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Posted at 12:36pm Saturday 25th May, 2013 | By Letitia Atkinson letitia@thesun.co.nz
 Around 100 people gathered in Red Square at 12pm to take a stand against Monsanto – the leading producer of genetically engineered seeds.
The March Against Monsanto protest is part of a worldwide event involving more than 30 countries.
Around 100 people gathered in Red Square to protest again Monsanto. Photos: Tracy Hardy.
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Posted at 9:58am Friday 24th May, 2013 | By Letitia Atkinson letitia@thesun.co.nz
 An unexpected rush on the chickenpox vaccine has depleted supplies, but makers say it will be available again in two weeks.
GlaxoSmithKline released a statement yesterday saying demand for the vaccine is uncharacteristically high compared with the usual requirements for this time of year.
“We believe this has been driven my recent media coverage...
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Posted at 10:29am Thursday 23rd May, 2013 | By Corrie Taylor corrie@thesun.co.nz
 A change in water fluoridation policy in the United States has a Tauranga resident worried the fluoride levels in some Bay of Plenty areas are too high.
In an attempt to reduce the risk of mild fluorosis, the fluoride level in US water was recently reduced from an optimum range between 0.7 and 1.2 parts per million to a single level of 0.7.
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Posted at 7:02am Thursday 23rd May, 2013 | By Corrie Taylor corrie@thesun.co.nz
 Tauranga residents will join thousands of protestors around the world this weekend taking a stand against Monsanto – the leading producer of genetically engineered seeds.
The March Against Monsanto protest at Red Square on Saturday is part of a worldwide event including tens of thousands of people in more than 30 countries.
A protest rally will...
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Posted at 10:47am Wednesday 22nd May, 2013 | By Letitia Atkinson letitia@thesun.co.nz
 A year after being diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer Tauranga youth Logan Alison is continuing the fight.
The 11-year-old was recently able to return to school for a few days after taking the last year off to undergo treatment for Ewings sarcoma.
Logan Alison at Rainbow Springs in Rotorua.
Logan’s mother Fiona says Logan started school...
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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 10:52am Tuesday 21st May, 2013 | By Letitia Atkinson letitia@thesun.co.nz
 Tauranga Hospital failed to diagnose a hernia and bowel obstruction in a 78-year-old woman who later died, the Health and Disability Commissioner has found.
A report released by Commissioner Anthony Hill yesterday says BOPDHB failed to provide an appropriate standard of care for the patient who died of a hypoxic brain injury caused by cardiac arrest...
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Posted at 4:28pm Thursday 16th May, 2013
 Bay of Plenty children are invited to join the 2013 Food Revolution Day this Friday– a global stand for good food and essential cooking skills on May 17.
Teen cook Claire Gourley will host an online interactive cooking session as part of the Jamie Oliver Food Foundation’s 2013 Food Revolution Day to celebrate real food, where it comes from...
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Posted at 8:18am Sunday 12th May, 2013 | By Zoe Hunter zoe@thesun.co.nz
Mount Maunganui residents are praising the new St John training facility introduced to teach more people first aid.
St John tutor Sally Moore and former tutor Guy Torrey at the new training facility in Mount Maunganui. Photos: Zoe Hunter
Until now, Mount Maunganui residents had to travel to Tauranga to receive first aid training with St John. Courses...
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Posted at 7:01am Sunday 12th May, 2013
 Nurses in Tauranga will join those around the world as International Nurses Day is marked today the anniversary of Crimean War nurse Florence Nightingale’s birthday.
New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) president, Marion Guy says as the largest health care profession in the world, there is no doubt that nurses are the key to achieving healthy...
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