[2] One of the paper's notable investigative journalists was Pat Booth, who was responsible for notable coverage of the Crewe murders and the eventual exoneration of Arthur Allan Thomas.

Booth and the paper extensively reported on the Mr Asia case.

[6] In 1987, the owners of the Star launched a morning newspaper to more directly compete with The New Zealand Herald.

The Auckland Sun was affected by the 1987 stock market crash and folded a year later.

After failing to convince the paper's editor, Frank Haden, to retract his editorials, the activists started a campaign that included discouraging advertisers from booking ads in the paper – a strategy which the activists credit with causing the paper to fold later in the year.