''Hawke's Bay Today'' is a daily compact
newspaper
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published in
Hastings, New Zealand
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and serving Hastings, Napier and the Hawke's Bay region. It is owned by NZME. The ''Hawke's Bay Today'' is New Zealand's youngest newspaper, founded on 3 May 1999.
History
''Hawke's Bay Today'' was launched on 3 May 1999, a merger of the dailies the ''
Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune'' in Hastings and ''
Napier's Daily Telegraph
''The Daily Telegraph'' was a newspaper serving Napier and the Hawke's Bay region district of New Zealand
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''. Its earliest incarnation was "a Saturday morning weekly named the ''Hawke's Bay Herald and Ahuriri Advocate'', which first rolled off the presses in Napier on 24 September 1857," according to the company website.
The Saturday evening ''Hawke's Bay Today'' was discontinued in 2002 to make way for the new weekend edition published on Saturday mornings.
In 2005 the local news content of the ''
Dannevirke News'' was merged with ''Hawke's Bay Today''.
On 19 March 2012, ''Hawke's Bay Today'' became a morning newspaper. It was previously released in the afternoon.
On 25 February 2013, the paper moved from a broadsheet to compact size.
In 2024, the paper won Newspaper of the Year at the Voyager Media Awards, as well as Best Use of Print at the INMA Global Media Awards for its coverage of Cyclone Gabrielle.
References
''Hawke's Bay Today'' – About Us– Official website
External links
''Hawke's Bay Today''– official website
Newspapers published in New Zealand
Hawke's Bay
Mass media in Hastings, New Zealand
Newspapers established in 1999
New Zealand Media and Entertainment
1999 establishments in New Zealand
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