The Press

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The Press is a daily broadsheet newspaper published in Christchurch, New Zealand.

It is owned by Fairfax New Zealand.

External link

The Press - official website.

The Press was first published on May 25, 1861 from a small cottage in Montreal street, making it the oldest surviving newspaper in the South Island. The first edition was a six page tabloid and was sold for sixpense. The paper continued as a weekly with the driving force behind the paper being James Edward Fitzgerald.

In 1905 The Press purchased a block of the current site for £4000. The Board then purchased the right of way (Press Lane) and what was going to be the original Theatre Royal site from the Theatre Royal Syndicate for £5000. The Gothic part of the building now still occupied by the company,was started being built in 1907 and the Press staff shifted into it in February 1909 from their Cashel Street premises.

The Press is the largest circulating daily in the South Island and publishes Monday to Saturday. The community newspapers - The Christchurch Mail, Northern Outlook and Central Canterbury News are also published by The Press.

Today, the newspaper is a well respected member of the four main daily newspapers, circulating over 90,000 papers per day through the South Island.

The Motto above the front entrance to the Press and on the mast head – “Nihil utile quod non honestum” translates to "Nothing is useful that is not honest."

The Latin in the crest "Dieu Et Mon Droit". Translates to God and my right

The Press is owned by Fairfax New Zealand Ltd with is part of the Fairfax group of newspapers.