Integrity Community Media

Integrity Community Media Ltd is a 100% New Zealand owned company. Its founders and owners are Allan and Patricia Mortensen of Dargaville, the small rural town in Northland where the company's head office is situated. In fact, Integrity Community Media employ close to 30 staff in Dargaville alone. Our main business activities involve all the aspect... s of producing a portfolio of successful monthly Farming Lifestyle publications, each with a regional focus covering Northland, Waikato, Taranaki, Manawatu, Hawke's Bay and the Wairarapa. Additionally we publish two weekly community newspapers the Kaipara Lifestyler, which covers the area from Wellsford through to Mangawhai, across and through Dargaville to Pouto, and up to the Waipoua Forest, and the Record, the local newspaper serving Rolleston and West Melton, the fastest growing areas in Canterbury. We also offer a full range of marketing services to our advertisers, including a range of digital marketing solutions. With significant nationwide expansion plans starting to come to fruition its an exciting time for Integrity and the continuing popularity of our publications specifically, and the effectiveness of print media, means that the future is looking bright. The journey started in 2007 when it was decided to lift the existing business North West Multi Media Ltd, and develop it into a company from which the owners could receive a good return while only requiring their input in a governance capacity. Growth was substantial and impressive. Initially set up as a print broking and graphic design business that published its own publications, in 2006/2007 the decision was made to focus on the publishing side of the business, concentrating on the rapidly growing Kaipara Lifestyler newspaper. North West Multi Media was also instrumental in founding the Mangawhai Focus community newspaper, before selling to the current owners. The Kaipara Lifestyler was increased in frequency and is currently an extremely popular and successful weekly publication that operates ...Read More