The Press
The Press is a daily large format newspaper . It is published in Christchurch , the capital of the Canterbury region on the South Island of New Zealand . The newspaper is owned by Australia-based Fairfax Media Limited .
history
The Press first appeared on May 25, 1861 in a small cabin on Montreal Street in Christchurch, making it the South Island's longest-running newspaper. The first issue was a six-page tabloid and cost 6 pence. The driving force behind the weekly magazine was James Edward Fitzgerald.
In 1905, The Press acquired the land of their current headquarters for £ 4,000. The board of directors of Christchurch Press Co. Ltd. later acquired the right of way for another £ 5,000 from the Theater Royal Syndicate and parts of the building that were left over from the original Theater Royal near Cathedral Square. The part of the building in the Gothic architectural style was then transferred to the new company building, which was started in 1907. The editorial staff moved from the previous location on Cashel Street to the new building in 1909.
In the 1930s, The Press began looking for solutions to improve the newspaper's long delivery times to the West Coast . The road conditions at that time were still very difficult and the New Zealand Railways Department was also unwilling to run the usual passenger train connections as early as required in the morning, as this would have been uneconomical for their customers, while freight trains did not have the necessary speed achieved.
As a result, The Press willingly gave a grant to build and operate two small NZR RM class (Leyland diesel) railcars to transport the newspapers in a reasonable time. These railcars began their service on August 3, 1936 and left Christchurch in the morning at 2:20 a.m., ran on the Midland Line until they reached Greymouth at 6:40 a.m. and on the Ross Branch Hokitika branch line shortly before 8:00 a.m. This resulted in a significantly faster delivery than was previously possible. The use of these rail buses was, however, a time-limited measure, with the delivery of the more powerful Vulcan rail buses ( NZR RM class (Vulcan) ) at the beginning of 1940, operations were converted to these.
The press today
The newspaper is the largest of the four publications in circulation on the South Island from Monday to Saturday with a circulation of over 90,000 copies. The Christchurch Mail , Northern Outlook and Central Canterbury News regional newspapers are also published by The Press .
There are special pages and main topics that change daily, plus various supplements that appear monthly or twice a year.
- Retail price: Monday-Friday: NZ $ 1.10, Saturday: NZ $ 2.00
- Distribution: approx. 223,000 readers on the South Island (as of 2006)
Motto
The motto of the newspaper at the main entrance and on the imprint reads: "Nihil utile quod non honestum" (translated as follows: "Nothing is useful if it is not honest"). Like the Australian newspaper The Age , The Press uses the coat of arms of the United Kingdom in its script.
See also
Web links
- The Press - Official Website
- The Press . Fairfax Media, archived from the original onFebruary 7, 2009; accessed on September 18, 2014(English, original website no longer available).