Western Leader
title: "Western Leader" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["mass-media-in-auckland", "newspapers-published-in-new-zealand", "newspapers-established-in-1963", "newspapers-disestablished-in-2025", "stuff-(company)", "1963-establishments-in-new-zealand", "2025-disestablishments-in-new-zealand"] topic_path: "geography/new-zealand" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Leader" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
Western Leader was a local newspaper in Auckland, New Zealand. It was owned by the media business Stuff Ltd. It ceased operations on 31 July 2025.
History
It was launched in 1963 and was published three times a week. The newspaper operated from the John Henry Centre on Pioneer Street in Henderson, and had a circulation of 77,950 in 2013, an increase of 11,000 over 2010.
In 2019, reporter Torika Tokalau won the Community Journalist of the Year Award at the 2019 Voyager Media Awards.
In early July 2025, Stuff confirmed that it would close down the Western Leader and 14 other North Island community newspapers by 31 July.
References
References
- Falconer, Phoebe. (12 August 2010). "''Ask Phoebe'': Paper's zones changing for Super City". [[The New Zealand Herald]].
- (4 July 2025). "Stuff to close 15 community newspapers by end of July". SCG Media.
- "About us". Western Leader.
- "Newspaper audit result". Audit Bureau of Circulations.
- "Reporting Winners 2019".
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