The ''Marlborough Express'' is a newspaper serving the

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area of New Zealand. Its headquarters are in Blenheim and has been published there since 1866.

Ownership

The ''Marlborough Express'' was set up by the printer, journalist and editor

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and his brother Thomas. They arrived in Blenheim in April 1866 and intended to set up weekly that served all of

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, in opposition to the parochial papers serving Blenheim (''Wairau Record'') and Picton (''Marlborough Press'') already. Johnson sold the newspaper to Smith Furness and James Boudy in 1879. :Smith James Furness (1852–1921) also purchased the ''Marlborough Times'' (founded by John Tait in 1879) in 1895 and ran it as a morning paper until 1905. It remained in the Furness family until 1998, when it was acquired by Independent Newspapers Limited (INL). Fairfax New Zealand, now Stuff Ltd, bought the INL mastheads in 2003. The current editor is Ian Allen, who was appointed in 2018.

History

The ''Marlborough Express'' was published from 1866 as a weekly. It became a daily in 1880 and took over its rivals, the ''Marlborough Times'' in 1895, and the ''Marlborough Press'' in 1948. The paper made headlines nationally in 2013 when it published a cartoon by Al Nisbet about the Government's introduction of food in schools that was widely criticised as "racist". The editor of the paper defended the cartoon's publication, saying it was meant to generate discussion. Race relations commissioner

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called it "out of line". The ''Marlborough Express'' was one of the first digitisation projects of The Preserving Local History and Educational Trust (Te Pupuri I Nga Hitori o Te Rohe Trust), with the charity preserving issues from 1921 to 1943.

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Paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 2011-04-01
{{DEFAULTSORT:Marlborough Express Marlborough District Publications with year of establishment missing Stuff (company) Newspapers published in New Zealand Mass media in Blenheim, New Zealand Newspapers established in 1866 1866 establishments in New Zealand