Stuff
Stuff is one of New Zealand's largest news websites, associated with a group of metropolitan and regional newspapers. It provides English-language coverage of national news, politics, business, sport, and lifestyle. With a very large digital readership, it is among the most visited news destinations in New Zealand.
Stuff at a glance
- Country
- New Zealand
- Kind of outlet
- News portal
- Editorial leaning
- Centrist
- Founded
- 2000
- Owner
- Stuff Group
- Published from
- Wellington
- Website
- stuff.co.nz ↗
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How Crosswire groups Stuff
Crosswire groups Stuff as Centrist for comparisons within New Zealand's directory. Center includes both centrist outlets and outlets for which the directory has no confident classification. It is not evidence that this outlet is neutral or more accurate.
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Where Stuff sits in New Zealand's press
Stuff was founded in 2000, is published from Wellington and is owned by Stuff Group. It is one of 6 outlets tracked in New Zealand and the only news portal tracked there. By outlets tracked, New Zealand ranks second of the 8 countries on Crosswire's Oceania hub, which lists 32 outlets in all.
Across Oceania, Crosswire tracks 4 of the 80 news portals in the directory. The nearest counterparts to Stuff outside New Zealand, starting with Australia and New Zealand, are news.com.au (Australia), FijiVillage (Fiji) and Solomon Times (Solomon Islands). Opening one of them beside Stuff is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.
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