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The Chronicle's rival from 1867 onward was The Evening Herald (later The Wanganui Herald), founded by John Ballance. The ownership of the two daily papers merged in the 1970s, and in 1986 the Herald became a free weekly, later renamed the Wanganui Midweek. [1] The Chronicle is currently Whanganui's only daily newspaper.
John Ballance arrived in Wanganui in August 1866; he was to become New Zealand's prime minister in 1891. [1] Ballance aimed for a career in journalism, had strong political views, and occasionally wrote for the Wanganui Times. The established newspaper at the time was the Wanganui Chronicle founded in 1856. [2]
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Whanganui has three local newspapers. Whanganui was the first town in the wider Wellington region to have its own newspaper, the Wanganui Record, which was first published in 1853. [105] The Whanganui Chronicle, founded in 1856, is New Zealand's oldest newspaper
Wanganui Chronicle; Wanganui Herald; 1890s. Horowhenua Chronicle (1893–2024) Paeroa Gazette [3] The Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser (1901–1936) 1900s. Raglan Chronicle; Rodney Times; 1910s. Industrial Unionist [4] Maoriland Worker, [5] aka the Standard; Northern News; Te Puke Times (1912–2024) 1920s. The Hutt News; 1930s. Manukau ...
As reporter and assistant editor for the Wanganui Chronicle, Bullock became one of New Zealand's first female parliamentary reporters. Under her pseudonym , Tua-o-rangi, Bullock published her first and only novel, Utu: a story of love, hate, and revenge [ 2 ] in 1894.
1856 The Wanganui Chronicle is first published. 1860s Scandinavians settle in the Tararua District, later founding Eketāhuna, Dannevirke, and Norsewood. 1865 A battle ensues between the Hau Hau adherents (who were largely upper Whanganui Māori), who want to expel the Pākehā at Wanganui, and the Māori of the lower river.