New Zealand's Link to the Assassination
This edition of The Christchurch Star was published on the afternoon of 23 November 1963. The newspaper coverage contained information which was pre-determined of by conspiracy theorists prior to the assassination, given out in the United States and then sent out to New Zealand very soon after Kennedy was shot. Some believe Oswald's background was reported far too quickly and it must have been a CIA-planted cover story. In fact, Lee Harvey Oswald's name was released in New Zealand as the suspect before he was arrested in North America.
The time differences make it difficult to make an assumption; America is 18 hours behind New Zealand. However, it took little time between the shooting and the publishing of the Star, and there was a lot of information given about Oswald in this edition before a lot of America knew and decent information about the alleged assassin. So it is possible that they must have had the paperwork and the story lined up and ready for release the following day, the 23rd.
The time differences make it difficult to make an assumption; America is 18 hours behind New Zealand. However, it took little time between the shooting and the publishing of the Star, and there was a lot of information given about Oswald in this edition before a lot of America knew and decent information about the alleged assassin. So it is possible that they must have had the paperwork and the story lined up and ready for release the following day, the 23rd.