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Posted at 9:59am Monday 20th Feb, 2012
 More than 4000 students are set to swarm the Bay of Plenty Polytechnic campuses today as the 2012 tertiary academic year begins.
Students and staff, including those from partnering institutions, University of Waikato and Waiariki Institute of Technology, will be formally welcomed by powhiri at both the Bongard and Windermere Campuses from 9.30am.
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Posted at 3:57pm Friday 17th Feb, 2012 | By Hamish Carter hamishcarter@thesun.co.nz
 Over 800 students from Otumoetai Intermediate School took part in the annual triathlon this morning, reaching the finish line just ahead of the first downpour.
Principal Henk Popping was delighted with the event, which saw almost every student take part in either the competitive race or the participatory event.
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Posted at 9:11am Friday 17th Feb, 2012 | By Letitia Atkinson letitia@thesun.co.nz
 Bethlehem Coachlines is taking on the Papamoa to Gate Pa daily school bus service independently to replace the failed Tauranga Transport Network effort.
The Tauranga Transport Network service involved three buses transporting students from Papamoa to Tauranga Intermediate, Tauranga Boys’ College and Tauranga Girls’ College.
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Posted at 12:15pm Wednesday 15th Feb, 2012
 Parents in Papamoa are voicing anger at the Ministry of Education after it cut funding to a daily school bus service.
The service involved using three buses to transport students from the suburb to Tauranga Intermediate, Tauranga Boys’ College and Tauranga Girls’ College.
Some school students in Papamoa are being left behind because there...
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Posted at 11:30am Friday 10th Feb, 2012
 Matthew Dearsly is the recipient of a $1000 scholarship from the New Zealand Institute of Surveyors (NZIS) Rotorua/Bay of Plenty branch.
The scholarship is awarded annually to a student undertaking their first year in a full-time Bachelor of Surveying degree at the University of Otago or the National Diploma in Surveying offered at the Bay of Plenty...
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Posted at 12:52pm Tuesday 07th Feb, 2012 | By Letitia Atkinson letitia@thesun.co.nz
 All is in order at Tauranga Girls’ College after a vandal took the opportunity to adjust one letter on the school’s street-side public noticeboard.
The respelling of the word ‘whole’ with the ‘l’ replaced with an ‘r’ left the sign with an insulting message for those associated the school.
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Posted at 3:05pm Friday 03rd Feb, 2012
 Flat Stanley is on his way back to California, but not before he ventured to the top of Mount Maunganui to enjoy the brilliant vantage point of the city its peak offers.
Mount Maunganui is an extinct volcanic cone and is called Mauao by New Zealand’s indigenous people, the Maori.
Flat Stanley stands in Pilot Bay close to Mount Maunganui.
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Posted at 12:09pm Thursday 02nd Feb, 2012
 There are eight recipients of the Port of Tauranga’s Turirangi Te Kani Memorial Scholarships this year after four people were awarded them at Mount Maunganui today.
These scholarships are for up to three years’ tertiary study and are awarded to young people from the Tauranga Moana Trust Board area with tribal affiliation with Tauranga iwi.
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Posted at 10:45am Thursday 02nd Feb, 2012
 Flat Stanley is riding around Tauranga with SunLive photographer Tracy Hardy.
Flat Stanley is getting a taste of the news business in Tauranga as he accompanies SunLive news photographer Tracy Hardy out on her job.
On Wednesday the pair visited different emergency services in the city; police, firefighters and St John Ambulance.
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Posted at 11:11am Sunday 29th Jan, 2012
 The Welcome Bay Scout Group is inviting everyone to join them on February 2 for its registration and open night.
Scouts teach children valuable skills for the future, as well as providing a fun, social environment.
Children aged 5-18 years, or child in an adult form, are invited to come and be part of the group, in a section or as a leader.
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