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Newspaper articles

30 September 2023
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Author, A. A. (Year, Month Date). Title of article: Subtitle of article. Title of Newspaper, firstpage#–lastpage# if paginated OR nothing. URL accessible to all readers OR nothing

Killick, D. (2012, June 25). Housing is a problem beyond politics. The Press.

Northcott, M. (2019, October 16). Christchurch history uncovered in cafe postcards. The Press. https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/116585854/christchurch-history-uncovered-in-cafe-postcards

 

  • Parenthetical citations: (Killick, 2012; Northcott, 2019)
  • Narrative citations: Killick (2012) and Northcott (2019)

  • URLs: Omit the URL for a website inaccessible to all readers, for example from a library database such as Factiva.

With a newspaper title

Author, A. A. (Year, Month Date). Title of article: Subtitle of article. Title of Newspaper, firstpage#–lastpage# if paginated OR nothing. URL

Boston, J. (2015, May 18). How New Zealand can cut child poverty. The Dominion Post. https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/comment/68628563/how-new-zealand-can-cut-child-poverty

 

  • Parenthetical citation: (Boston, 2015)
  • Narrative citation: Boston (2015)

 

Without a newspaper title

Author, A. A. (Year, Month Date). Title of article: Subtitle of article. Website Name. URL

Harris, S. (2016, February 29). Children celebrate 5+ a day challenge. Stuff. https://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/northland/77252603/children-celebrate-5-a-day-challenge

 

  • Parenthetical citation: (Harris, 2016)
  • Narrative citation: Harris (2016)
  • Services such as Stuff or Scoop aggregate news content. Do not use Stuff or Scoop as the author.
  • When there is no associated newspaper title, use the template for a webpage on a website.

Author, A. A. (Year, Month Date). Title of article: Subtitle of article. Title of Newspaper, firstpage#–lastpage#.

Killick, D. (2012, June 25). Housing is a problem beyond politics. The Press, 17.

 

  • Parenthetical citation: (Killick, 2012)
  • Narrative citation: Killick (2012)

Title of article: Subtitle of article. (Year, Month Date). Title of Newspaper, firstpage#–lastpage# if paginated OR nothing. URL accessible to all readers OR nothing

Teaming up on health innovation. (2014, September 10). Manawatu Standard. http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/10480728/Teaming-up-on-health-innovation

 

  • Parenthetical citation: (“Teaming up on Health Innovation,” 2014)
  • Narrative citation: “Teaming up on Health Innovation” (2014)
  • The reference starts with the article title and uses sentence case capitalisation. See Sentence Case Capitalization (APA Style website) for more information.
  • In the citation, use a few words of the article title or the whole article title if it is short. Use title case for article titles appearing in text (i.e., capitals for every major word). See Title Case Capitalization (APA Style website) for more information.

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