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The New Zealand Herald Newspaper Information

The New Zealand Herald is a daily broadsheet newspaper published in Auckland, New Zealand, owned by APN News & Media. It has the largest newspaper circulation in New Zealand, peaking at over 200,000 copies in 2006, declining to 187,129 by June 2008. Despite the name, its main circulation area is the Auckland region. It is also delivered to much of the north of the North Island including Northland, Waikato and King Country.

The Herald was founded by William Chisholm Wilson and published its first issue on 13 November 1863. In 1876 it was merged with the newspaper The Southern Cross, owned by Alfred Horton, which was first published in 1843.