The South Auckland Research Centre holds more than 90 newspaper titles of local interest. These include the:
- New Zealand Herald on microfilm from 1863 onwards
- South Auckland Courier and its successor titles
- Howick Post
- Papatoetoe News
- Pohutukawa Coast Times
- Waiuku News.
Waiuku Advocate and Franklin County Chronicle, Thursday, June 18, 1914 (1p). Best copy available.
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These titles are not listed on our catalogue, but a summary list is attached here.
Click below to see a family tree of the South Auckland Courier and its successor and related titles (many of these titles are held by the South Auckland Research Centre).
Family tree of the South Auckland Courier, incorporating the Waiuku News, Franklin Times, and South Auckland News Advertiser.
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Access
These titles can be consulted at the South Auckland Research Centre.
Note: some issues may be too fragile for photocopying. Readers are welcome to take digital photographs for purposes of private study and research.
Microfilm holdings are indicated with an asterisk. If you wish to consult these please contact the South Auckland Research Centre ahead of time to book a microfilm reader-printer:
Phone: 09 262 5101 extn 8637
Email: refdesk.refdesk@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz
Other holdings
Other institutions which hold a range of newspaper titles of Counties-Manukau interest include:
Alexander Turnbull Library
Auckland City Libraries
Auckland Museum Library
Bookinopolis Pukekohe
Papakura Museum
Tuakau Museum.
Papers Past
Papers Past provides online access to the full-text of a number of historic New Zealand newspapers. Titles which have content of local interest include the:
- Daily Southern Cross (1843-1876)
- New Zealander (1845-1852)
- New Zealand Tablet (1873-1909)
- Observer (1880-1909)
- Waikato Times (1873-1886).
Counties-Manukau newspapers guide
Work is underway on an online guide to Counties-Manukau newspapers. For more information, email the Manager South Auckland Research Centre, bruce.ringer@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz.
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