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Sun Media rocked onto the local publishing scene in 2000 with the hot and funky Weekend Sun free weekly newspaper, the rural Coast & Country and incorporating the Bay's boating and fishing mag Waterline.
Created by partners in business and life, Claire and Brian Rogers, Sun Media filled a much needed gap for a lively, Bay- owned and operated "local" paper. The couple brought huge experience into their new venture, having both had careers in newspapers, magazines and publishing. Supported by a skilled and friendly staff, Sun Media found immediate success.
The Weekend Sun set out to be different from the start, with bright, bold and brash editorial and outstanding advertising and graphic design.
The community quickly embraced The Weekend Sun as its own, recognising not only the importance of excellent content, unrivalled coverage to every mailbox - but also its friendly, Bay-born-and-bred team, with its heart in the region.
Advertisers' business flourished with the excellent response to their promotions.
The Weekend Sun quickly emerged as the leading source of weekend action and entertainment, stuff to do, places to be, things to see, plus a lively selection of columnists telling it how it is.
Now into its fifth year, Sun Media is thriving, based in a cruisy brick homestead in Tauranga's laid-back Avenues.
The sister publications are going strong. Coast & Country is the Bay and Waikato's leading rural publication, providing a vital news link for farmers, orchardists and lifestylers, with their country supply companies, contractors and rural service industries.
Waterline Magazine, now in its tenth year, is the Bay's only specialist boating, fishing and watersports mag, and doubles as the much-treasured news magazine of the region's boating and fishing clubs.
Sun Media also has a specialist graphic design division which produces fantastic visual productions, ranging from business cards to booklets, to complete company corporate imaging.
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