Regional newspapers unveil online editions

1.30pm

Seven regional New Zealand newspapers - from Whangarei to Christchurch - launched websites this morning, promising to deliver daily updates of local news and sport.

The papers are all owned by APN News & Media, which also owns the New Zealand Herald.

Three of the newspapers - the Northern Advocate, the Daily Post and the Wanganui Chronicle - are presenting their news online for the first time.

The other four papers have upgraded existing websites.

Stories of national interest from all of the papers will continue to be carried on nzherald.co.nz

APN has also launched 17 regional newspaper websites in Australia over the past two months.

New NZ websites:

- BAY OF PLENTY TIMES

- CHRISTCHURCH STAR

- DAILY POST (ROTORUA)

- HAWKE'S BAY TODAY

- NORTHERN ADVOCATE (WHANGAREI)

- WAIRARAPA TIMES-AGE (MASTERTON)

- WANGANUI CHRONICLE