PHOTO: RNZMedia company Stuff is closing the last of its Northland community newspapers with immediate effect. All three weekly papers 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. The spokesperson said Stuff had "a strong Northland audience of people choosing to consume their news digitally". It was run from the Bay Chronicle office in Kerikeri until Christmas 2018, when Stuff laid off all remaining Northern News, Bay Chronicle and Whangārei Leader staff, though the company continued to publish all three papers.

Source: Stuff June 25, 2024 06:12 UTC