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WELLINGTON ART REVIEWERSThis is a growing list of Wellington based art reviewers, writers, bloggers etc. Please note that some media outlets run both editorial (stories) and reviews as part of their content.

As you can imagine, review sites get a lot of requests for the Fringe season. Make sure you enquire early so that can book you in well in advance.
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Theatreview john@theatreview.org.nzRequest a review through the website directly here
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Wellington Reviewswellingtonreviews@gmail.com
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Art Murmursartmurmurswgtn@gmail.com
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Regional Newsnews@regionalnews.kiwi
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Wellingtonistainfo@wellingtonista.com
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The Postarts@thepost.co.nz
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Ambient Light / Tim Gruartim_gruar@yahoo.comMusic specific
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Salient Magazineeditor@salient.org.nz
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Wellyotthttps://wellyott.com/contact/
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Tim Wilcock - Fringe Review tdj.wilcock@gmail.comInternational Review site, reviewer is in Pōneke for the Fringe season.
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RECCOMENDED MEDIAWe have selected some top recommendations for media as they have a strong arts relationship are dedicated to its coverage. These range from radio programmes, local newspapers, blogs and new-sites.
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Regional News / Madelaine Empsonmadelaine@regionalnews.kiwiCovers all genres of arts
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Culture 101culture101@rnz.co.nz
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Caffeine and Aspirincaffeineandaspirin@gmail.com
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Access Radio / Simon Howardsihoward@aol.com
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The Dominion Post [Arts]arts@dompost.co.nz
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Massive Magazineeditor@massivemagazine.org.nz
The first issue of 2026 will come out in March, so make sure it alligns with your season dates.
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GREATER WELLINGTON MEDIAIf your show (or people involved) resonates with the wider Wellington region then it's a great idea to send your Press Release to these locally run media outlets.


EG: Carterton local takes puppet show to the big city
Local Hutt artists bring new play to life all about their time growing up in Waterloo.
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Eastbourne Heraldeditor@eastbourneherald.co.nz
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Horowhenua Chroniclenews@chronicle.co.nz
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Horowhenua Maileditor@horomail.co.nz
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Hutt Newseditor@huttnews.co.nz
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Independent Heraldnews@wsn.co.nz
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Kapi-Mana Newseditor@kmananews.co.nz
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Kapiti Observereditor@kapiti-observer.co.nz
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Northern Couriereditor@pcn.co.nz
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Upper Hutt Leadereditor@uhleader.co.nz
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Wainuiomata Newsnews@wsn.co.nz
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Wairarapa Newseditor@wainews.co.nz
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Wellington Access Radioinfo@accessradio.org.nz
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GENERIC MEDIAWe've curated a list of generic media contacts for you to approach. These are generally mainstream media outlets and range from new-sites to national TV. If you've got an extremely newsworthy pitch in your press release - we suggest giving them an email first and then following up with either an email or phone call.
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Newstalk ZBnews@newstalkzb.co.nzRadio
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RNZnews@radionz.co.nzRadio
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RadioLIVEnews@radiolive.co.nzRadio
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Newsroomcontact@newsroom.co.nzTV
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Dominion Postnews@dompost.co.nz
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New Zealand Heraldnewsdesk@nzherald.co.nz
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Sunday Star Timesnews@star-times.co.nz
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Sunday Newseditor@sunday-news.co.nz
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Daily Encouragerwayne.graham@encourager.co.nzhttps://dailyencourager.co.nz/contact/
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Fuseworks Medianews@fuseworksmedia.com
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Make Lemonadekip@makelemonade.nz
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Newsroomcontact@newsroom.co.nz
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NZ Herald onlineonline-editor@nzherald.co.nz
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NZ Newswirenews@nznewswire.co.nz
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Scoopeditor@scoop.co.nz
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Stuff.co.nznewsroom@stuff.co.nz
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TVNZ 1 News Nowonlinenews@tvnz.co.nzTV
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Voxynews@digitaladvance.co.nzOnline
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Yahoo! New Zealandforbes@yahoo-inc.com
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Newshubnews@newshub.co.nzTV/Online
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ONE Newsnews@tvnz.co.nzTV
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Prime Newsprimenews@skytv.co.nzTV
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NATIONAL MEDIAIf your show (or the people involved) resonate with locations outside Wellington then it can be a great idea to get in touch with national media in other towns/cities.

EG:
Dunedin Fringe show crosses the cook strait to make its Wellington premiere.
Nelson school graduate hits the capital with their first solo drag show.
New musical that explores Hamiltons dark forgotten history is part of the exciting 2026 NZ Fringe festival.
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Ashburton Guardianreporters@theguardian.co.nz
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Bay of Plenty Timesnews@bayofplentytimes.co.nz
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Christchurch Pressreporters@press.co.nz
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Gisborne Heraldeditorial@gisborneherald.co.nz
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Greymouth Stareditor@greystar.co.nz
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Hawke's Bay Todaynews@hbtoday.co.nz
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Herald on Sundaynews@hos.co.nz
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Manawatu Standardeditor@msl.co.nz
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Vervefran@vervemagazine.co.nz
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Marlborough Expressmailbox@marlexpress.co.nz
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Nelson Mailchiefreporter@nelsonmail.co.nz
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Northern Advocatereporters@northernadvocate.co.nz
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Oamaru Mailnews@oamarumail.co.nz
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Otago Daily Timeseditor@odt.co.nz
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Rotorua Daily Postnews@dailypost.co.nz
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Southland Timesnews@stl.co.nz
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Taranaki Daily Newseditor@dailynews.co.nz
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Timaru Heraldeditor@timaruherald.co.nz
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Waikato Timesnews@waikatotimes.co.nz
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Wairarapa Times Ageeditor@age.co.nz
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Wanganui Chroniclenews@wanganuichronicle.co.nz
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Westport Newseditorial@westportnews.co.nz
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