Metro (magazine)

For the American trade magazine, see Metro Magazine.
For the Australian magazine, see Metro Magazine (ATOM).

Metro
EditorHenry Oliver
CategoriesLifestyle
FrequencyQuarterly
Circulation13,083[1]
Founded1981 (43 years ago) (1981)
Company
CountryNew Zealand
Based inAuckland
Websitemetromag.co.nz
OCLC946791129

Metro is a glossy lifestyle magazine published in New Zealand. It has a strong focus on the city of Auckland, with reportage of issues and society.[2] It has been published monthly, then bimonthly and now quarterly.[3] The magazine was first published independently by Mick Mason, Clive Curry and Bruce Palmer. Bauer Media Group ceased publication of Metro in April 2020 because of the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] On 17 July 2020, Metro was acquired by the independent publisher Simon Chesterman and the newly formed Metro Media Group.[5][6][7]

  1. ^ Metro at ACP Media
  2. ^ "Metro". Bauer Media Group. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  3. ^ Oliver, Henry (31 March 2021). "One year after the NZ magazine apocalypse". The Spinoff. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  4. ^ Edmunds, Susan; Nadkarni, Anuja; Cookes, Henry (2 April 2020). "Govt 'could have given half-a-million' to help Bauer but publisher didn't want it, Faafoi says". Stuff. Archived from the original on 2 April 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
    - "Covid 19 coronavirus: Bauer Media closing – publisher of the Listener, Woman's Day, North & South". The New Zealand Herald. 2 April 2020. Archived from the original on 2 April 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
    - "Covid-19: Major magazine publisher Bauer Media closing down". Radio New Zealand. 2 April 2020. Archived from the original on 2 April 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
    - "Publisher of NZ Listener, Woman's Weekly, North & South to shut down". The Spinoff. 2 April 2020. Archived from the original on 2 April 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Bauer resumes publishing of The Listener and NZ Woman's Weekly after Mercury Capital takes over". The New Zealand Herald. 17 July 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  6. ^ Edmunds, Susan (17 July 2020). "The Listener and other Bauer mags return – some may be gone for good". Stuff. Archived from the original on 17 July 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  7. ^ "Metro is back". Metro. 23 November 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2021.