Neighbourly
{{Short description|New Zealand social network website}}
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Neighbourly is a neighbourhood-based social networking website operating in New Zealand.{{Cite web|url=https://www.workhere.co.nz/news/details/contact-creates-good-neighbourly-energy|title=Workhere|website=Workhere|language=en|access-date=2020-02-29|date=13 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200209193911/https://www.workhere.co.nz/news/details/contact-creates-good-neighbourly-energy|archive-date=9 February 2020|url-status=dead}}
History
=Origins=
The website was founded by Casey Eden. It was trialled in two Auckland suburbs, St Heliers and Kohimarama, in December 2013, then launched nationally in June 2015.{{Cite web|url=https://sustainable.org.nz/sustainability-success-stories/neighbourly-enabling-community-support/|title=Neighbourly – enabling community support|website=Sustainable Business Network|language=en-NZ|access-date=2020-02-29}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2017/11/01/57599?slug=fairfax-nz-acquires-neighbourly-website|title=Fairfax NZ acquires Neighbourly website|date=2017-11-01|website=Newsroom|language=en-AU|access-date=2020-02-29}}
=Fairfax-Nine Entertainment ownership, 2017–2020=
In December 2014, Fairfax Media New Zealand bought a 22.5 percent stake in the website. In 2017 it acquired the remaining shares.{{cite news |title=Media company now owns 100pc of Neighbourly |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/98467116/media-company-now-owns-100pc-of-neighbourly |access-date=4 June 2022 |work=Stuff |date=1 November 2017 |language=en-NZ}} Following changes to Fairfax Media in 2018, the website is now owned by Stuff Ltd.
In 2015, the website was a finalist in the NZI Sustainable Business Network Awards in the Community Impact category.
In February 2018, Neighbourly's parent company Fairfax New Zealand was rebranded as Stuff. {{cite news |title=Stuff's journey from newspaper pioneer to website to 'portfolio' business |url= https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/100974538/stuffs-journey-from-newspaper-pioneer-to-website-to-portfolio-business |work=Stuff|date=1 February 2018 |access-date=23 August 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191213025805/https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/100974538/stuffs-journey-from-newspaper-pioneer-to-website-to-portfolio-business |archive-date=13 December 2019}} In July 2018, the Australian media company Nine Entertainment acquired Fairfax Media and its Stuff assets in New Zealand.{{cite news |title=Fairfax to merge with Nine in Australia |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/companies/media-marketing/fairfax-to-merge-with-nine-in-australia/V5CQTKVQ7NQR5BPFVOONPWKCDM/ |access-date=3 June 2025 |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=26 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250603230018/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/companies/media-marketing/fairfax-to-merge-with-nine-in-australia/V5CQTKVQ7NQR5BPFVOONPWKCDM/ |archive-date=3 June 2025 |url-status=live}}
=Stuff ownership, 2020–present=
In late May 2020, Nine Entertainment agreed to sell Stuff and its assets including Neighbourly to Stuff's chief executive Sinead Boucher for NZ$1, with the transaction due to be completed by 31 May. This marked the return of the company into New Zealand ownership.{{cite news |last1=Rutherford |first1=Hamish |title=Stuff sold for $1 to CEO Sinead Boucher by Nine Entertainment |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=12334494 |access-date=25 May 2020 |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=25 May 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200525042737/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=12334494 |archive-date=25 May 2020}}{{cite news |title=Stuff chief executive Sinead Boucher buys company for $1 |url= https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/417448/stuff-chief-executive-sinead-boucher-buys-company-for-1 |access-date=25 May 2020 |work=Radio New Zealand |date=25 May 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200525043043/https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/417448/stuff-chief-executive-sinead-boucher-buys-company-for-1 |archive-date=25 May 2020}}
In December 2024, the Neighbourly was reorganised under the Stuff Digital umbrella, a division that also includes the news website stuff.co.nz and the evening news bulletin ThreeNews.{{cite news |last1=Greive |first1=Duncan |title=Stuff ‘consciously uncouples’ into two separate digital and print businesses |url=https://thespinoff.co.nz/media/11-12-2024/stuff-consciously-uncouples-into-two-separate-digital-and-print-businesses |access-date=10 April 2025 |work=The Spinoff |date=11 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250402182932/https://thespinoff.co.nz/media/11-12-2024/stuff-consciously-uncouples-into-two-separate-digital-and-print-businesses |archive-date=2 April 2025}}{{cite news |title=NZ Herald owner NZME reveals talks to buy Stuff newspapers |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/545574/nz-herald-owner-nzme-reveals-talks-to-buy-stuff-newspapers |access-date=26 March 2025 |work=Radio New Zealand |date=21 March 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250323135450/https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/545574/nz-herald-owner-nzme-reveals-talks-to-buy-stuff-newspapers |archive-date=23 March 2025}} In June 2025, online retailer Trade Me acquired a 50 percent stake in Stuff Digital, with Neighbourly and Stuff's events business being excluded from the split ownership deal.{{cite news |title=Trade Me to buy 50% of Stuff Digital |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/562918/trade-me-to-buy-50-percent-of-stuff-digital |access-date=3 June 2025 |work=Radio New Zealand |date=3 June 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250602231643/https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/562918/trade-me-to-buy-50-percent-of-stuff-digital |archive-date=2 June 2025 |url-status=live}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.neighbourly.co.nz/ Neighbourly]
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Category:2013 establishments in New Zealand
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