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Posted at 5:22pm Monday 22nd Apr, 2013
 A busy news week, including flooding around the region, has shown SunLive.co.nz is the leading local 24 hour news service - and the latest figures prove it.
From the early hours of Saturday morning SunLive.co.nz reporters and photographers were out in the floods keeping readers up to date with all the latest as local residents battled waterlogged...
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Posted at 5:05pm Monday 15th Apr, 2013 | By Zoe Hunter zoe@thesun.co.nz
 Tauranga Boys’ College are the winners of the 2013 TrustPower Mashup competition held at the Bay of Plenty Polytechnic Bongard Centre at the weekend.
Dominic Panettiere, William Cleland, Duncan De Wet and Samuel Keast out-challenged nine other teams from Tauranga, Rotorua and Whakatane during a two-day event and were crowned winners on Sunday.
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Posted at 1:04pm Friday 12th Apr, 2013 | By Merle Foster merle@thesun.co.nz
 Trade Me account holders who are receiving emails today asking them to provide account login details should not hand them over.
The act is coming from overseas scammers who are using a stolen website domain to pretend to be Trade Me and ask the site’s account holders for their personal information.
Trade Me has been hit by scammers sending phishing...
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Posted at 7:03am Friday 01st Feb, 2013 | By Hamish Carter hamishcarter@thesun.co.nz
 Regional television has arrived in Tauranga with the first programme by newcomers Grey Street Television Studios set to air in a fortnight.
The TV production company is initially focussed on weekly shopping and sports shows, which will be aired on TV Central, with hopes for more in the future.
Matt Minnell and Hamish Denton practise their television...
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Posted at 7:55am Saturday 26th Jan, 2013 | By Kelly Dennett
 Tauranga’s young technological entrepreneurs are being sought for TrustPower’s annual Mashup competition.
Bay of Plenty college students are being invited to showcase their best computer, marketing and business skills during the competition in April.
Otumoetai College students Alexia Grindle, Hannah Buist-Bainbridge, Samantha Grindle...
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Posted at 2:33pm Friday 18th Jan, 2013
 Bay of Plenty residents are being warned of a computer scam with a new twist.
Consumer NZ is says a Consumer member lost $150 in 2011 when PC scammer phoned saying they could repair her computer.
People are being warned about an old scam with a new twist.
In a new twist, she received two more phone calls at the end of last year from someone saying they...
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Posted at 10:39am Sunday 23rd Dec, 2012
 Television in Bay of Plenty is going digital in 12 months’ time and residents are being warned to get prepared early.
Everyone in the region who wants to watch TV after December 1, 2013 will need Freeview or SKY, says Going Digital national manager Greg Harford.
“If you aren’t already digital now is the time to start looking at...
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Posted at 3:44pm Friday 09th Nov, 2012 | By Hamish Carter
 Being named a bright spark is nothing special to Otumoetai College Year 13 student Baden Parr but making the finals of the Bright Sparks Award definitely is.Otumoetai College Year 13 student Baden Parr.
The 18-year-old was delighted to be named among the four finalists for his age group in the national electronics competition for his hexapod robot.
“I...
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Posted at 2:40pm Sunday 28th Oct, 2012
 Engineering lecturer Dr Johan Verbeek will discuss his work in creating bio-derived products in Tauranga this week.
Dr Verbeek’s research group at the University of Waikato focuses on using waste materials or by-products from other processes to produce value-added products.Engineering lecturer Dr Johan Verbeek will speak in Tauranga this week.
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Posted at 8:01am Sunday 14th Oct, 2012
 Tauranga residents have another year before they have to make the digital TV change.
Television in New Zealand will be going digital at different stages. Hawke’s Bay and the West Coast of the South Island went digital last month.
Tauranga residents have until next year to switch over to digital television.
Going Digital community advisor Andrew...
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