Manawatū Standard

History

The company was first established on 29 November 1880. Since then, the paper has been operated by two other companies: it was purchased by Independent Newspapers Limited (INL) in the 1970s, and acquired by Fairfax Media (then John Fairfax Holdings) on 1 July 2003, when that company purchased INL. As of 1 February 2018, Fairfax Media was rebranded to Stuff Limited.

Other publications

The Manawatū Standard also owns:

The ''Tribune''

Published weekly and distributed for free to all homes in Palmerston North, Ashhurst and Linton, as well as rural subscribers to the Manawatū Standard. On 21 February 2018, Stuff Limited announced that it would be closing or selling off 28 community papers. On 24 April 2018 it was confirmed that The Tribune would close with the last publication being 30 May 2018.

The ''Feilding Rangitikei Herald''

Published weekly on Thursday and delivered to every home in the Manawatū District Council area. In April 2016, the Feilding Herald, Rangitikei Mail and Central District Times combined to become the Feilding Rangitikei Herald. Finalist in the 2018 Voyager Media Awards for Community Paper of the Year, also being a finalist and winning the Canon Community Newspaper of the Year in 2017.

In early July 2025, Stuff confirmed that it would close down the community newspaper by 31 July 2025.

The ''Central Districts Farmer''

Delivered on the first Friday of every month to all homes on rural delivery in the eight regions of the central and lower North Island. On 15 May 2018, the Central Districts Farmer closure was announced with the last publication being 11 June 2018.

References

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6. (31 January 2018). "Stuff's journey from newspaper pioneer to website to 'portfolio' business".
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8. (24 April 2018). "Five community newspapers to close".
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11. "2018 Finalists".
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14. (4 July 2025). "Stuff to close 15 community newspapers by end of July". SCG Media.
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16. (16 May 2018). "Stuff closes 15 community titles and sells another".