Cook Strait News

Cook Strait News was a free community newspaper in Wellington, New Zealand, which covered the Eastern and Southern suburbs of the city. It was published between 5 April 1994 and 13 June 2006. At some point after 2006, it resumed publication, with the last edition dated 28 March 2019.

According to a 2012 ABC audit, Cook Strait News printed 25,456 copies weekly.[better source needed] The deadline for the newspaper was on Friday afternoons with it being delivered throughout the area on Mondays.

From 2013 it was part of Wellington Suburban Newspapers which is owned by Blenheim-based publisher Les Whiteside and his wife Katrina. Wellington Suburban Newspapers also publish the Independent Herald and the Wainuiomata News.

References

  1. ↑ "Cook Strait news". National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  2. ↑ https://issuu.com/wsn11/docs/march28cook_strait_news
  3. ↑ "Cook Strait News" (PDF). Wellington High School. 23 September 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  4. ↑ https://www.stuff.co.nz/marlborough-express/news/8358770/Les-goes-shopping-across-strait
  5. ↑ "Notice Seeking Authorisation or Clearance of a Business Acquisition Pursuant to S 67(1) of the Commerce Act 1986" (PDF). Commerce Commission. 27 May 2016. p. 104. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  6. ↑ "Les goes shopping across strait". Stuff. 27 February 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2023.