Photo: RNZ/Marika KhabaziMedia company Stuff is closing the last of its Northland community newspapers with immediate effect. All three weekly newspapers have been edited from Auckland since 2018, when the company's remaining Northland staff were laid off. The only other surviving newspapers in Northland are the biweekly, Kaitāia-based Northland Age, also owned by NZME, and the Dargaville-based weekly Kaipara Lifestyler, which is independently owned. That had resulted in the launch of new mastheads the acquisition of others, including The Wairarapa Times-Age; the merger of some community newspapers; and the closure of titles such as The Whangārei Leader and The Northern News. The spokesperson said Stuff had "a strong Northland audience of people choosing to consume their news digitally".
