Auckland Weekly News [newspaper]
Production date
1897-1971
Description
The Weekly News was founded in 1861, originally for circulation to rural areas but then expanding to cover all of New Zealand. In 1863 it merged with the Weekly Herald to become the Auckland Weekly News and continued under this name until 1934 when the name changed back to the Weekly News. In 1965 the name changed to the New Zealand Weekly News and continued until the final edition in August 1971.
Collection is incomplete but covers issues of the Auckland Weekly News / Weekly News/ New Zealand Weekly News from 1897 to 1971. Some issues are pictorial supplements only.
Object detail
Box 1
Auckland Weekly News
10 July 1897 (complete issue) + Christmas Number 1901 (complete issue)
Bound volume of supplements covering 21 May – 4 June, 25 June, 16 July 1898; 10 March, 7 April, 21 – 28 April, 11 August, 25 August, 8 – 15 September, 29 September, 13 – 27 October, 17 – 24 November, 8 – 29 December 1899; 19 – 26 January, 16 – 23 February, 9 March – 13 July, 27 July – 7 September, 21 September – 5 October, 2 – 9 November, 30 November, 21 December 1900; 18 January – 22 March, 26 April – 12 July, 26 July – 2 August, 12 September, 31 October – 14 November, 28 November 1901; 23 January, 27 February – 20 March 1902
Box 2
Auckland Weekly News
Bound volume of supplements covering 22 February, 29 May, 13 November 1901; 31 July, 16 October, 18 December 1902, 15 January, 5 – 12 February, 19 March, 2 April, 16 April, 3 September 1903
26 February 1903 (complete issue)
7 January – 30 June 1904 (supplements only)
Bound volume also includes various incomplete issues of The Australasian (1886, 1892-1896, 1901), The Otago Witness (1902-1904, 1906) and The Canterbury Times (1895-1896)
Box 3
Auckland Weekly News
14 July – 29 December 1904 (supplements only)
5 January, 30 March – 18 May, 1 June – 24 August, 7 September – 9 November, 23 November – 14 December, 28 December 1905 (supplements only)
Box 4
Auckland Weekly News
4 January – 19 April, 3 May – 28 June, 5 July – 27 December 1906 (supplements only)
Box 5
Auckland Weekly News
3 January – 13 June, 27 June – 11 July, 25 July – 22 August, 5 September, 19 September, 3 – 24 October, 7 November, 21 November – 19 December 1907 (supplements only)
2 January – 25 June 1908 (supplements only)
Box 6
Auckland Weekly News
2 July, 30 July – 6 August, 27 August - 10 September, 24 September – 29 October, 3 – 10 December, 24 – 31 December 1908 (supplements only)
7 January – 24 June, 8 – 22 July, 19 August, 2 September – 21 October, 2 – 9 December 1909 (supplements only)
6 – 20 January, 3 February – 24 March, 21 April, 5 – 12 May, 26 May - 2 June, 23 – 30 June, 14 July, 11 August, 25 August – 8 September 1910 (supplements only)
Box 7
Auckland Weekly News
15 September 1910 (complete issue)
22 – 29 September, 13 October, 3 November – 29 December 1910 (supplements only)
5 January – 30 March, 18 May – 15 June, 29 June – 6 July, 20 July, 10 August – 14 September, 28 September, 2 – 16 November, 28 December 1911 (supplements only)
11 – 25 January, 15 – 22 February, 11 April – 9 May (supplements only)
16 May 1912 (incomplete issue)
23 – 30 May, 27 June 1912 (supplements only)
Box 8
Auckland Weekly News
11 July – 3 October, 24 October – 5 December, 19 – 26 December 1912 (supplements only)
2 – 23 January, 13 February, 6 March, 20 March, 3 April – 15 May, 29 May – 26 June, 31 July – 30 October, 27 November – 18 December 1913 (supplements only)
Box 9
Auckland Weekly News
1 January, 22 – 29 January, 19 February – 29 Apri 1914l (supplements only)
6 May 1914 (complete issue)
13 May – 11 June, 9 – 30 July, 20 August – 31 December 1914 (supplements only)
Supplements 4 – 25 March 1914 all include some pages of the complete issues
Box 10
Auckland Weekly News
7 – 21 January, 4 February – 24 June 1915 (supplements only but 13 May and 3 June 1915 include some pages of the complete issues)
Box 11
Auckland Weekly News
1 July – 9 December 1915 (supplements only)
16 December 1915 (complete issue)
23 – 30 December 1915 (supplements only)
Supplements 29 July – 5 August, 2 – 9 September, 7 October – 30 December 1915 all include some pages of the complete issues
Box 12
Auckland Weekly News
Bound volume of supplements: 6 January – 30 March 1916
Bookplate says ‘Donated by Mrs Geary, Oakura’
(each supplement includes pages from the complete issue beginning on page 11)
Box 13
Auckland Weekly News
6 January – 6 April 1916 (supplements plus pages 23-62 of each complete issue)
13 April 1916 (complete issue)
27 April – 11 May 1916 (supplements only)
25 May 1916 (complete issue)
1 June – 29 June 1916 (supplements only)
Box 14
Auckland Weekly News
6 July – 24 August 1916, 7 September – 28 December 1916 (supplements only)
4 January – 28 June 1917 (supplements only but 14 December 1916, 18 January, 8 February, 15 March all includes pages 23-58 of the complete issue)
Box 15
Auckland Weekly News
5 July – 27 December 1917, 3 – 24 January, 7 February – 14 March, 4 April, 18 April – 30 May, 13 June – 27 June 1918 (supplements only)
Box 16
Auckland Weekly News
4 July – 26 December 1918, 2 January – 27 February 1919 (supplements only but 10 October – 27 February all include some pages of the complete issue)
Box 17
Auckland Weekly News
6 March – 25 December 1919 (supplements only but 6 March – 1 May, 12 June – 10 July, 24 July all include some pages of the complete issue)
Box 18
Auckland Weekly News
15 April – 15 July 1920 (supplements only)
25 October 1920 (complete Christmas Number)
11 November – 30 December 1920 (supplements only)
6 – 13 January, 27 January – 17 February 1921, 3 – 31 March 1921 (supplements only)
28 April 1921 (complete issue)
5 May, 26 May, 2 June, 23 June, 7 July, 4 – 25 August 1921 (supplements only)
1 September 1921 (complete issue)
8 – 29 September 1921 (supplements only)
Box 19
Auckland Weekly News
6 October – 29 December 1921 (supplements only)
5 January – 16 February, 2 March – 20 April, 25 May – 8 June, 22 June – 3 August, 17 – 24 August, 14 – 21 September, 26 October, 9 November – 28 December 1922 (supplements only)
Box 20
Auckland Weekly News
4 January – 27 December 1923 (supplements only)
Box 21
Auckland Weekly News
3 January – 24 April, 1 May – 25 December 1924 (supplements only)
Box 22
Auckland Weekly News
1 January – 21 December 1925 (supplements only)
(31 December issue badly damaged)
Box 23
Auckland Weekly News
7 January – 30 December 1926 (supplements only)
Box 24
Auckland Weekly News
6 January – 3 February, 24 February, 10 March, 31 March – 7 April, 21 April 1927 (supplements only)
12 May 1927 (complete issue)
19 May – 2 June, 23 June, 21 July, 4 – 25 August, 8 – 22 September, 13 – 27 October, 10 – 24 November 1927 (supplements only)
5 January – 22 March, 12 – 19 April, 3 – 10 May, 31 May – 7 June, 21 June 1928 (supplements only)
Box 25
Auckland Weekly News
5 July, 19 – 26 July, 9 August, 30 August – 13 September, 27 September 1928 (supplements only)
4 October 1928 (complete issue)
11 – 18 October, 22 November – 27 December 1928 (supplements only)
3 – 24 January, 21 February, 4 – 18 April, 1 – 8 May 1929 (supplements only)
19 June 1929 (complete issue)
26 June – 3 July, 24 July, 14 – 28 August, 11 September, 25 September, 16 October – 24 December 1929 (supplements only)
Box 26
Auckland Weekly News
1 – 15 January, 29 January – 2 April, 16 April – 8 October 1930 (supplements only)
20 October 1930 (complete Christmas Number issue)
22 – 29 October 1929 (supplements only)
31 December 1930 (complete issue)
Box 27
Auckland Weekly News
7 January – 11 February 1931 (supplements only)
18 February 1931 (complete issue)
25 February – 11 March 1931 (supplements only)
18 March 1931 (complete issue)
25 March – 27 May, 17 June – 1 July, 12 August, 2 September, 23 September – 7 October, 11 – 18 November 1931 (supplements only)
7 September, 19 October, 28 June, 16 August, 4 October 1933 (supplements only)
Box 28
Auckland Weekly News
7 February, 21 – 28 March 1934 (supplements only)
Weekly News
16 May 1934 (complete issue)
15 October 1934 (complete Christmas Number issue)
28 November, 26 December 1934 (supplements only)
2 January, 27 February, 18 September, 9 October 1935 (supplements only)
12 October 1935 (complete Christmas Number issue)
6 November 1935 (nearly complete issue)
13 November 1935 (supplement only)
29 January 1936 (complete issue)
26 February, 15 July, 5 August – 9 September, 21 October, 4 – 11 November, 2 December 1936 (supplements only)
9 – 16 December 1936 (complete issues)
23 December 1936 (supplement only)
Box 29
Weekly News
20 January, 3 – 17 February 1937 (supplements only)
5 – 19 May, 2 June 1937 (complete issues)
9 June, 23 June, 21 July, 4 August, 1 – 8 September, 22 September, 6 – 20 October, 3 November, 17 – 24 November, 1 December, 22 December 1937 (supplements only)
5 – 26 January, 2 – 9 March, 30 March – 13 April, 27 April, 11 May, 25 May – 22 June 1938 (supplements only)
Box 30
Weekly News
13 July, 27 July – 17 August, 7 – 21 September, 2 November, 28 December 1938 (complete issues)
Box 31
Weekly News
11 January 1939 (complete issue)
24 May 1939 (supplement only)
8 November 1939 (complete issue)
13 December 1939 (supplement only)
3 January, 17 January, 21 February, 15 May, 12 June, 31 July – 11 September, 2 October 1940 (supplements only)
14 October 1940 (complete Christmas Number issue)
9 – 16 April 1941 (complete issues)
18 June, 9 July, 6 August, 1 – 15 October, 5 – 12 November, 3 December, 17 – 31 December 1941 (supplements only)
7 January – 4 March, 25 March – 22 April, 6 – 13 May, 27 May – 10 June, 24 June – 8 July, 22 July, 12 August – 7 October, 21 October – 11 November, 25 November – 2 December, 16 December 1942 (supplements only)
Box 32
Weekly News
13 January – 28 April 1943 (supplements only)
5 May 1943 (complete issue)
12 May – 9 June 1943 (supplements only)
16 June 1943 (complete issue)
23 June, 21 July – 4 August, 18 August – 15 September, 29 September, 13 October 1943 (supplements only)
20 October 1943 (complete issue)
27 October – 29 December 1943 (supplements only)
5 January – 16 February, 1 – 8 March, 12 – 19 April, 3 – 17 May, 7 June, 28 June, 9 – 30 August, 13 – 27 September, 18 October, 1 – 8 November 1944 (supplements only)
3 – 17 January, 31 January – 7 February, 28 February – 28 March, 11 April – 2 May 1945 (supplements only)
9 – 16 May 1945 (complete issues)
23 May – 27 June 1945 (supplements only)
Box 33
Weekly News
4 July – 10 October 1945 (supplements only)
17 October 1945 (complete issue)
24 October – 7 November 1945 (supplements only)
14 November 1945 (complete issue)
21 November – 5 December 1945 (supplements only)
12 December, 26 December 1945 (complete issues)
2 – 16 January, 30 January – 6 March, 20 March – 24 April, 8 May, 19 June, 3 July, 24 July – 24 December 1946 (supplements only)
Box 34
Weekly News
1 – 22 January 1947 (supplements only)
29 January 1947 (complete issue)
5 February 1947 (supplement only)
12 February 1947 (complete issue)
19 February – 6 August, 3 – 10 September, 24 September – 5 November 1947 (supplements only)
12 November 1947 (complete issue)
19 November 1947 (supplement only)
26 November – 10 December 1947 (complete issue)
17 December 1947 (supplement only)
21 January, 4 February, 31 March 1948 (supplements only)
11 February 1948 (complete issue)
14 – 21 April, 26 May 1948 (supplements only)
9 June 1948 (complete issue)
7 July, 21 July, 8 September, 13 October, 27 October – 17 November, 1 – 29 December 1948 (supplements only)
Box 35
Weekly News
5 January, 19 January – 20 April, 4 – 25 May, 1 June – 17 August, 31 August – 2 November, 16 November – 28 December 1949 (supplements only)
4 January – 31 May, 14 – 21 June, 5 July – 27 December 1950 (supplements only)
Box 36
Weekly News
3 January – 26 April, 9 May – 13 June, 27 June – 29 August 1951 (supplements only)
5 September 1951 (complete issue)
12 September – 26 December 1951 (supplements only)
2 January – 6 February 1952 (supplements only)
13 – 27 February 1952 (complete issues)
5 March – 6 August 1952 (supplements only)
13 August 1952 (complete issue)
20 August – 15 October 1952 (supplements only)
22 October 1952 (complete issue)
29 October – 12 November 1952 (supplements only)
19 November 1952 (complete issue)
26 November – 31 December 1952 (supplements only)
Box 37
Weekly News
7 January, 21 – 28 January, 11 February – 11 March 1953 (supplements only)
18 March 1953 (complete issue)
25 March 1953 (supplement only)
1 April 1953 (complete issue)
8 April – 20 May 1953 (supplements only)
27 May 1953 (complete issue)
3 June 1953 (supplement only)
10 – 17 June 1953 (complete issues)
24 June 1953 (supplement only)
1 July 1953 (complete issue)
8 – 15 July 1953 (supplements only)
22 July 1953 (complete issue)
29 July – 25 November 1953 (supplements only)
2 December 1953 (complete issue)
2 – 30 December 1953 (complete issues)
Box 38
Weekly News
6 January – 10 February 1954 (complete issues)
17 February – 3 March, 17 March 1954 (supplements only)
31 March 1954 (complete issue)
7 April, 21 April – 19 May, 2 June, 16 June, 14 July – 4 August, 18 August, 1 – 15 September, 13 October – 3 November 1954 (supplements only)
10 November 1954 (complete issue)
17 – 24 November, 8 – 29 December 1954 (supplements only)
5 January – 4 May 1955 (supplements only)
11 May 1955 (complete issue)
18 May – 10 August, 24 August – 14 September, 28 September – 9 November, 2 November, 7 – 21 December 1955 (supplements only)
28 December 1955 (complete issue)
Box 39
Weekly News
4 – 18 January 1956 (complete issues)
25 January, 15 February, 28 March – 4 April 1956 (supplements only)
11 April, 23 May 1956 (complete issues)
6 June, 1 – 8 August, 26 September, 3 October 1956 (supplements only)
31 October 1956 (complete issue)
2 January – 6 February 1957 (complete issues)
13 February 1957 (supplement only)
20 – 27 February 1957 (complete issues)
6 March, 20 March – 1 May 1957 (supplements only)
22 May 1957 (complete issue)
5 – 12 June 1957 (supplements only)
Box 40
Weekly News
31 July 1957 (complete issue)
9 September 1957 (complete Christmas Number issue)
11 – 18 September 1957 (supplements only)
25 September – 9 October 1957 (complete issues)
23 October 1957 (supplement only)
30 October – 6 November 1957 (complete issues)
13 – 27 November 1957 (supplements only)
4 December 1957 (complete issue)
11 – 18 December 1957 (supplements only)
24 – 31 December 1957 (complete issues)
8 January 1958 (supplement only)
15 January 1958 (complete issue)
22 January 1958 (supplement only)
29 January – 19 March 1958 (complete issues)
Box 41
Weekly News
2 – 16 April 1958 (complete issues)
23 April – 7 May 1958 (supplements only)
14 – 21 May 1958 (complete issues)
4 – 18 June 1958 (supplements only)
25 June – 16 July, 30 July – 13 August, 24 September, 15 October, 29 October, 19 November, 10 – 31 December 1958 (complete issues)
Box 42
Weekly News
11 February, 25 February, 18 March, 1 April, 6 May, 12 August – 23 September, 7 October, 21 October – 18 November 1959 (complete issues)
Box 43
Weekly News
17 August, 21 September, 26 October 1960 (supplements only)
15 March, 12 April 1961 (complete issues)
3 May, 24 May, 7 June 1961 (supplements only)
19 – 26 July 1961 (complete issues)
2 – 9 August, 30 August, 11 – 25 October, 29 November, 13 – 27 December 1961 (complete issues)
Box 44
Weekly News
3 January – 7 February, 28 February – 14 March, 4 April – 2 May, 23 – 30 May 1962 (complete issues)
6 June 1962 (supplement only)
13 June 1962 (complete issue)
NB: many of these complete issues are missing the photographic supplement
Box 45
Weekly News
4 July, 18 – 25 July, 8 August, 29 August – 5 September, 3 October, 17 October 1962 (complete issues)
24 October 1962 (supplement only)
31 October – 7 November 1962 (complete issues)
14 November – 19 December 1962 (supplements only)
2 January 1963 (supplement only)
13 – 27 February, 1 May, 26 June 1963 (complete issues)
10 July, 24 – 31 July, 21 – 28 August, 18 September, 6 November 1963 (supplements only)
27 November – 4 December 1963 (complete issues)
NB: 27 November 1963 is a special centennial issue titled 'Our 100th birthday'
Box 46
Weekly News
2 – 22 January, 5 February – 27 May, 3 June, 24 June 1964 (complete issues)
Box 47
Weekly News
1 – 8 July 1964 (complete issues)
15 July 1964 (supplement only)
22 July – 5 August, 19 August – 30 September, 28 October – 16 December 1964 (complete issues)
Box 48
New Zealand Weekly News
6 January – 24 February, 10 – 17 March, 7 – 21 April, 12 – 19 May, 16 – 30 June 1965 (complete issues)
NB: 21 April 1965 is a special commemorative issue titled 'ANZAC: 50 years ago'
Box 49
New Zealand Weekly News
7 July – 18 August, 1 – 8 September, 22 – 29 September, 20 October, 3 – 10 November, 1 – 8 December 1965 (complete issues)
12 January, 23 February, 2 March, 16 March, 4 – 18 May, 22 June 1966 (complete issues)
Box 50
New Zealand Weekly News
6 July, 3 August, 31 August – 7 September, 21 September, 5 October, 19 October – 2 November, 16 November, 5 – 19 December 1966 (complete issues)
2 January, 13 February, 27 February – 24 April 1967 (complete issues)
Box 51
New Zealand Weekly News
1 May – 17 July, 7 – 14 August, 4 – 11 September, 25 September – 2 October, 23 – 30 October, 20 November, 4 – 25 December 1967 (complete issues)
Box 52
New Zealand Weekly News
1 – 8 January, 5 – 12 February, 26 February – 4 March, 22 April – 6 May, 14 October, 28 October – 30 December 1968 (complete issues)
6 January, 27 January – 17 March, 7 April, 21 April, 23 June 1969 (complete issues)
Box 53
New Zealand Weekly News
7 July, 28 July – 22 December 1969 (complete issues)
Box 54
New Zealand Weekly News
5 January – 8 June, 22 – 29 June 1970 (complete issues)
Box 55
New Zealand Weekly News
6 July – 30 November, 21 – 28 December 1970 (complete issues)
Box 56
New Zealand Weekly News
4 January – 17 May, 31 May – 23 August 1971 (complete issues)
NB: final issue includes supplement ‘Your guide to a career in the modern Police’
Public comments
My ancestor William Will was the editor of the Auckland Weekly News up to his retirement in 1904. He died in 1908. I was wondering if you had any more information about him. Was his death reported in the paper ? Is there a picture of him ? He migrated from Scotland where I live to NZ in 1864.
- Gordon James Will posted 2 years ago.
I am restoring a south Island racing Yacht "Pastime". there was an article in Weekly News about her on 19/11/1886. I want to find her original sail number.
- CRAIG WILD posted 3 years ago.
I am a high school student looking for a newspaper article on the Influenza Pandemic 1918 for an assessment.
- Elina Pohatu-Tulia posted 3 years ago.
In 1950s everyone still called it "The Auckland Weekly".. our copies were at least third hand and the total recyclers we were, it ended up doing service as TP.
- Ross Scanlon posted 4 years ago.
I am writing about one of the soldiers on the cover of November 1939 issue
- James Gregorson McGregor posted 4 years ago.