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Kōrero: Magazines and periodicals

The New Zealand Magazine

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The <em>New Zealand Magazine</em>

This is the cover of the first issue of the New Zealand Magazine, published in 1876. The quarterly presented itself as a journal of general literature and sought new perspectives on education, religion, politics and social issues. Its writers included many of the country's leading public intellectuals, like Robert Stout, but the periodical lacked popular appeal and folded the following year. 

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: New Zealand Magazine 1 (1876) (S-L-1266-Cover)

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Ben Schrader, Magazines and periodicals – Early ventures, 1840 to 1890, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/document/44369/the-new-zealand-magazine (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Ben Schrader, i tāngia i te 6 March 2014, updated 1 April 2020.