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Posted at 7:00am Wednesday 22nd May, 2013 | By Letitia Atkinson letitia@thesun.co.nz
 A fast acting and potentially deadly disease can be stopped if caught in time, says a Bay of Plenty Medical Officer of Health.
Dr Phil Shoemack is warning people to be on the lookout for meningitis as it is the most commonly caused virus with a number of different bacteria that can cause the disease.
“Very rarely, like there has been one case...
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Posted at 5:06pm Tuesday 21st May, 2013
 A joint operation between several agencies and iwi targeted the dozens of feral fish lurking in Whakatane’s Sullivan Lake last week.
Highly visible fish, most believed to be goldfish, have been in the lake for a number of years, and numerous attempts have been made to confirm whether other species are also present.
A joint operation to fish...
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Posted at 4:44pm Tuesday 21st May, 2013 | By Letitia Atkinson letitia@thesun.co.nz
 A severe thunderstorm outlook is being issued for the upper North Island this afternoon including the Bay of Plenty.
MetService issued the warning earlier today reporting a moderate risk of thunderstorms, heavy rain and gusts in the Bay of Plenty, Northland, Auckland, Coromandel Peninsula, Waikato, Waitomo, Taranaki, northern Gisborne, Buller and Nelson.
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Posted at 4:29pm Tuesday 21st May, 2013 | By Luke Balvert luke@thesun.co.nz
 Bay of Plenty spider lovers can spin their way into a webbed frenzy to earn the naming rights of a Goliath bird-eating tarantula.
The female spider, originating from the coastal rainforests of South America and belonging to the world’s biggest species of spider, arrived at Wellington Zoo last week –without a name.
Bidding for the naming...
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Posted at 4:23pm Tuesday 21st May, 2013 | By Andrew Campbell andrew@thesun.co.nz
 Tauranga supermarkets could be forced to fence off their wine racks and beer chillers as the city looks at a proposal to reduce the hours for off-licences in the city’s suburbs.
Councillors at the Joint Governance Workshop decided off –licences’ hours under the proposed draft Local Alcohol Policy will be from 7am till 9pm. The default...
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Posted at 3:14pm Tuesday 21st May, 2013 | By Phillipa Yalden phillipa@thesun.co.nz
 Water is out in parts of Te Puke due to a problem with the booster pump at the storage supply tanks in No.1 Road.
Houses in No.1 and No.2 Road are without water after supply was cut early this morning.
Water is out to parts of Te Puke due to a problem at a water tank in the rural Western Bay.
Western Bay of Plenty District Council utilities manager...
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Posted at 1:57pm Tuesday 21st May, 2013 | By Hamish Carter hamishcarter@thesun.co.nz
 Parents of St Mary’s School students are being warned to be vigilant of a homeless man hanging around the school grounds.
A letter to parents says the man, who lives in his car, has been “frequenting areas adjacent to the school” on 13th Avenue and in Harvey Street.
St Mary’s School is urging parents to be vigilant with children...
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Posted at 1:49pm Tuesday 21st May, 2013 | By Luke Balvert luke@thesun.co.nz
 A Papamoa plasterer charged in relation to the explosion of a P-lab in a Mount Maunganui basement last month will remain behind bars for now.
Rhys James Maybury, 39, appeared in Tauranga District Court today after earlier pleading not guilty to manufacturing methamphetamine, possession of precursor chemicals and arson.
Police and a specialist Clab-lab...
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Posted at 12:00pm Tuesday 21st May, 2013
 One of the two men accused of assaulting and robbing a Domino’s pizza delivery man has had his charges dropped, while the other is bailed.
Police arrested a 24-year-old and 16-year-old following the assault of a 23-year-old Domino’s worker delivering pizzas at a Maungatapu address on May 9.
Both, who have automatic name suppression, were...
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Posted at 11:11am Tuesday 21st May, 2013
 Bay of Plenty’s new tourism tagline ‘Plenty for Everyone’ is one of Tourism Bay of Plenty’s key drivers in moving the region into the top four destinations in the country.
Tourism Bay of Plenty general manager Rhys Arrowsmith unveiled plans including the new slogan to promote the Bay of Plenty at a tourism operator event last...
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