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Remove The New Zealand Herald Paywall

Paste a link from The New Zealand Herald: we try the live page first in a clean reader view, then archived copies on archive.today and the Wayback Machine. Free, no login.

metered paywall

The NZ Herald meters its Premium articles. Standard pieces go straight to the clean reader view; for Premium ones we look for an archived snapshot.

How to read The New Zealand Herald without paying

  1. Copy the full New Zealand Herald article URL.
  2. Paste it above and press Remove Paywall.
  3. We show a clean reader view; use the Full page toggle or Open original if you prefer.

FAQ

Paste the New Zealand Herald article URL into the box above and press Remove Paywall. RemovePaywall tries to read the article from the page, and if it can't, checks archive.today and the Wayback Machine.

You don't need a hack โ€” paste the New Zealand Herald link above and RemovePaywall tries the article text on the page, then public archives (archive.today, the Wayback Machine).

Yes โ€” RemovePaywall is free and needs no login. It surfaces publicly archived copies and the article text already present on the page.

It reads the article from the page when the text is there, and otherwise looks for a full copy on archive.today and the Wayback Machine โ€” all in one step. The New Zealand Herald uses a metered wall, so the article is usually present in the page โ€” the reader view and archives recover it.

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