Waikato Times
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| Publisher | Fairfax Media |
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| Editor | Jonathan MacKenzie |
| Founded | 2 May 1872, Ngaruawahia |
| Language | New Zealand English |
| Sister newspapers | Hamilton Press |
| ISSN | 1170-0688 |
| Website | http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikatotimes |
The Waikato Times is a daily broadsheet newspaper published in Hamilton, New Zealand, with a circulation to the greater Waikato region.
The Waikato Times started out as the tri-weekly Waikato Times and Thames Valley Gazette, first published on 2 May 1872 in Ngaruawahia but moved to Hamilton in 1875. For 20 years it competed with the Waikato Argus, until the papers merged in 1915. The paper changed from afternoon to morning production from 5 September 2011, though had changed its Saturday issue in 2003.
The Times has an audited daily circulation of 39,695 copies as of December 2011 and is part of Fairfax New Zealand. As of December 2012[update]Allan Hawkey produces opinion cartoons for the newspaper.
Papers Past has 2 May 1872 to 31 December 1892 issues in a searchable form on-line.Hamilton reference library has microfilm copies of the Waikato Argus (29 Aug 1896 – 27 December 1902, 23 January 1903 – 30 April 1909, 1 June 1909 – 4 December 1914) and Waikato Times from 1872. The paper is also included on the Stuff.co.nz website.
The Hamilton Press is a weekly newspaper, delivered on Wednesdays, in the city of Hamilton. It is free to Hamilton residents, and is delivered without prior arrangement to all Hamilton mailboxes.
Coordinates: 37°45′21.02″S 175°14′4.62″E / 37.7558389°S 175.2346167°E
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