Newswire

Porirua, Wellington, New ZealandEnglish

Serving as a training ground for journalism students at Whitireia New Zealand, this publication provides comprehensive local news coverage and community reporting for the Porirua region. It offers emerging reporters a platform to develop professional skills while delivering essential public-interest journalism to the local population.

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MEDIA LANDSCAPE IN PORIRUA

Free community weeklies dominate the local print media landscape in this Wellington regional hub, supplementing the metropolitan dailies published in the nearby capital. The primary local publication is the Kapi Mana News, a Stuff-owned weekly covering suburban events. The area is also home to Newswire, a publication historically driven by journalism students at the local Whitireia campus, while regional coverage extends to neighboring community titles like the Upper Hutt Leader. Paperboy lists 3 newspapers in Porirua.