Stuff Group has purchased the daily news site and associated titles under the Wairarapa Times-Age masthead. The publication will become part of Stuff's regional business, the country's largest.
Stuff Group chief executive Laura Maxwell said the purchase brings Stuff’s scale, support systems and broad commercial opportunities to the business, while retaining community journalists and supporting local concerns.
“We are particularly pleased that owner Andrew Denholm will join Stuff in a new role, continuing to drive the success of the WTA locally,” she said.
Created in 1938 by the merger of two local titles, the WTA was owned by NZME (then APN News & Media) before being bought into local ownership in 2016.
NZME has also recently been on a regional media buying spree, snapping up publications and local media concerns such as Tauranga-based SunMedia.