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The Marlborough Express was set up by the printer, journalist and editor Samuel Johnson and his brother Thomas. They arrived in Blenheim in April 1866 and intended to set up weekly that served all of Marlborough Province, in opposition to the parochial papers serving Blenheim (Wairau Record) and Picton (Marlborough Press) already.
The four main centres of New Zealand each have a major newspaper based in them Auckland (The New Zealand Herald), Christchurch , Dunedin (Otago Daily Times) and Wellington (The Post). Along these there are several low-budget and free papers which cater for particular areas or subcultures.
The Marlborough Express was bought in 1998 and a number of small community newspapers have also been acquired in recent times, including South Otago Newspapers. INL's New Zealand divisions eventually published more than 80 daily, Sunday, community, suburban and weekly newspaper titles, magazines and specialist publications.
The Saturday Express and Midweek are community newspapers published by the same company and distributed throughout Marlborough. The Blenheim Sun is a twice-weekly free newspaper distributed each Wednesday and Friday while the locally owned Marlborough Weekly is published every Tuesday and delivered to every home in the region.
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Retired Marlborough Police Officer Catherine Digou has died after a three-year battle with cancer. She was 62. ... For up-to-date public safety news, follow him on X @Norman_MillerMW or on ...
MARLBOROUGH — A legal settlement has paved the way for a 99-unit mixed-use building to be constructed at the former John P. Rowe Funeral Home site on Main Street.. Earlier this month, the city ...
Originally a weekly paper, the Express ' s circulation eventually increased to twice weekly. Now owned by Stuff Ltd., it prints daily. Johnson was elected to the Marlborough Provincial Council in 1872; he resigned in 1874. He sold his newspaper in 1879 before returning briefly to England.