Neighbourly
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Neighbourly is a neighbourhood-based social networking website operating in New Zealand.[1]
Origins
The website was founded by Casey Eden. It was trialed in two Auckland suburbs, St Heliers and Kohimarama, in December 2013, then launched nationally in June 2015.[2][3]
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.[3][4] 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.[2]
In February 2018, Neighbourly's parent company Fairfax New Zealand was rebranded as Stuff. [5] In July 2018, the Australian media company Nine Entertainment acquired Fairfax Media and its Stuff assets in New Zealand.[6]
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.[7][8]
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.[9][10] 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.[11]
Data breach
On 25 December 2025, a data breach was reported involving over 213 million lines of data, totalling 150Gb. The alleged compromised data included full names, email addresses, phone numbers, physical address and verified Neighborhood IDs, GPS coordinates, biographies and private messages and forum posts.[12] On 3 January 2026, Neighbourly confirmed that a data breach had occurred on New Year's Day.[13] By 7 January, Justice David Johnston of the High Court of New Zealand had issued an injunction preventing anyone from using or posting links to the stolen data from Neighbourly.[14]
References
- ↑ "Workhere". Workhere. 13 May 2015. Archived from the original on 9 February 2020. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
- 1 2 "Neighbourly – enabling community support". Sustainable Business Network. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
- 1 2 "Fairfax NZ acquires Neighbourly website". Newsroom. 1 November 2017. Archived from the original on 5 December 2019. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
- ↑ "Media company now owns 100pc of Neighbourly". Stuff. 1 November 2017. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
- ↑ "Stuff's journey from newspaper pioneer to website to 'portfolio' business". Stuff. 1 February 2018. Archived from the original on 13 December 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
- ↑ "Fairfax to merge with Nine in Australia". The New Zealand Herald. 26 July 2017. Archived from the original on 3 June 2025. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
- ↑ Rutherford, Hamish (25 May 2020). "Stuff sold for $1 to CEO Sinead Boucher by Nine Entertainment". The New Zealand Herald. Archived from the original on 25 May 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
- ↑ "Stuff chief executive Sinead Boucher buys company for $1". Radio New Zealand. 25 May 2020. Archived from the original on 25 May 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
- ↑ Greive, Duncan (11 December 2024). "Stuff 'consciously uncouples' into two separate digital and print businesses". The Spinoff. Archived from the original on 2 April 2025. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
- ↑ "NZ Herald owner NZME reveals talks to buy Stuff newspapers". Radio New Zealand. 21 March 2025. Archived from the original on 23 March 2025. Retrieved 26 March 2025.
- ↑ "Trade Me to buy 50% of Stuff Digital". Radio New Zealand. 3 June 2025. Archived from the original on 2 June 2025. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
- ↑ "Neighbourly Data Breach: 150GB of User Data and Messages Put for Sale". Daily Dark Web. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
- ↑ "Neighbourly data breach: User names, emails and messages accessed". The New Zealand Herald. 3 January 2026. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
- ↑ Stevens, Ric (7 January 2026). "High Court acts swiftly to try to contain Northland-focused Manage My Health, Neighbourly cyber attacks". The New Zealand Herald. Archived from the original on 9 January 2026. Retrieved 9 January 2026.
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