Christmas will come early for some Bay residents this morning, with the winners of a Gold Coast trip and a number of $1000 cash prizes announced on The Hits radio station.
The winners of the NZME. Christmas Cracker Promotion were drawn by Napier Mayor Bill Dalton yesterday at Hawke's Bay Today's Hastings offices.
This morning between 7am and 8am the winners will be announced live on air on Martin and Sarah's breakfast radio show.
The first prize for the competition included a trip for four to the Gold Coast with return flights and seven nights accommodation. Sponsored by Travelsmart, the trip had a value of $5000. The other four prizes were worth $1000 each.
There were 36 retailers throughout Hawke's Bay involved in the promotion, and more than 1000 entrants.
NZME. eastern manager James Cooper said it had been "a fantastic response from retailers and we were thrilled with the way the promotion was run".
Hawke's Bay Today general manager Russell Broughton said it was a fantastic pre-Christmas promotion for the 36 shops and would ensure more upcoming NZME. joint promotions in the future.