| Waikato Times | |
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| Founded | 1872, Ngaruawahia |
| Language | New Zealand English |
| Price | NZ$0.90-1.70 (depending on day) |
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| Website: waikatotimes.co.nz | |
The Waikato Times is a daily broadsheet newspaper published in Hamilton, New Zealand with a circulation to the greater Waikato region. A newspaper is a written Publication containing News, information and Advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called Newsprint. Hamilton ( Kirikiriroa in Māori) is the centre of New Zealand 's fourth largest Urban area, and is the country's seventh largest City
The Waikato Times started out the tri-weekly Waikato Times and Thames Valley Gazette, first published on 2 May 1872. Events 1194 - King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter. Year 1872 ( MDCCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year The paper was first published in Ngaruawahia but moved to Hamilton in 1875. Ngāruawāhia (pronunciation /ŋaɾuawahia/ (pop 5106) is a town in the Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand. Year 1875 ( MDCCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common
The Times has a daily circulation of 41,000 copies. Allan Hawkey produces opinion cartoons for the newspaper. Allan Hawkey (born 1941 is a cartoonist based in Hamilton New Zealand.
The paper was investigated over reported libel over local businessman Roger Hargreaves in July 2007 although all charges were eventually dropped.