NetGuide was launched in September 1996 by an independent Auckland-based publisher, then owned by Australian Consolidated Press (ACP) 2003 to 2008, then shifted to Action Media.
Originally entirely internet focused, it developed to cover wider computer, telecommunications, and technology issues.
The magazine competed with IDG's New Zealand PC World and ran the annual NetGuide Web Awards.
[2] In early 2014, NetGuide and the entire Techday network discontinued all print publications and moved to exclusively online content.
It competed with NineMSN's apc and IDG's Australian PC World.