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'''''The Post''''' (formerly and still commonly referred to as '''''The Dominion Post''''') is a metropolitan daily [[newspaper]] published in [[Wellington]], New Zealand. It is owned by media business [[Stuff (company)|Stuff Ltd]], formerly the New Zealand branch of [[Australia]]n media company [[Fairfax Media]]. Weekday issues are now in [[Tabloid (newspaper format)|tabloid]] format, and its Saturday edition is in [[broadsheet]] format. |
'''''The Post''''' (formerly and still commonly referred to as '''''The Dominion Post''''') is a metropolitan daily [[newspaper]] published in [[Wellington]], New Zealand. It is owned by media business [[Stuff (company)|Stuff Ltd]], formerly the New Zealand branch of [[Australia]]n media company [[Fairfax Media]]. Weekday issues are now in [[Tabloid (newspaper format)|tabloid]] format, and its Saturday edition is in [[broadsheet]] format. |
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''The Dominion Post'' was created in July 2002 with the merger of two metropolitan broadsheet newspapers, ''[[The Evening Post (New Zealand)|The Evening Post]]'' and ''[[The Dominion (Wellington)|The Dominion]]''. It was announced in April 2023 that the paper would be renamed '''''The Post'''''. The change of name has garnered a generally unenthusiastic to negative response.<ref>{{Cite web |last=ZB |first=Newstalk |title=Roman Travers: Changing Dominion Post's name makes no sense |url=https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/early-edition/opinion/roman-travers-changing-dominion-posts-name-makes-no-sense/ |access-date= |
''The Dominion Post'' was created in July 2002 with the merger of two metropolitan broadsheet newspapers, ''[[The Evening Post (New Zealand)|The Evening Post]]'' and ''[[The Dominion (Wellington)|The Dominion]]''. It was announced in April 2023 that the paper would be renamed '''''The Post'''''. The change of name has garnered a generally unenthusiastic to negative response.<ref>{{Cite web |last=ZB |first=Newstalk |title=Roman Travers: Changing Dominion Post's name makes no sense |url=https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/early-edition/opinion/roman-travers-changing-dominion-posts-name-makes-no-sense/ |access-date=18 July 2023 |website=ZB |language=en-nz}}</ref> |
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Since July 2023, the editor has been Tracy Watkins.<ref name="Watkins"/> |
Since July 2023, the editor has been Tracy Watkins.<ref name="Watkins"/> |
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On 27 April 2023, Stuff confirmed that ''The Dominion Post'' would adopt its new name ''The Post'' on 29 April. Stuff also announced that it would launch a new subscription-based website for ''The Post'' that would co-exist with the free [[Stuff (website)|Stuff news website]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Stuff to put up first paywalls for news |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018887771/stuff-to-put-up-first-paywalls-for-news |access-date=28 April 2023 |work=[[Radio New Zealand]] |date=27 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427075101/https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018887771/stuff-to-put-up-first-paywalls-for-news |archive-date=27 April 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> |
On 27 April 2023, Stuff confirmed that ''The Dominion Post'' would adopt its new name ''The Post'' on 29 April. Stuff also announced that it would launch a new subscription-based website for ''The Post'' that would co-exist with the free [[Stuff (website)|Stuff news website]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Stuff to put up first paywalls for news |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018887771/stuff-to-put-up-first-paywalls-for-news |access-date=28 April 2023 |work=[[Radio New Zealand]] |date=27 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427075101/https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018887771/stuff-to-put-up-first-paywalls-for-news |archive-date=27 April 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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The change of name was criticised on both the political left and right.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=ZB |first=Newstalk |title=Roman Travers: Changing Dominion Post's name makes no sense |url=https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/early-edition/opinion/roman-travers-changing-dominion-posts-name-makes-no-sense/ |access-date= |
The change of name was criticised on both the political left and right.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=ZB |first=Newstalk |title=Roman Travers: Changing Dominion Post's name makes no sense |url=https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/early-edition/opinion/roman-travers-changing-dominion-posts-name-makes-no-sense/ |access-date=18 July 2023 |website=ZB |language=en-nz}}</ref> Former ''Dominion Post'' editor Tim Pankhurst was skeptical, saying it was "short-sighted", given that market research conducted in 2002 indicated that the Dominion Post [[Nameplate (publishing)|masthead]] had better name recognition within Wellington than [[Coca-Cola|Coca-Cola's]] logo. [[Colin Peacock]] from [[RNZ National|RNZ Mediawatch]] dismissed the name change as "bit of branding" and expected "a bit of blowback" from older readers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wellington.Scoop » New name for the Dominion Post |url=https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=151715 |access-date=18 July 2023 |language=en}}</ref> |
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The dropping of "Dominion", a word described by legal expert Grant Morris as "not actually that important",<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023 |
The dropping of "Dominion", a word described by legal expert Grant Morris as "not actually that important",<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 April 2023 |title=Is New Zealand really post-dominion? Legal expert says it's 'not actually that important' |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/488374/is-new-zealand-really-post-dominion-legal-expert-says-it-s-not-actually-that-important |access-date=18 July 2023 |website=RNZ |language=en-nz}}</ref> was perceived by some as virtue signaling.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bradbury |first=Martyn |date=15 April 2023 |title=MEDIAWATCH: Dominion Post undergoes woke rename {{!}} The Daily Blog |url=https://thedailyblog.co.nz/2023/04/15/mediawatch-dominion-post-undergoes-woke-rename/ |access-date=18 July 2023 |website=thedailyblog.co.nz |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Wellington.Scoop » New name for the Dominion Post |url=https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=151715 |access-date=18 July 2023 |language=en}}</ref> Morris also pointed out that no Act of Parliament has actually revoked New Zealand's status as a Dominion, which it held from 1907 until the [[Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1947|Statute of Westminster]] was adopted in 1947.<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 April 2023 |title=Is New Zealand really post-dominion? Legal expert says it's 'not actually that important' |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/488374/is-new-zealand-really-post-dominion-legal-expert-says-it-s-not-actually-that-important |access-date=18 July 2023 |website=RNZ |language=en-nz}}</ref> |
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The name change was also thought by some to be hypocritical for suggesting an anti-imperialist stance, given the newspaper's historical bias against Māori, for which Stuff apologised in 2020.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Taylor |first=Phil |date= |
The name change was also thought by some to be hypocritical for suggesting an anti-imperialist stance, given the newspaper's historical bias against Māori, for which Stuff apologised in 2020.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Taylor |first=Phil |date=30 November 2020 |title=New Zealand media giant Stuff apologises for 'racist' past reporting |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/30/new-zealand-media-giant-stuff-apologises-for-racist-past-reporting |access-date=18 July 2023 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=8 December 2020 |title=Dominion Post editor on racist letter: 'We want to be held accountable' |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/432422/dominion-post-editor-on-racist-letter-we-want-to-be-held-accountable |access-date=18 July 2023 |website=RNZ |language=en-nz}}</ref> The name ''The Post'' was considered bland and unoriginal by many, with Newstalk ZB describing it as "an act reflective of a complete lack of any creativity".<ref name=":3" /> |
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==Editors== |
==Editors== |
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[[Richard Long (journalist)|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.<ref>{{cite news |title=Dominion Post editor resigns |url= https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=2296999 |access-date=3 March 2020 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=30 July 2002}}</ref> [[Tim Pankhurst]] 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]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Dominion Post editor Pankhurst steps down to head NPA |url=http://www.sharechat.co.nz/article/600752da/dominion-post-editor-pankhurst-steps-down-to-head-npa.html |access-date=3 March 2020 |work=Sharechat |date=25 February 2009}}</ref> [[Bernadette Courtney]], 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.<ref>{{cite news |title=New editor for Dominion Post |url= http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/2427672/New-editor-for-Dominion-Post |access-date=3 March 2020 |work=The Dominion Post |date=21 May 2009}}</ref> Courtney started in a national role for Stuff in 2018<ref>{{cite news |last1=Harris |first1=Georgina |title=A chance to reimagine the paper: Stuff’s Bernadette Courtney on the change to compact and her new role |url= https://stoppress.co.nz/news/chance-reimagine-paper-stuffs-bernadette-courtney-change-compact-and-her-new-role/ |access-date=3 March 2020 |work=StopPress |date=4 May 2018}}</ref> and was replaced by [[Eric Janssen]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Eric Janssen named new editor for The Dominion Post and Stuff in Wellington |url= https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/103210285/eric-janssen-named-new-editor-for-the-dominion-post-and-stuff |access-date=3 March 2020 |work=The Dominion Post |date=18 April 2018}}</ref> |
[[Richard Long (journalist)|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.<ref>{{cite news |title=Dominion Post editor resigns |url= https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=2296999 |access-date=3 March 2020 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=30 July 2002}}</ref> [[Tim Pankhurst]] 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]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Dominion Post editor Pankhurst steps down to head NPA |url=http://www.sharechat.co.nz/article/600752da/dominion-post-editor-pankhurst-steps-down-to-head-npa.html |access-date=3 March 2020 |work=Sharechat |date=25 February 2009}}</ref> [[Bernadette Courtney]], 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.<ref>{{cite news |title=New editor for Dominion Post |url= http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/2427672/New-editor-for-Dominion-Post |access-date=3 March 2020 |work=The Dominion Post |date=21 May 2009}}</ref> Courtney started in a national role for Stuff in 2018<ref>{{cite news |last1=Harris |first1=Georgina |title=A chance to reimagine the paper: Stuff’s Bernadette Courtney on the change to compact and her new role |url= https://stoppress.co.nz/news/chance-reimagine-paper-stuffs-bernadette-courtney-change-compact-and-her-new-role/ |access-date=3 March 2020 |work=StopPress |date=4 May 2018}}</ref> and was replaced by [[Eric Janssen]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Eric Janssen named new editor for The Dominion Post and Stuff in Wellington |url= https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/103210285/eric-janssen-named-new-editor-for-the-dominion-post-and-stuff |access-date=3 March 2020 |work=The Dominion Post |date=18 April 2018}}</ref> |
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[[Anna Fifield]] was appointed editor October 2020 after Janssen's departure.<ref>{{Cite web|date= |
[[Anna Fifield]] was appointed editor October 2020 after Janssen's departure.<ref>{{Cite web|date=31 July 2020|title=Anna Fifield trades the Washington Post for the Dominion Post|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/300070620/anna-fifield-trades-the-washington-post-for-the-dominion-post|access-date=31 July 2020|website=Stuff|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Eric Janssen: Tory Trougher or Good Bloke?|url=https://kjohnsonnz.blogspot.com/2020/05/eric-janssen-tory-trougher-or-good-bloke.html|access-date=31 July 2020|language=en}}</ref> She left in December 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fifield |first=Anna |date=23 December 2022 |title=Letter from the Dominion Post editor: Farewell, and please support local journalism |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/wellington/130840416/letter-from-the-dominion-post-editor-farewell-and-please-support-local-journalism |access-date=23 December 2022 |website=Stuff |language=en}}</ref> The new editor Caitlin Cherry took over in February 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 December 2022 |title=Caitlin Cherry named new editor of The Dominion Post |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/wellington-top-stories/300765895/caitlin-cherry-named-new-editor-of-the-dominion-post |access-date=23 December 2022 |website=Stuff |language=en}}</ref> |
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The following table lists the editors of ''The Dominion Post'': |
The following table lists the editors of ''The Dominion Post'': |
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| rowspan="2" |Voyager Media Awards<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://voyagermediaawards.nz/winners-finalists/2017-winners|title=2017 Winners|website=Voyager Media Awards|language=en-NZ|access-date=2020 |
| rowspan="2" |Voyager Media Awards<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://voyagermediaawards.nz/winners-finalists/2017-winners|title=2017 Winners|website=Voyager Media Awards|language=en-NZ|access-date=2 March 2020}}</ref> |
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| rowspan="5" |Qantas Media Awards<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/2416029/Stuff-co-nz-picks-up-three-Qantas-awards|title=Stuff.co.nz picks up three Qantas awards|website=Stuff|language=en|access-date=2020 |
| rowspan="5" |Qantas Media Awards<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/2416029/Stuff-co-nz-picks-up-three-Qantas-awards|title=Stuff.co.nz picks up three Qantas awards|website=Stuff|language=en|access-date=2 March 2020}}</ref> |
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| rowspan="2" |[[2018 Voyager Media Awards|Voyager Media Awards]]<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://voyagermediaawards.nz/2018-winners|title=2018 winners|website=Voyager Media Awards|language=en-NZ|access-date=2 March 2020}}</ref> |
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|Opinion Writing – Humour/Satire |
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|Dave Armstrong |
|Dave Armstrong |
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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 | 36,652 (2019)[1] |
ISSN | 1175-9488 |
Website | www |
The Post (formerly and still commonly referred to as 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.
The Dominion Post was created in July 2002 with the merger of two metropolitan broadsheet newspapers, The Evening Post and The Dominion. It was announced in April 2023 that the paper would be renamed The Post. The change of name has garnered a generally unenthusiastic to negative response.[2]
Since July 2023, the editor has been Tracy Watkins.[3]
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.[citation needed]
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.[citation needed]
INL sold The Dominion Post and all other New Zealand newspapers and most magazines in its catalogue to Fairfax Media in 2003.[citation needed]
The Dominion Post is the only pay-and-read local newspaper in Wellington City. It is printed in Petone, Lower Hutt.[citation needed]
On 14 April 2023, it was announced that the paper would change its name by dropping "Dominion" from the title. The editor, Caitlin Cherry, laid out the rationale:[4]
As an independently owned New Zealand company, we are under no-one’s dominion. New Zealand’s status as a dominion ended in 1945 when we joined the United Nations. It’s time for the word to go.
On 27 April 2023, Stuff confirmed that The Dominion Post would adopt its new name The Post on 29 April. Stuff also announced that it would launch a new subscription-based website for The Post that would co-exist with the free Stuff news website.[5]
The change of name was criticised on both the political left and right.[6] Former Dominion Post editor Tim Pankhurst was skeptical, saying it was "short-sighted", given that market research conducted in 2002 indicated that the Dominion Post masthead had better name recognition within Wellington than Coca-Cola's logo. Colin Peacock from RNZ Mediawatch dismissed the name change as "bit of branding" and expected "a bit of blowback" from older readers.[7]
The dropping of "Dominion", a word described by legal expert Grant Morris as "not actually that important",[8] was perceived by some as virtue signaling.[9][10] Morris also pointed out that no Act of Parliament has actually revoked New Zealand's status as a Dominion, which it held from 1907 until the Statute of Westminster was adopted in 1947.[11]
The name change was also thought by some to be hypocritical for suggesting an anti-imperialist stance, given the newspaper's historical bias against Māori, for which Stuff apologised in 2020.[12][13] The name The Post was considered bland and unoriginal by many, with Newstalk ZB describing it as "an act reflective of a complete lack of any creativity".[6]
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.[14] Tim Pankhurst 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.[15] Bernadette Courtney, 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.[16] Courtney started in a national role for Stuff in 2018[17] and was replaced by Eric Janssen.[18]
Anna Fifield was appointed editor October 2020 after Janssen's departure.[19][20] She left in December 2022.[21] The new editor Caitlin Cherry took over in February 2023.[22]
The following table lists the editors of The Dominion Post:
Name | Portrait | Term of office | |
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Richard Long | ![]() |
2002 | |
Tim Pankhurst | 2002 | 2009 | |
Bernadette Courtney | 2009 | 2018 | |
Eric Janssen | 2018 | 2020 | |
Anna Fifield | ![]() |
2020 | 2022 |
Caitlin Cherry | 2023 | 2023 | |
Tracy Watkins | 2023[3] | present |
Year | Award | Category | Result |
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2017 | Voyager Media Awards[23] | Best Newspaper-inserted Magazine | Winner |
Best coverage of a major news event | Joint winner | ||
2009 | Qantas Media Awards[24] | 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 |
Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
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2018 | Voyager Media Awards[25] | Opinion Writing – Humour/Satire | Dave Armstrong | Winner |
Cartoonist of the Year | Sharon Murdoch | Winner | ||
2017 | Voyager Media Awards[23] | 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[24] | Best Blog | Greer McDonald | Finalist |
Adam Brown | Finalist | |||
Best Single Website Report | Phil Kitchin and Diego Opatowski | Winner | ||
Best Senior Reporter | Phil Kitchin | Winner | ||
Bernadette Courtney | Finalist | |||
Best Junior Reporter | Matt Calman | Finalist | ||
Cartoonist of the Year | Tom Scott | Winner |