General | Historic newspapers | Newspapers to 1924
General histories of the North Shore
North Shore expands; August 1963. (1963)
Details of the economic development of the area.
Reed, Eldrid.
North Shore Libraries local history, a selection of local history books and archival materials (1990)
A good bibliography of materials held at North Shore libraries.
Titchener, Paul.
Beginnings, a history of the North Shore of Auckland.
These collected seven volumes of his 'enthusiastic' histories were originally published in the 1970s and early 1980s in the North Shore Times Advertiser. This has been indexed by Simon Lewis (1999).
Historic North Shore newspapers available at Auckland City and/or North Shore Libraries
Birkenhead Gazette
The official organ of the Birkenhead Business Association.
Vols 2 - 3, 1926 - 1928 (gaps) (Auckland City Libraries)
The Bridge
11 October 1929, 18 October 1929 (Takapuna Library)
30 August 1929 - 11 October 1929 (Auckland City Libraries)
Devonport News.
27 April 1933 (Auckland City Libraries)
Fort Takapuna Gunner
19 April 1940, 6 January 1941, 13 August 1941 (Takapuna Libraries)
Manukau News
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14 May 1914 - 7 April 1915 and 13 April 1916.
Despite the title includes North Shore news (Auckland City Libraries)
North Shore (Devonport) Gazette
Vols 1 -13 (gaps), November 1921 - 19 April 1934
(Auckland City Libraries. Takapuna Library also has issues)
North Shore News
13 January 1938 (Takapuna Library)
Northcote Advocate
Northcote Public Library has issues for 1926 while Takapuna Library has 7 April 1928, 14 September 1929 and 21 September 1929
Northcote Athenaeum Meteor.
Vol 1, Numbers 1 - 8, September 1905 - November 1912.
Northcote Library has additional issues for 1905 to 1915 (Auckland City Libraries)
Record
4 August 1931 (Auckland City Libraries)
Waitemata Messenger and Hobson and Rodney Counties Gazette
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Numbers 1 and 27,12 June 1885 and 11 December 1885 (Auckland City Libraries)
Waitemata News
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9 April 1914 - 15 March 1917 (Auckland City Libraries)
Waitemata Post
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19 May 1910 - 25 December 1911, 14 January 1912 - 2 April 1914 (Auckland City Libraries)
North Shore newspapers to 1924
The first identifiable local newspaper including the North Shore area was the Waitemata Messenger, published at least between June and December 1885. It was a weekly and was published by a G.E. Alderton and a Mr Sibbin.
The next identifiable newspaper is the Waitemata Post, published at least from 19 May 1910 to 2 April 1914. There was also a separate Waitemata Times, a weekly published at least around 1912 and 1913 by W. Clement Cargill, according to Cleave's Auckland Directory. The Waitemata Post became the Waitemata News from 9 April 1914 to at least 15 March 1917, and was published by T. Lake, R.A. Bodle, and then a Mr Tozer and a Mr Poulson. The same publishers also produced the Manukau News at least from 15 May 1914 to 13 April 1916, which included news of the North Shore.
Tom Walsh's An illustrated story of Devonport and the old North Shore from 1841 to 1924..." (1924) refers to the quarto sized The News which circulated in Birkenhead and Northcote, and published by College and Co (p28). This was continued by the County Standard, which circulated in Birkenhead, Northcote, Devonport and Takapuna and was published by J. Gilbert, apparently from 1913 to 1916. Walsh also refers to the Victoria Mirror, a weekly published by J.C. Blomfield from 1912 to 1914. None of these three titles are listed in Cleave's Auckland Directory for that period.
From 3 November 1921 the Devonport Gazette and greater North Shore Advocate became the major North Shore local newspaper, and from 13 November 1924 it was renamed the North Shore Gazette. |
