Media Providers

Local and national media providers of arts, culture, heritage and general interest.

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LOCAL MEDIA PROVIDERS

SunLive

SunLive is the leading local news website for the Western Bay of Plenty with Breaking News, Weather, Sport, Lifestyle, Rural, Automotive and What’s On. Being accessible via desktop, mobile, tablet or iOS/ Android app means viewers can be up to date with news as it happens, when it happens. SunLive is one of the most viewed news/magazine websites in New Zealand. SunLive’s website has 570,000 weekly page visits, 1 min 35 sec average session duration, and 50,000+ social media reach. Find out more here.

The Weekend Sun

The Weekend Sun has a weekly circulation of over 69,000, delivered to homes and businesses throughout the Western Bay of Plenty. Their coverage extends from Waihi Beach, Katikati, Tauranga, Mt Maunganui, Papamoa, to the outer edges of Te Puke. Find out more here.

NZME
  • Bay of Plenty Times: Daily newspaper and website covering local news and opinion, including high-profile BOP columnists, obituaries, world section, sport, business, employment and classified ads. Find out more here.
  • Katikati Advertiser: Has a proven history of being the community voice for the Katikati community. Find out more here.
  • Te Puke Times: Keeps the Te Puke district, including Papamoa Beach, Maketu, Pukehina, Pongakawa, Paengaroa in the know with local and community news. Find out more here.
Bay of Plenty Live

Targets locals, domestic visitors and international tourists via digital, print, web, radio, and TV. Designed for local content providers and event organisers. Curation and user driven. Find out more here.

focus magazine

Bi-monthly business and lifestyle magazine designed to raise the profile of local women and businesses in the Bay of Plenty and Waikato. Covers a range of themes including health and wellbeing, style and design advice, mindset, business and travel. Find out more here.

Our Place Magazine

Our Place Magazine celebrates Bay of Plenty locals and tells their stories, from fashion and design, the great outdoors and environmental issues to people doing life-changing work in our city. Discover the best places to eat, drink and shop, and all the best events. Their content is all connected by the theme of community. Find out more here.

UNO Magazine

UNO Magazine is based in the Bay of Plenty but reaches beyond. Their reader is 30-55, male and female, a home owner, dines out, travels, is entrepreneurial, and is active. Their reader is motivated by community, health, adventure, DIY, and trends. They have a 75,500+ readership, and the magazine circulates airport lounges and stores nationwide. Find out more here.

Pāpāmoa Post

Pāpāmoa Post are all about celebrating their local community and telling their stories. Pāpāmoa Post is a new, free monthly newspaper delivered to 12,200 households in the rapidly growing area, as well as to cafes and waiting rooms. From the Sandhurst Drive area to the end of Pāpāmoa Beach Rd and everywhere in between, they’ve got it covered. Find out more here.

Lizard News

Lizard News has a print run of 11,000 including mailbox deliveries from the Wairoa River at Bethlehem to Waihī Beach, through the rural & urban areas of the west of the Western Bay of Plenty District; Te Puna, Whakamārama, Matakana Is, Ōmokoroa, Pahoia, Apata, Aongatete, Katikati, Tahāwai, Bowentown and Athenree. Find out more here.

NATIONAL MEDIA PROVIDERS

Art News Aotearoa

Established in 1979, Art News is Aotearoa New Zealand’s longest-serialled contemporary arts publication. Each issue traces the most lively currents and fault lines of arts practice today, nationally and in the wider Moana Oceania region, through feature articles, interviews, columns, artist profiles and reviews, as well as news insights and exhibition calendars.

Published quarterly, Art News is an essential touchstone for arts professionals and practitioners, engaged collectors and enthusiasts, who return to the magazine for discerning, informed and stylish writing from the country’s leading voices, supported by a committed team. Find out more.

ArtNow

ArtNow is an online platform showcasing the outstanding contemporary art exhibitions, events, galleries, news, books and editioned art works from across Aotearoa New Zealand. In addition, ArtNow is the publishing platform for a monthly Essay independently commissioned by representatives of the public galleries of Aotearoa. Find out more.

Awa Wāhine

Awa Wahine is a dynamic rōpu of wāhine Māori dedicated to supporting indigenous creators by giving them the tools and confidence to express themselves creatively. Our mission is to create impactful publishing opportunities for wāhine Māori, envisioning a world where their voices are heard and celebrated. Find out more.

E-Tangata

E-Tangata is an online Sunday magazine run by the Mana Trust, which is dedicated to building a stronger Māori and Pacific presence in the New Zealand media. The website is not-for-profit and is largely a labour of love by a part-time team of accomplished journalists and writers who want to see, throughout the mainstream media, a more balanced and better informed reflection of New Zealand lives and issues. Find out more.

DANZ Magazine

DANZ Magazine is the voice of New Zealand dance and exists to celebrate and document its history, it also reflects the work of DANZ in its support of the dance industry.  Magazine content is decided by an editorial committee made of of DANZ management and dance/arts sector representatives. If you would like to suggest an idea for publication please email danz@danz.org.nz. Find out more.

NZ Musician

NZ Musician is a print and online music magazine that deals with music in and from New Zealand. They write about events, gear, industry, news, lessons and more. Find out more.

HAINAMANA

With broad allegiances, HAINAMANA is committed to fostering contemporary Asian New Zealand arts and cultural discourse. With a focus on subjectivity, regional specificity, linguistic difference, and the rapidly changing dimensions of contemporary New Zealand society, HAINAMANA seeks to ask pertinent questions around issues of race and identity. It is at best an indication of emergent themes rather than resolutions and acknowledges social agitation as its primary function. Find out more.

Playmarket

Playmarket produces an annual publication about theatre in Aotearoa over 12 months. Subscribers are playwrights, producers, actors, directors, theatres and schools nationwide. 1500 copies are distributed, 300 of which are overseas. Find out more.

The Big Idea

The Big Idea is an online hub, providing daily news updates, the latest jobs and opportunities, events as well as ideas and inspiration from across the creative industries to help individuals and organisations create their own success. With over 50,000 members; 1.4 million page views, over 35,000 social media followers and 1.8 million email newsletters sent each year they are the largest, online resource for the arts in New Zealand. Find out more.

The Pantograph Punch

The Pantograph Punch publishes urgent and vital cultural commentary by the most exciting new voices in Aotearoa. Find out more.

Toitoi

Toitoi celebrates the creative spirit of young New Zealanders. They publish material with an original and authentic voice that other young people can connect to and be inspired by and that reflects the cultures and experiences of life in New Zealand. Find out more.

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