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Posted at 5:14pm Monday 20th May, 2013 | By Andrew Campbell andrew@thesun.co.nz
 Statements accusing Mount Maunganui based Zespri of wrongdoing over its China market are being looked into by Kiwifruit Growers Incorporated – to assure growers that Zespri has acted appropriately, says chairman Neil Trebilco.
“As an organisation we are concerned enough to conduct our own inquiries,” says Neil.
“China is an...
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Posted at 3:42pm Monday 20th May, 2013
 It’s time for young people around the Bay of Plenty to put their thinking caps on and submit their most innovative ideas in the Young Innovator Awards.
Now in its fifth year the awards run by Priority One’s Instep programme are held annually to find the region’s most creative secondary school thinkers and this year includes a new category...
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Posted at 3:37pm Monday 20th May, 2013
 Unsettled weather will continue this week as another broad trough and procession of rain bands slowly crosses New Zealand.
The MetService is predicting rain for Tauranga from tomorrow through until Friday with rain likely to be heavy at times in parts.
Rain is forecast in Tauranga through until Friday.
Media and Communications Meteorologist Daniel...
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Posted at 3:02pm Monday 20th May, 2013 | By Luke Balvert luke@thesun.co.nz
 Matua Dairy is in the firing line as residents angry at the sale of legal highs consider boycotting the store.
Residents in the Tauranga suburb are appealing to petition the Levers Road dairy if it continues to sell synthetic drugs after recent concerns about the ease of access and long term health effects for users.
Matua Dairy on Levers Road is...
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Posted at 2:37pm Monday 20th May, 2013 | By Zoe Hunter zoe@thesun.co.nz
 Being the youngest competitors in the Discover Tauranga Walkways fundraiser didn’t stop Tauranga Boys’ College from “blitzing” the rest of the field.
A total of 20 teams, including three solo runners, completed the 65km run around Tauranga’s walkways yesterday.
Tauranga Boys’ College are the winners of the...
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Posted at 11:55am Monday 20th May, 2013 | By Andrew Campbell andrew@thesun.co.nz
 A faulty heat lamp set fire to a Papamoa bathroom early today but smoke alarms alerted residents who managed to contain the fire.
Firefighters from Papamoa and Mount Maunganui were called to the Palm Beach Boulevard house at 6.56am.
Firefighters were called to a bathroom fire in Papamoa early today.
Fire Safety Officer John Rewi says the fire was caused...
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Posted at 11:32am Monday 20th May, 2013 | By Andrew Campbell andrew@thesun.co.nz
 Councillors from the city and Western Bay will take a sober look at the region’s drinking habits today as they look to tighten up the availability of liquor in the community.
The outcome of this afternoon’s Joint Governance Committee meeting will place limits on the number of local pubs and bars, off-licences, and where and when they can...
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Posted at 10:34am Monday 20th May, 2013 | By Zoe Hunter zoe@thesun.co.nz
 Western Bay of Plenty college students are set to rock the stage after a number were named as finalists in the Smokefreerockquest regional competition announced in Tauranga yesterday.
A total of 18 bands and soloists across the Western Bay of Plenty took the stage at Baycourt on Sunday in hopes of becoming the hottest new sound on the Kiwi music scene.Tauranga...
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Posted at 9:57am Monday 20th May, 2013 | By Luke Balvert luke@thesun.co.nz
 A Filipino crewman seriously injured after being struck across the chest by a steel rope as a crane boom collapsed on a ship at the Port of Tauranga last week is out of intensive care.
The 42-year-old was working onboard the logging ship Nordic Visby around 5.30am on Thursday when the main crane boom snapped causing a steel rope to strike the crewman...
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Posted at 9:52am Monday 20th May, 2013
 Work starts today on revamping the parking along Monmouth Street and repairing damaged berms.
It is expected to take up to a month to undertake the works that including building formal parking bays, repairing berms and installing street lights.
Work starts today on parking around Monmouth Street. Photo; File.
Once these changes are completed berm...
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