Let's find out how folks can get past NZ Herald Premium paywall to gain full access to its paid content.
In other words, how to access NZ Herald Premium content for free without being a paid subscriber.
This post is for informational purposes only.
It's important to note that bypassing paywalls can violate the terms of service of some websites, so users should be mindful of ethical considerations.
Welcome to another original content from The DiGiztal Bypass Paywalls Tips series.
Check out these tried and true methods of bypassing NZ Herald Premium paywall below.
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I have tried these following methods and they can get through NZ Herald premium paywall.
They all can work with Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome browsers.
NOTE: By the way, for Firefox users only, you can use the NZHerald Premium Article Viewer extension to read all the premium articles.
1. Archive Today
If the NZ Herald Premium article which you want to read which has already archived, it would prompt you that it is available.
You can read it right away. If not, then you have to load and archive the article.
Again this method works for both Firefox and Chrome browsers.
There are two key ways of using this Archive.Today tool to unblock New Zealand Herald Premium articles.
Archive.Today site
This is what you do:
Go to Archive.Today.
Paste the article URL in the space provided under "My url is alive and I want to archive its content".
Next click the "save" button.
If the article which has already archived, the full content is right there and you can read it right away.
If not, you need to archive it, then only you can view the complete article.
How does it work: Archive.Today can sometimes bypass paywalls due to the way it captures and stores web pages.
Its crawler takes a snapshot of the web page, before the paywall is fully loaded.
Maybe it can bypass the JavaScript which tracks the number of views and display restrictions.
Another way this web-arching tool ignores the cookies and session data that track the number of articles the reader has viewed.
For a more detailed guide, read "How to use Archive.Today to bypass paywalled articles for free".
2. Bypass Paywalls Clean extension
You can also this popular browser extension to view NZ Herald Premium articles.
Just install it, and you can get through not only NZ Herald paywall, but many other media sites as well.
How does it work: It employs different techniques to bypass paywalls, such as modifying headers, spoofing user agents, or accessing cached versions of pages.
Refer to this instruction how to install Bypass Paywalls Clean extension for Firefox.
Refer to this instruction how to install Bypass Paywalls Clean extension for Chrome.
3. Textise
Use the text-only and accessibility tools Textise to get read all the premium articles.
You can view the full text article, but without any picture and links.
Textise is an Internet tool that can create a text only version of almost any web page.
How does it work: When this tool is stripping away images, scripts, advertisements, and other extraneous elements, it might make it possible to access the full text of articles that are behind soft paywalls, particularly those JavaScript-rendered paywalls.
Find out more from this post, "How to bypass paywalls with Textise".
4. uBlock Origin
You can use the wide-spectrum blocker uBlock Origin to read NZ Herald Premium articles too.
First you install uBlock Origin extension.
NOTE: Chrome has disabled uBlock Origin extension from its Chrome Web Store.
To install uBlock Origin extension to Chrome, do this:
https://www.softpedia.com/dyn-postdownload.php/8255e5509d17468c3367ab18c7f617c8/67c86f71/3e4cd/0/1
Copy the URL above, and it paste it in the address bar of Google browser, and press "Enter" key.
Likewise, you can highlight it, right click and then click, "Go to https://www.softpedia.com/dyn-postdownload.php/8255e5509d17468c3367ab18c7f617c8/67c86f71/3e4cd/0/1
A box pops up with the file name, uBlock0_1.62.0.chromium.
Download it and you would see this icon.
Right click on the icon, a menu pops up, click "Extract files...".
Save the folder in your Downloads or wherever you preferred.
The extracted folder of uBlock0.chromium looks like this:
Now go to Chrome Extension, click "Load unpacked" button. (Make sure the "Developer mode" is enabled.
A box pops up, click on the uBlock0.chromium folder, which you have just saved.
Finally click the "Select Folder" button.
Immediately the uBlock Origin extension is installed in your Chrome Extensions.
Then pin the uBlock Origin icon to the Chrome toolbar.
Click this small uBlock Origin icon at the toolbar.
A box pops up, click the three cog wheels at the bottom right hand corner.
It opens the dashboard page, click "Filter lists" tab.
Scroll all the way down until "> Import".
Click it, instantly a box appears below.
Type this line inside the box:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/liamengland1/miscfilters/master/antipaywall.txt
Then go up and click "Apply changes" button.
You can see "Anti-paywall filters" listed under Custom.
Now you can read all the NZ Herald Premium articles you want.
In fact, with this anti-paywall filter, now you can access many other blocked media websites.
How does it work: The anti-paywall filter is like the Bypass Paywalls Clean extension; it uses various ways to bypass paywalls, such as modifying headers, spoofing user agents, or accessing cached versions of pages.
These are the workable ways how to bypass NZ Herald Premium paywall, so you can access the content for free.
NOTE: These methods may not involve direct hacking or unauthorized access, they can still violate anti-circumvention laws and terms of service. Consider using the legal and ethical ways to access paywalled web articles.
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