The New Zealand Herald wins the top award at PANPA Newspaper of the Year ceremony

September 13, 2015 10:21

NZME’s New Zealand Herald held off competition from a slew of Australian papers to take the Newspaper of the Year in the national/metro category at the PANPA 2015 awards.

APN’s regional title The Gympie Times was recognised in the Community category, while Fairfax’s Newcastle Herald won in the Regional category while News Corp’s The Weekend Australian won Best Weekend Newspaper of the Year.

The award for the Newcastle Herald was one of two awards it received on the night, also taking out Best Regional News Website, while its sister community title the Maitland Mercury won Best Community News Website.

It comes at a time when staff at the Newcastle Herald and Maitland Mercury are fighting a major round of redundancies.

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Nic Christensen

Nic Christensen worked for Mumbrella from 2013 to 2016, in roles including deputy editor and media & technology editor. He is former media writer for The Australian and has also worked as a reporter for The Daily Telegraph and senior producer for Radio 2GB.

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