Ashburton Guardian
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Ashburton Guardian
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| description | New Zealand daily newspaper |
| language | English |
| First edition | 1879 |
| Frequency of publication | Monday to Saturday |
| Sold edition | 4,615 copies |
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| Range | 0.023 million readers |
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| Editor-in-chief | Stu Oldham |
| editor | Ashburton Guardian Company Limited |
| Web link | www.ashburtonguardian.co.nz |
The Ashburton Guardian is a regional, privately owned newspaper in New Zealand . Its catchment area is in the central part of the Canterbury region on the South Island . The newspaper is based in Ashburton .
history
Charles Dixon and Horace Weeks , editors of the Ashburton Herald , founded the Ashburton Guardian in 1879 tocompete with the newspapers Ashburton Mail (1877) and Evening Echo (1878), both owned by politician and investor Joseph Ivess . In 1880 the new owners George Wright and Hugo Friedlander merged the Herald with the Guardian and brought out the new newspaper under the name Ashburton Guardian .
In 1884 William Jules Steward acquired the Ashburton Mail and in 1885 bought the Ashburton Guardian . Steward was a politician and member of the House of Representatives from 1881 to 1911 and had too little time to take care of the newspaper business. He leased the sheet to Henry Wills in the 1890s and eventually sold it to Robert Bell in 1900 . Bell discontinued the Ashburton Mail and focused on the business of the Ashburton Guardian .
The newspaper is still owned by the Bell family today .
The newspaper today
The Ashburton Guardian had an average daily circulation of 4,615 copies in 2014 and appears in the mornings, Monday through Saturday.
See also
Web links
- Ashburton Guardian homepage . Ashburton Guardian Company Limited,accessed March 17, 2015.
- Ashburton Guardian . Paperpast - National Library of New Zealand ,accessed March 17, 2015.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Ashburton Guardian . (No longer available online.) News Work NZ , archived from the original on March 2, 2015 ; accessed on March 17, 2015 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b Ashburton Guardian . Paperpast - National Library of New Zealand , accessed March 17, 2015 .
- ^ Ashburton Guardian Company Limited . Companies Office - Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment , accessed March 17, 2015 .
