| Editor | Sarah Stuart[1] |
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| Categories | Women's magazines |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Circulation | 82,040 (2011) |
| Publisher | APN News & Media |
| First issue | 8 December 1932 |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Language | New Zealand English |
| Website | www.nzwomansweekly.co.nz |
The New Zealand Woman's Weekly is a weekly New Zealand women's magazine published by APN News & Media. As of 2011[update], it has a circulation of 82,040, third by paid sales after TV Guide and New Zealand Woman's Day.[2]
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On 8 December 1932, journalists Otto Williams and Audrey Argall launched the magazine,[3] with 7,000 copies on newsprint.[4] Williams took the role of managing director, and Argall was the first editor.[5] Due to financial difficulties they were forced to sell the magazine after three months. Ellen Melville ran the magazine for a few weeks, before the magazine's printer, F. S. Proctor, and his wife, took over. Early in 1933, solicitor Vernon Dyson bought it, and his wife Hedda became the second editor.[6] At the end of the year it was sold again to Brett Print and Publishing Co., later New Zealand Newspapers, which also published the Auckland Star.[5] Hedda Dyson was retained as editor.
In the early 1980s, New Zealand Woman's Weekly circulation peaked at around 250,000,[7] before the Australian magazines Woman's Day and New Idea entered the New Zealand market.[5]
In 2007, the magazine celebrated its 75th anniversary with guest Prime Minister Helen Clark.[8]
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