Manawatū Standard

[3] It also won Best Headline and Student Journalist of the Year at the Qantas Media Awards 2017.

[5] Since then, the paper has been operated by two other companies: it was purchased by Independent Newspapers Limited (INL) in the 1970s, and acquired by Fairfax Media (then John Fairfax Holdings) on 1 July 2003, when that company purchased INL.

On 21 February 2018, Stuff Limited announced that it would be closing or selling off 28 community papers.

Published weekly on Thursday and delivered to every home in the Manawatū District Council area.

Delivered on the first Friday of every month to all homes on rural delivery in the eight regions of the central and lower North Island.