The Wellington Independent

{{Short description|Defunct New Zealand newspaper}}

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The Wellington Independent was an early newspaper published in Wellington, New Zealand. The first issue of it was on 2 April 1845 and it continued until 1874 when it was replaced by Julius Vogel's The New Zealand Times.[https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/wellington-independent The Wellington Independent] at Papers Past, National Library of New Zealand

The paper was published twice weekly from July 1854 and thrice weekly from July 1862,[https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/wellington-independent/1862 The Wellington Independent—Available issues, 1862] at Papers Past, National Library of New Zealand and went daily in January 1871.[https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/wellington-independent/1871 The Wellington Independent—Available issues, 1871] at Papers Past, National Library of New Zealand

Digital copies of all issues are available online via the National Library of New Zealand.