Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune

The Hawke’s Bay Herald-Tribune is the result of the 1937 amalgamation between two existing titles, the Hawke’s Bay Herald and the Hawke’s Bay Tribune.

Sir Donald McLean first proposed a Hawke's Bay newspaper to advocate for provincial separation from Wellington. Another settler, James Wood, took up the challenge and published the first issue of the Hawke's Bay Herald and Ahuriri Advocate in Napier on 24 September 1857.

The first issue of the Hawke’s Bay Tribune, incorporating the Hastings Standard, came later, on 12 December 1910.

The February 1931 Napier earthquake completely destroyed the Herald’s printing plant. The Hastings newspaper, the Hawke's Bay Tribune, took over printing the Herald.

The earthquake and the Depression years took a heavy toll on the Herald and in 1937 it was merged with the Tribune. The new paper was called the Hawke’s Bay Herald-Tribune and its first issue appeared on 16 January 1937.

In 1982 ownership of the Hawke’s Bay Herald-Tribune and its long-time rival, the Daily Telegraph of Napier, was amalgamated. The two newspapers continued to be published separately, but in 1999 they were merged to become Hawke’s Bay Today.