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Posted at 9:02am Tuesday 22nd May, 2012
 A 12 week dispute between Affco and the New Zealand Meat Workers Union is over.
The two parties settled on a new collective agreement at 5am today with workers set to return to work and payroll.
Meat workers march through the main street in Te Puke on Saturday in protest of the lock out.
More than 900 meat workers have been on strike and locked out...
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Posted at 8:47am Tuesday 22nd May, 2012
 A young Tauranga man got quite a shock when he stood on a stingray barb while on an educational fieldtrip on Motuhoa Island on Monday.
The 17-year-old was on the island in Tauranga Harbour on Monday afternoon when he stepped on an old stingray barb which penetrated his foot.
A 17-year-old man was flown to Tauranga Hospital after stepping on an old stingray...
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Posted at 8:42am Tuesday 22nd May, 2012
 Police are investigating the burglaries of two Tauranga schools in which large amounts of electronic and computer equipment was taken.
Tauranga Girls’ College was broken into on Friday night and Tauranga Intermediate suffered the theft of a large amount of electronic and computer equipment on Sunday night.
Senior Sergeant Mark Pakes is disappointed...
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Posted at 7:01am Tuesday 22nd May, 2012
 Lessons learned from the Rena grounding off Tauranga will be put into practise during a major oil spill exercise around Coromandel harbours next month.
The Waikato Regional Council exercise involving up to 30 staff and including supporting agencies will test the effectiveness of booms in helping keep oil out of environmentally sensitive Coromandel...
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Posted at 4:46pm Monday 21st May, 2012 | By Jamie Troughton
 A training day for Omanu lifeguards quickly turned real when they were called to assist three people who found themselves in troubled water off the coast of Mount Maunganui on Sunday.
Trainee instructor Thomas Brinkley, 19, was undertaking IRB training when he noticed a kiteboarder in trouble around 2.30pm.
An Omanu lifeguards’ training mission...
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Posted at 3:51pm Monday 21st May, 2012 | By Phillipa Yalden newsroom@thesun.co.nz
 The Skyhawk fighter jet has arrived at its new home of Classic Flyers in Mount Maunganui this afternoon.
The Royal New Zealand Air Force A4K Skyhawk arrived at the aviation museum on Jean Batten Drive at about 3pm today, after leaving the Woodbourne Air Base in Blenhiem on Sunday.
The Skyhawk arrives at Classic Flyers in Mount Maunganui. See video...
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Posted at 3:04pm Monday 21st May, 2012
 Drivers are being advised to expect delays as work to resurface Oropi Road between Chadwick Road and Greerton Park started this morning.
A temporary 30km/h speed limit is in place and drivers are advised to use an alternative route if possible.
The work is expected to be completed by mid-June.
This information from this week’s Tauranga City Council...
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Posted at 12:36pm Monday 21st May, 2012 | By Corrie Taylor corrie@thesun.co.nz
 A Mount Maunganui woman charged in relation to the attempted knifepoint robbery at Arataki Superette has been denied bail.
Cheyanne McCausland, 22, appeared in Tauranga District Court today facing one charge with intent to commit robbery.
The woman accused of the attempted armed robbery of the Arataki Superette has been denied bail.
McCausland’s...
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Posted at 12:24pm Monday 21st May, 2012
 Sun Media publications have netted seven placings in the annual newspaper awards.
Publications from the Sun Media Ltd stable cleaned up in several categories, including Best All Round Newspaper and Best Front Page at the 2012 Community Newspaper Association Awards in Dunedin at the weekend.
Sun Media photographer Tracy Hardy at the 2012 Community Newspaper...
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Posted at 12:21pm Monday 21st May, 2012 | By Corrie Taylor corrie@thesun.co.nz
 Business is booming at Mount Maunganui flight school Bayflight Aviation despite warnings of flight instructor shortages across the country.
Palmerston North based company Helipro took over Bay Flight Aviation training school on Jean Batten Drive after it went into voluntary liquidation in December 2011.
There is no shortage of flying instructors at...
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