High Court Register

The Printers and Newspapers Registration Act of 1868 required that all newspapers, magazines and printers had to go through a process of registration, declaring the names and addresses of the printers and the exact number of presses owned. It was also mandatory to include the name and address of the printer on all printed documents, from the simplest broadsheet to a full-scale book. These provisions were revised in the 1955 Newspapers and Printers Act which deleted the requirement that the presses themselves be registered. This page from the original register shows the Wellington Independent registration under the name of Thomas Wilmore McKenzie.

Further Reading:

• Ian Morrison, database of NZ newspaper registrations. Dunedin: University of Otago, 2001., (to be web-launched shortly)