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439 journalists in New Zealand (September 2026)

439 journalists are on file in New Zealand, 0.3% of the 127,602 on file. 215 are reporters and 147 are editors.

Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026

Updated 2026-09-15

439 Journalists on file
215 Reporters
147 Editors
0.68 Editors per reporter

New Zealand has 0.68 editors on file for every reporter. Across the whole file it is 54,548 editors to 46,013 reporters. Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

Roles

RoleJournalistsShare in New Zealand
Reporters 215 49.0%
Editors 147 33.5%
Anchors and presenters 34 7.7%
Other editorial 18 4.1%
Columnists 10 2.3%
Correspondents 9 2.1%
Critics and reviewers 5 1.1%
News producers 1 0.2%

Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

Beats

120 of the 439 journalists on file in New Zealand carry a beat word in their title or headline. The shares below are of those titled rows.

BeatTitled journalistsShare of titled rows
Sports 26 21.7%
Business 15 12.5%
Entertainment 15 12.5%
Politics 13 10.8%
Travel 8 6.7%
Crime and courts 7 5.8%
Foreign affairs 5 4.2%
Culture and arts 5 4.2%
Fashion 3 2.5%
Food 3 2.5%
Science 3 2.5%
Climate and environment 3 2.5%

A share is printed only when the country's titled rows reach 40. Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

Outlets in New Zealand

OutletTypeJournalists in New ZealandAll journalists on file
New Zealand Media & Entertainment (NZME) Broadcasters 119 125
Fairfax Media Online outlets 116 521
Mediaworks Nz Broadcasters 61 61
Nz Herald Newspapers 60 64
Newsroom Nz Online outlets 15 17
Sky New Zealand Broadcasters 9 9
Discovery Inc Broadcasters 5 192
BBC Broadcasters 3 3,935
Bloomberg Online outlets 3 1,785
ABC News (Australia) Broadcasters 3 1,194
The Australian Newspapers 2 144
The Conversation Online outlets 2 68
The Guardian Newspapers 2 718
AFP Wire agencies 2 865
Seven Network Broadcasters 1 275
ABC 33 40, Birmingham Broadcasters 1 40
ABC News Broadcasters 1 669
Alexandria Times Newspapers 1 6
Axios Online outlets 1 189
Christian Daily International Online outlets 1 4

Ranked by the journalists on file whose own profile is in New Zealand, which is not the same as the outlet's country. Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

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JournalistLabs, 439 journalists in New Zealand, September 2026, https://journalistlabs.com/journalists/country/new-zealand/.

Base: 127,602 journalists on file. Method: https://journalistlabs.com/method/.

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