History of censorship in New Zealand

A timeline of censorship in New Zealand.

News media ownership in New Zealand

A 2008 breakdown of media ownership, by Bill Rosenberg (PDF, 1.06 MB).

Reporting and broadcasting – Parliament’s people

New Zealand History Online on the reporting of Parliament, including Hansard and the press gallery.

Sound of New Zealand: 100 years of radio

The history of controversy and censorship of radio, with broadcaster Jack Perkins.

Television in New Zealand

A history of television in New Zealand from NZHistory, including information on election coverage.

Day, Patrick. The making of the New Zealand press: a study of the organizational and political concerns of New Zealand newspaper controllers, 1840–1880. Wellington: Victoria University Press, 1990.

Day, Patrick. The radio years. Auckland: Auckland University Press in Association with the Broadcasting History Trust, 1994.

Day, Patrick. Voice and vision. Auckland: Auckland University Press in Association with the Broadcasting History Trust, 2000.

Griffith, Penny, Ross Harvey, and Keith Maslen, eds. Book & print in New Zealand: a guide to print culture in Aotearoa. Wellington: Victoria University Press, 1997.

Hayward, Janine, and Chris Rudd, eds. Political communications in New Zealand. Auckland: Pearson Education, 2004.