The Rotorua Daily Post has been named Newspaper of the Year in its category at the prestigious PANPA international newspaper awards.
The awards, held in Sydney last night, saw your local newspaper take out the Newspaper of the Year up to 10,000 circulation title.
Chief photographer Stephen Parker topped a great year by winning the regional Photography Portrait of the Year with his shot of Rotorua pensioner Gavin Hayes.
The PANPA awards are open to newspapers from across Australia and New Zealand, as well as English-language papers in Southeast Asia and the Pacific.
The top accolades came a day after the paper's advertising manager Janine Davy took out the supreme award for Advertising Manager/Director of the Year.