The first Wairarapa newspapers were published in Greytown. Joseph
Payton, a school teacher, was a partner with his father-in-law Richard
Wakelin in one of them, the bi-weekly
Wairarapa Standard which began
publication in 1872. However, when Payton decided Masterton was destined
to be the largest town in the valley, he went into partnership with W F
Roydhouse and Edward Samuel in 1878 publish the
Wairarapa Daily.
In
1892, the paper, now well-established, changed its name to the
Wairarapa Daily Times. Following Payton's death in 1910 his family ran
the paper until it merged with the
Wairarapa
Times-Age in 1938. In 2002 the newspaper was bought by Wilson &
Horton which was subsequently acquired by APN News & Media.
[Source:
Wairarapa Daily Times -
Papers Past, National Library of New Zealand (sighted 5/6/2012)]
