The Dominion Post

Wellington and central regions are markets you cannot afford to overlook when advertising in New Zealand. The Dominion Post is the region's daily newspaper and covers the second largest metropolitan urban area in New Zealand. The Dominion Post reaches nearly half of Wellingtonians aged 15 years and over and has an average daily readership of 234,000 people aged over 15.

The Dominion Post reaches business decision makers and many coveted target consumer groups in the political, education, business, and cultural sectors. The newspapers' success is based on meeting the needs of all readers, whether business, family or individual, as well as delivering a successful business platform to advertisers.

Over the week content includes local, regional, national and international news; a big dose of daily politics; Capital Day (an insider's guide to Wellington); Culture, Opinion (political); BusinessDay; Entertainment; Sport; IT & Technology; Weather; Property Market and Commercial Property; Motoring; Job Market and executive recruitment; Farming, Greenzone (environment); and weekly tabloids TV Week; Arts & Entertainment; Life and Your Weekend magazine.

Click here (PDF 204.7KB) to view the latest ratecard, including booking/material deadlines and technical specs, for The Dominion Post.

Premium Positions

Advertisers are able to purchase, subject to availability, front page, solus, premium and unique positions.

Size, availability and price are subject to request and availability.

Standard Sizes

Run of Paper ads (ROP) can be a minimum of 4cm deep to 10 columns (37.60 cm) wide, up to a maximum of 54cm deep by 10 columns wide.

Classified ads run from 2cm deep to 11 columns (37.70) wide, up to 44cm by 11 columns and then to 54cm by 11 columns.

Run of Paper

Monday to Friday - The Dominion Post publishes two sections: (1) News & (2) World, BusinessDay and Sport.

Saturday - there are two sections which incorporate: Section A - News and World, and Section B -Insight, BusinessDay and Sport. 
The weekend edition also carries the broadsheet pre-print sections: Property Market, Job Market and Motoring.
A stitched and trimmed magazine, Your Weekend, is inserted every Saturday.

Tabloid inserts are carried on Tuesday (TV Week) and Wednesday (Life).

As well as offering advertisers special daily news and feature environments and weekly features, magazines and pre-prints, The Dominion Post offers a variety of other advertising solutions. These include:

Online

Click here for online advertising opportunities at dompost.co.nz.

Inserts

In-paper Inserts can range from single sheet to 25+ pages.

Inserts can be for a limited to a full print run. On the last Thursday of each month an additional 17,000 Dominion Post papers are delivered to central region rural delivery addresses, which presents a unique full run as well as a farming target opportunity for advertisers.

Hand Inserts with subscriber delivery can be discussed, quoted and arranged through your Dominion Post or Fairfax Media advertising account executive.

Inserts can also be handed out with The Dominion Post for special promotions, eg new product launches or inserts handed out with free copies of The Dominion Post to Wellington rail commuters. All these options and more can be discussed, quoted and arranged through your Dominion Post or Fairfax Media advertising account executive.

End Run Wraps can be arranged and handed out with The Dominion Post.  Please contact your Dominion Post or Fairfax Media advertising account executive for further details on unique insert opportunities.

Newspaper Wraps

Information on two page and four page cover wraps are available on request. Wraps are available on most days for Section B, C and D, tabloids and pre-prints. Section A wraps are held by editorial and available with editorial approval and for major events. Other wrap positions are available with front page sign off approvals through editorial.

Wraps on tabloids can be used for special promotions e.g: movie launch, new car launch, BusinessDay, new store launch, World, etc.

Please contact your advertising account executive to discuss newspaper wraps on +64 4 474 0000 or +64 9 970 4000.

Ad-tachments

Ad-tachments (stick-on advertising notes) are available on the front page of The Dominion Post.  Ad-tachment creative and visuals can be discussed, quoted and arranged through your Dominion Post or Fairfax Media advertising account executive.

Special Shapes

The Dominion Post, along with other Fairfax Media NZ newspapers, offers a variety and range of special advertising shapes to advertisers. Please refer to the Special Shapes section on this site or your requirements and requests can be discussed, quoted and arranged through your Dominion Post or Fairfax Media advertising account executive.

Rural Drops

On the last Thursday of each month, The Dominion Post delivers an additional 17,000 papers to Rural Delivery addresses in the central region. This Thursday issue has a special rural and farming focus and carries the latest news, features and commercial updates, including sales and property.

Magazines

Ask us about our special glossy insert magazines published each year: HOME (Spring/Summer and Autumn/Winter issues) and the always well received Christmas Gift Guide.

Features

The Dominion Post has a series of features running through the year covering travel; education, entertainment, school holidays, health and beauty and other topics. For quotes and bookings please contact your Dominion Post or Fairfax Media advertising account executive.

One-off and Special Client Magazines

The Dominion Post specialises in special event magazines and produces glossy magazines for IRB International Sevens, World of Wearable Art Awards, NZ International Festival of the Arts and other organisations. In addition we can produce one off topic magazines for retail and other clients like restaurant guides, health and safety, retirement, and more.  Contact your Dominion Post or Fairfax Media advertising account executive for further details.

New plan Direct Brand Packages

Talk to us about our special retail-direct New plan advertising brand packages, which allow advertisers to advertise each week of the year.

Our advertising account executives are happy to discuss any of the above advertising offers and help you decide on unique advertising opportunities to reach your customers.

The Dominion Post publishes a single level, colour inclusive and all category rate card. Advertising rates are the same on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday; with a separate rate on Wednesday and Saturday.

To calculate your ad cost take the advertisement size (height x width) and multiply by the rate for the day you wish to book.

Click here for the rates (PDF 204.7KB), effective 1 July 2014.

To calculate your full advertising/schedule cost take the rate and multiply by the advertisement size and the number of insertions required.

If you have a solus position or special loading add this percentage at the end. The total is the ad cost amount exclusive of GST.

Click here (PDF 204.7KB) to view the latest ratecard, including booking and material deadlines, for The Dominion Post.

Run of Paper and Display advertising

The booking deadline for run-of-paper and display advertising is three full working days in advance of the publishing date.
Please confirm deadlines for tabloids, magazines and tabloid pre-prints with your Dominion Post or Fairfax Media advertising account executive as these can vary. Alternatively please phone Wellington: +64 4 474 0000 or Auckland +64 9 970 4000.

Classified Display and Non-Display advertising

The booking deadline for classified display and non display is 3PM the working day prior to publishing date.

Saturday Pre-Prints

The booking deadline for pre-printed Saturday sections - Property Market and Job Market is four working days prior.

For more deadline details contact the Advertising Director on +64 4 474 0000.

All bookings can be made through your Dominion Post or Fairfax Media NZ advertising account executive, adstuff.co.nz, emailads.co.nz, your agency representative or by phoning +64 4 474 0000.

Bookings can be made by through The Dominion Post, Fairfax Media Advertising Network, adstuff.co.nz, or by calling your agency representative.

Classified non-display bookings can be placed through your account executive, www.adstuff.co.nz or emailads@dompost.co.nz.

If you are a new advertising client please fill in this credit application form (PDF 156.5KB) and fax to +64 9 580 5944.

For more information about The Dominion Post and booking enquiries please contact: