The Dominion Post (Wellington)
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Type | Daily newspaper |
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Format | Tabloid (Mon–Fri) Broadsheet (Saturday) |
Owner(s) | Stuff Ltd |
Founded | 2002 |
Headquarters | Wellington, New Zealand |
Circulation | 98,000 |
ISSN | 1175-9488 |
Website | Official website |
The Dominion Post is a metropolitan daily newspaper published in Wellington, New Zealand. It is owned by media business Stuff Ltd, formerly the New Zealand branch of Australian media company Fairfax Media. Weekday issues are now in tabloid format, and its Saturday edition is in broadsheet format.
Since 2020 the editor has been Anna Fifield.
History[]
The Dominion Post was created in July 2002 when Independent Newspapers Limited (INL) amalgamated two Wellington printed and published metropolitan broadsheet newspapers, The Evening Post, an evening paper first published on 8 February 1865, and The Dominion, a morning paper first published on Dominion Day, 26 September 1907.
The Dominion was distributed throughout the lower half of the North Island, as far as Taupo, where it met with Auckland's ambitiously named The New Zealand Herald. The Evening Post was not so widely distributed, but had a much greater circulation than The Dominion.
INL sold The Dominion Post and all other New Zealand newspapers and most magazines in its catalogue to Fairfax Media in 2003.
The Dominion Post is the only pay-and-read local newspaper in Wellington City. It is printed in Petone, Lower Hutt.[citation needed]
Editors[]
Richard Long had been the editor of The Dominion for ten years and was appointed the inaugural editor for The Dominion Post, but resigned shortly after the newspaper merger.[1] joined The Dominion Post shortly after it was founded to take over from Long. He resigned in February 2009 to head the New Zealand Press Association.[2] , who had previously been assistant editor at The Dominion Post and had gone to become editor of the Manawatu Standard, was appointed to replace Pankhurst.[3] Courtney started in a national role for Stuff in 2018[4] and was replaced by .[5]
Anna Fifield will take over as editor in October 2020 after Janssen's departure.[6][7]
The following table lists the editors of The Dominion Post:
Name | Portrait | Term of office | |
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Richard Long | ![]() |
2002 | |
2002 | 2009 | ||
2009 | 2018 | ||
2018 | 2020 | ||
Anna Fifield | 2020 |
Awards and nominations received[]
Year | Award | Category | Result |
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2017 | Voyager Media Awards[8] | Best Newspaper-inserted Magazine | Winner |
Best coverage of a major news event | Joint winner | ||
2009 | Qantas Media Awards[9] | Best Website Breaking News Story | Joint winner |
Editorial Project with Significant Impact upon the Community | Winner | ||
Best Website Design | Finalist | ||
Best Daily Newspaper (Over 30,000 circulation) | Finalist | ||
Best Website Multi Media/Video Presentation | Finalist |
Awards and nominations for journalists employed by The Dominion Post[]
Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
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2018 | Voyager Media Awards[10] | Opinion Writing – Humour/Satire | Dave Armstrong | Winner |
Cartoonist of the Year | Sharon Murdoch | Winner | ||
2017 | Voyager Media Awards[8] | Feature Writer of the Year | Nikki Macdonald | Winner |
Cartoonist of the Year | Sharon Murdoch | Winner | ||
Opinion Writer of the Year | Duncan Garner | Winner | ||
2009 | Qantas Media Awards[9] | Best Blog | Greer McDonald | Finalist |
Adam Brown | Finalist | |||
Best Single Website Report | Phil Kitchin and Diego Opatowski | Winner | ||
Best Senior Reporter | Phil Kitchin | Winner | ||
Finalist | ||||
Best Junior Reporter | Matt Calman | Finalist | ||
Cartoonist of the Year | Tom Scott | Winner |
References[]
- ^ "Dominion Post editor resigns". The New Zealand Herald. 30 July 2002. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
- ^ "Dominion Post editor Pankhurst steps down to head NPA". Sharechat. 25 February 2009. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
- ^ "New editor for Dominion Post". The Dominion Post. 21 May 2009. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
- ^ Harris, Georgina (4 May 2018). "A chance to reimagine the paper: Stuff's Bernadette Courtney on the change to compact and her new role". StopPress. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
- ^ "Eric Janssen named new editor for The Dominion Post and Stuff in Wellington". The Dominion Post. 18 April 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
- ^ "Anna Fifield trades the Washington Post for the Dominion Post". Stuff. 31 July 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
- ^ "Eric Janssen: Tory Trougher or Good Bloke?". Retrieved 31 July 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "2017 Winners". Voyager Media Awards. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Stuff.co.nz picks up three Qantas awards". Stuff. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
- ^ "2018 winners". Voyager Media Awards. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
External links[]
- Newspapers published in New Zealand
- Mass media in Wellington
- 2002 establishments in New Zealand
- Publications established in 2002