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{{Infobox magazine
| title = NetGuide
| editor = Jacques-Pierre Dumas
| editor_title = Editor
| previous_editor = Nigel Horrocks, Rebecca Rallo, Jonathan Cotton, Shannon Williams
| staff_writer = 
| company = [[Computer]]s; [[Technology]]
| publisher = Techday Ltd
| firstdate = September 1996
| lastdate = Early 2014 (now online)
| country = [[New Zealand]]
| based = Auckland
| language = [[English language|English]]
| website = https://netguide.co.nz/
| issn = 
}}

'''''NetGuide''''' is a live news website with weekly email newsletters dedicated to New Zealand consumers, covering technology news, product reviews and buying advice. Netguide.co is the largest site in the Techday network.

==History and profile==
''NetGuide'' was launched in September 1996 by an independent [[Auckland]]-based publisher, then owned by [[Australian Consolidated Press]] (ACP) 2003 to 2008, then shifted to Action Media.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10522294|title=ACP Media to sell NetGuide magazine|work=[[New Zealand Herald]]|date=18 July 2008|access-date=24 May 2014}}</ref> It is now owned exclusively by Techday Ltd. Originally entirely internet focused, it developed to cover wider computer, telecommunications, and technology issues. The magazine competed with [[International Data Group|IDG]]'s ''[[PC World (magazine)|New Zealand PC World]]'' and ran the annual ''NetGuide Web Awards''.<ref name="nzsales">[http://www.techday.com/webawards/ NetGuide "WebAwards"].</ref>

In early 2014, ''NetGuide'' and the entire Techday network discontinued all print publications and moved to exclusively online content.

In April 2017,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://futurefive.co.nz/story/futurefive-rebrand-anniversary-2000-epic-giveaway-week/|title=FutureFive rebrand anniversary|last=|first=|date=|website=|access-date=}}</ref> ''NetGuide'' was renamed as ''FutureFive NZ''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://futurefive.co.nz/story/what-is-futurefive-and-why-should-you-care/|title=We bring you the future today: Why NetGuide changed its name|last=|first=|date=|website=|access-date=}}</ref>

==Australian edition==
The magazine launched a version for the Australian market, ''[[Australian NetGuide]]'', which ran 1996–2009. It competed with [[NineMSN]]'s ''[[Australian Personal Computer|apc]]'' and IDG's ''[[PC World (magazine)|Australian PC World]]''. Now, Australian news is integrated into Netguide's New Zealand website, or published under one of Techday's Australian brands: IT Brief Australia, SecurityBrief Australia, or ChannelLife Australia.

==References==
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== External links ==
* {{Official|https://netguide.co.nz/}}

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