New Zealand Media and Entertainment

New Zealand Media and Entertainment
Company typePublic
NZX: NZM
IndustryRadio broadcasting
Print media
E-commerce
PredecessorAPN New Zealand
The Radio Network
GrabOne
FoundedAuckland, New Zealand (2014; 10 years ago (2014))
Headquarters
Auckland
,
New Zealand
Number of locations
25 markets
Area served
New Zealand
Key people
Michael Raymond Boggs (CEO)[1]
Services
DivisionsSunMedia
Websitenzme.co.nz

New Zealand Media and Entertainment (abbreviated NZME) is a New Zealand newspaper, radio and digital media business. It was launched in 2014 as the formal merger of the New Zealand division of APN News & Media, APN New Zealand; The Radio Network, is formerly part of the Australian Radio Network; and GrabOne, one of New Zealand's biggest ecommerce websites.

NZME brands include flagship national newspaper The New Zealand Herald, regional newspapers Bay of Plenty Times, Rotorua Daily Post, Hawke's Bay Today, Northern Advocate and the Gisborne Herald. Its radio division operates multiple networks including the country's largest commercial station Newstalk ZB, as well as The Hits, ZM, Radio Hauraki, Flava, Coast, and Gold. The company also owns the New Zealand rights to the iHeartRadio service.[2][3][4] The company also owns the Tauranga–based SunMedia company.[5]

  1. ^ "NZM.NZ – NZME Ltd Profile". Reuters. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  2. ^ Meadows, Richard (11 May 2016). "The key people, brands and financials behind Fairfax NZ and NZME". Stuff. Archived from the original on 14 November 2023. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Revealed: New radio station hitting NZ airwaves". The New Zealand Herald. 22 June 2020. Archived from the original on 14 November 2023. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  4. ^ "The Gisborne Herald is now part of NZME". Gisborne Herald. 12 March 2024. Archived from the original on 12 March 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  5. ^ "NZME buys SunMedia, owner of SunLive website - NZ Herald and Bay of Plenty Times publisher says move reinforces commitment to local journalism". The New Zealand Herald. 5 March 2024. Archived from the original on 9 June 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.