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The Weekend Sun, Tauranga
Address
No 1 The Strand
PO Box 240
Tauranga
Telephone / Facsimile
Telephone 07 578 0030
Fax 07 571 1116
E-mail
 
 
Website www.thesun.co.nz
Circulation
ABC Audited for 60,000 circulation covering the entire Western Bay of Plenty area.
Paper Size Tabloid
Publication Details

It’s bright, it’s brash. The Weekend Sun is a newspaper like no other. Not only is it the Bay of Plenty’s largest circulating newspaper, it is also the most exciting.

The Weekend Sun is eagerly awaited in more than 60,000 urban and rural households throughout the Western Bay of Plenty every Friday. Free delivery to more than 150,000 residents means The Weekend Sun is the most popular paper in the Bay. Reaching more than twice that of the average daily newspaper, The Weekend Sun has one of the largest print runs of any paper in the country.

The Weekend Sun covers every mailbox from Waihi Beach, Katikati in the north, through Tauranga, Mount Maunganui and Papamoa, through TePuke and as far as Otamarakau.

This massive coverage also includes over 9,000 rural delivery addresses.
Cover Price Rates on Request for Casual, Contract and Agency
Owner Claire & Brian Rogers
Editor Brian Rogers
Advertising Manager Kathy Andrews
Casual Advertising Rates
Casual ROP $6.50pcc BW
Agency Casual $7.20pcc BW
Readership Profile

The Weekend Sun is a community newspaper with a difference and this shows in our wide readership appeal. The Nielsen Media Q2 2007 to Q1 2008 readership survey shows our readership as 14,000 more readers than any other paper in the Bay, reflecting the broad range of ages and interest groups that read our paper.

Our readers are interested and involved in their community. If it’s happening in the Western Bay of Plenty, they hear about it through The Weekend Sun. We are proud to be the only locally owned newspaper in the region and strongly encourage reader input. We enjoy excellent community goodwill because of this.

Weekend Sun readers come to us to find out about local and national issues affecting our community, upcoming events, the arts and entertainment scene, opinions from city leaders and letter writers, and what’s happening with local businesses, schools, sports groups and clubs.

Our creative use of photographs makes the paper stand out from other newspapers.

Rogers Rabbits, the hilarious and politically incorrect column by editor Brian Rogers, is one of the most popular features of the paper.

The Weekend Sun’s regular weekly features are a great success with readers and advertisers alike, covering everything from building and buying a home to health and beauty. No other paper in the region allows so many businesses to share their news with the public.


Delivered to more than 60,000 urban and rural households throughout the Western Bay of Plenty every Friday.
 
Reaching more than twice that of the average daily newspaper, The Weekend Sun has one of the largest print runs of any paper in the country.
The Weekend Sun covers every mailbox from Waihi Beach, Katikati in the north, through Tauranga, Mount Maunganui and Papamoa, to the outer edges of Te Puke in the south.
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