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Story: Māori newspapers and magazines – ngā niupepa me ngā moheni

Timeline of Māori newspapers

  • Ko te Karere o Nui Tireni

  • The AngloMaori Warder

  • Ko te Ao Marama – New World

  • The Maori Messenger – Ko te Karere Maori

  • The Maori Messenger – Te Karere Maori

  • Te Waka o te Iwi

  • Te Karere o Poneke

  • Te Whetu o te Tau

  • Te Haeata

  • Te Manuhiri Tuarangi and Maori Intelligencer

  • Ko Aotearoa or the Maori Recorder

  • Te Hokioi o Niu Tireni e Rere atu na

  • Te Pihoihoi Mokemoke i runga i te Tuanui

  • Te Waka Maori o Ahuriri

  • Te Waka Maori o Niu Tirani

  • Nga Hua o te Mohiotanga ma nga Tangata Maori

  • Te Wananga

  • Te Matariki

  • Te Korimako

  • Takitimu

  • Te Waka Maori o Aotearoa

  • Te Hoa Maori

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  • Te Korimako Hou

  • Aotearoa

  • Te Paki o Matariki

  • Huia Tangata Kotahi

  • Nga Hiiringa i te Whitu

  • Te Puke ki Hikurangi

  • Te Pipiwharauroa, He Kupu Whakamarama*

  • The Jubilee – Te Tiupiri

  • Te Matuhi

  • The Maori Record

  • Te Mareikura

  • Te Kopara

  • Te Manukura

  • Te Toa Takitini

  • Te Reo o Aotearoa

* originally titled He Kupu Whakamarama in 1898

This timeline shows the dates that Māori-language newspapers were published. The earliest such papers were government publications, with an increase in Māori-owned newspapers towards the end of the 19th century. In the first three decades of the 20th century there was a mix of Māori-owned and church newspapers.

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Jane McRae, Māori newspapers and magazines – ngā niupepa me ngā moheni – Role of Māori newspapers, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/diagram/42398/timeline-of-maori-newspapers (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Jane McRae, published 26 August 2013.