Foundation
The Dominion Post was created by the previous owners, Independent Newspapers Limited (INL, 49% owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Limited), from an amalgamation of two Wellington broadsheet newspapers, The Dominion (morning, commenced Dominion Day, 26 September 1907) and its better selling evening sibling The Evening Post (commenced 8 February 1865), in July 2002. INL sold the paper and all other New Zealand newspapers and most magazines in its stable to Fairfax in 2003.
With the amalgamation, The Dominion Post became the only pay-and-read newspaper in Wellington. Wellington has many free community newspapers (for example The Wellingtonian), albeit these may be owned by Dominion Post or affiliated/owning companies.
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