Hawke's Bay Today

Hawke's Bay Today is a daily compact newspaper published in Hastings, New Zealand 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.^{[citation needed]}

Hawke's Bay Today

Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Compact
Owner(s)	New Zealand Media and Entertainment
Editor	Chris Hyde
Founded	1999
Headquarters	Hastings, New Zealand
Website	www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/

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. 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.^{[citation needed]}

The Saturday evening Hawke's Bay Today was discontinued in 2002 to make way for the new weekend edition published on Saturday mornings.^{[citation needed]}

In 2005 the local news content of the Dannevirke News was merged with Hawke's Bay Today.^{[citation needed]}

On 19 March 2012, Hawke's Bay Today became a morning newspaper. It was previously released in the afternoon.^{[citation needed]}

On 25 February 2013, the paper moved from a broadsheet to compact size.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}