Active Seniors & Retirees Media Kit 2026
Active Seniors & Retirees / Affinity Ads
Publisher: Affinity Ads
Sector evidence
Sector body
4 August 2026
Next review not yet scheduled
New Zealand
Medium confidence
published
SNZ editorial review
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Short Answer
Affinity Ads' four-page 2026 media kit describes Active Seniors & Retirees' quarterly schedule, publisher-supplied distribution and readership proposition, public rate card, contacts and production specifications.
Key Points
- •The visible 2026 kit identifies Colin and Joan Gestro as Publisher/Editor contacts and John Emmanuel as the advertising contact.
- •Publisher-supplied distribution includes 149 Probus clubs, 142 retirement villages, 22 Clubs New Zealand clubs, 32 North Island U3A clubs and selected retail outlets.
- •The kit states national readership of 172,900 per issue, based on multiple readers per copy; the visible document does not provide an independent audit or calculation basis.
- •A casual half-page advertisement is listed at $2,831 plus GST; the four-edition half-page rate is $2,400 per issue plus GST.
- •A horizontal half page is 175 mm by 115 mm; a vertical half page is 85 mm by 234 mm, with no bleed or keyline required.
- •Files must be supplied as PDF at 300 ppi/dpi, using CMYK or greyscale with fonts embedded.
Full Summary & Notes
Affinity Ads' four-page 2026 media kit describes Active Seniors & Retirees' quarterly schedule, publisher-supplied distribution and readership proposition, public rate card, contacts and production specifications. It reports national readership of 172,900 per issue based on multiple readers per copy, but does not visibly provide the circulation calculation, audit status, reader-survey methodology or sample sizes needed to treat that figure and its demographic percentages as independently verified evidence.
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