125 years in 1991 and in the same year Dunedin media company Allied Press purchased a majority shareholding. In 2006, the newspaper changed its name from Greymouth Evening Star to Greymouth Star.

Sister publications

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

References

References

1. (30 September 2012). "Press Audit Results".
2. "Greymouth Star". [[Allied Press]].
3. "The Grey River Argus". [[PapersPast]].
4. "Outstanding Achievement Awards". [[Newspaper Publishers' Association awards]].
5. "The Greymouth Evening Star". [[PapersPast]].
6. link. (7 February 2013 '' on [[Allied Press]] website, viewed 10 January 2012.)
7. link. (31 October 2011 '' on [[Allied Press]] website, viewed 10 January 2012.)