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The Bay of Plenty Times is the 6th largest read daily publication with 5 years in a row of circulation growth. In 2001 and 2003 it won the Qantas Media Award for Best Daily Newspaper up to 25,000. Each month over 22,000 advertisements are published

The Bay of Plenty Times is an intrinsic part of the Bay of Plenty experience. The region's most successful daily newspaper, covering all aspects of news from local, national and international events to a full round up of sporting results and a wide range of reader interests.

The Bay of Plenty Times celebrated 130 years of publishing in September 2002. It employs 164 full time, and 296 part time employees, and is one of the top 5 employers in the region. The first issue of the Bay of Plenty Times was printed on Wednesday September 4, 1872 and was a four page tabloid newspaper published twice a week.

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Awards: The paper had fluctuating fortunes for several years but since 1950, the most dramatic change has seen new technology speed up the paper's production and improve the quality. The paper was printed on a series of flat-bed presses until 1955 when the first rotary press was installed. The offset press and first computer were introduced in 1976. Today, all news and advertising copy are set on computers, and the newspaper is printed by the Printcorp division of APN New Zealand Limited on a Goss Community offset press.
Awards: Bay of Plenty Publishing publishes approximately 200,000 editions every week - including the Bay of Plenty Times (daily), Bay News (weekly), Katikati Advertiser (weekly), Coastal News (Weekly), Waihi Leader (Weekly), Te Puke Times (weekly), TV Times (weekly), and Country News (monthly). We publish almost 250 broadsheet pages and print over 5000 advertisements every week covering all publications.