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New Zealand Woman's Weekly 
Editor Sarah Stuart[1] Categories Women's magazines Frequency Weekly Circulation 82,040 (2011) Publisher APN News & Media First issue 8 December 1932 Country New Zealand Language New Zealand English Website nzwomansweekly.co.nz The New Zealand Woman's Weekly is a weekly New Zealand women's magazine published by APN News & Media. As of 2011[update], it has a circulation of 82,040, third by paid sales after TV Guide and New Zealand Woman's Day.[2]
Contents
History
On 8 December 1932, journalists Otto Williams and Audrey Argall launched the magazine,[3] with 7,000 copies on newsprint.[4] Williams took the role of managing director, and Argall was the first editor.[5] Due to financial difficulties they were forced to sell the magazine after three months. Ellen Melville ran the magazine for a few weeks, before the magazine's printer, F. S. Proctor, and his wife, took over. Early in 1933, solicitor Vernon Dyson bought it, and his wife Hedda became the second editor.[6] At the end of the year it was sold again to Brett Print and Publishing Co., later New Zealand Newspapers, which also published the Auckland Star.[5] Hedda Dyson was retained as editor.
In the early 1980s, New Zealand Woman's Weekly circulation peaked at around 250,000,[7] before the Australian magazines Woman's Day and New Idea entered the New Zealand market.[5]
In 2007, the magazine celebrated its 75th anniversary with guest Prime Minister Helen Clark.[8]
Editors
- Audrey Argall, 1932-1933
- Hedda Dyson, 1933-1948[6]
- Ola Rudman, 1948-1952[9]
- Jean Wishart, 1952-1984[9]
- Michal Louise McKay, 1984-1987[9]
- Jenny Lynch, 1987 to 1994[10]
- Sarah Kate Lynch, 1994-1996[9]
- Wendyl Nissen, 1996-1997[9]
- Rowan Dixon, 1997-2003[11]
- Nicky Pellegrino, 2003[12]
- Sido Kitchin, 2006-2010[13]
- Nicky Pellegrino (acting), 2010
- Sarah Stuart, 2010-[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Sarah Stuart named 'NZ Woman's Weekly' editor". Otago Daily Times. NZPA. 8 December 2010. http://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/139886/sarah-stuart-named-nz-womans-weekly-editor. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
- ^ "Magazines". Audit Bureau of Circulations. http://magazine.abc.org.nz/audit.html. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
- ^ "Woman's Weekly, 1932". Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/women-and-men/4/5/1. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
- ^ "New Zealand Woman's Weekly turns 75". Scoop / Press Release: Pead PR. 10 August 2007. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0708/S00218.htm. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
- ^ a b c Kitchin, Sido (12 August 2007). "Living history". The New Zealand Herald. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/journalism/news/article.cfm?c_id=63&objectid=10457197. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
- ^ a b McCallum, Janet. "Dyson, Elizabeth Geertruida Agatha 1897–1951". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/4d26. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
- ^ "Kiwi icon turns 75". One News. 13 August 2007. http://tvnz.co.nz/content/1296555/2483318/article.html. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
- ^ McKenzie-Minifie, Martha (11 August 2007). "Milestone for women's mag". The New Zealand Herald. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/journalism/news/article.cfm?c_id=63&objectid=10457060. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
- ^ a b c d e "New Zealand National Bibliography". National Library of New Zealand. November 2003. http://www.natlib.govt.nz/downloads-nznb/NZNB-1103.pdf. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
- ^ Phare, Jane (7 June 2009). "Our women's weaklies are doing it hard". The New Zealand Herald. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/personalities/news/article.cfm?c_id=72&objectid=10576859. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
- ^ "Woman's Weekly editor appointed". The New Zealand Herald. 10 September 2003. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=3522613. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
- ^ "New editor for 'NZ Woman's Weekly'". The New Zealand Herald. 7 January 2006. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10362669. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
- ^ Drinnan, John (4 January 2011). "A to Z of a challenging year in the media". The New Zealand Herald. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10697724. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
Further reading
- Janet Blackwell, ed (1992). NZ Woman's Weekly : the first 60 years, 1932-1992. Auckland: Moa. ISBN 1869471059.
- Brewster, Deborah Ratma (1980). A Decade of the Woman's Weekly 1932-42. University of Otago. http://otago.lconz.ac.nz/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=600301.
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