Your Wairoa Star newspaper has done it again taking out six awards in the New Zealand Community Newspaper Association Independent Better Newspapers Competition 2010. Accolades included best all-round independent newspaper in The Star's category of 7,500 circulation or less. Check out our awards section for more information.

The Wairoa Star is read internationally by our subscribers with many of them being former Wairoa residents wanting a taste of home.

We offer readers the opportunity to experience our newspaper online complete with original layout, photographs and graphics. To subscribe to our online edition of the Wairoa Star please visit the subscription section. For an example of the online publication please try our demo.
In addition to the subscription service, for visitors we offer the front page, and the births and deaths pages in their entire form for free. These pages will be made available after 11am on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
If you want a hard copy of The Wairoa Star delivered to your Wairoa home or posted out of town, call the Star on 06 838 7194.