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Posted at 12:07pm Thursday 23rd May, 2013 | By Zoe Hunter zoe@thesun.co.nz
 The call is going out for Tauranga’s most talented as the city prepares to host auditions for this year’s New Zealand’s Got Talent show next week.
Tauranga auditions in the search for the country’s top singers, musicians, dancers and comedians are at Otumoetai College’s Performing Arts Centre on Wednesday, May 29.
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Posted at 12:02pm Thursday 23rd May, 2013 | By Luke Balvert luke@thesun.co.nz
 Matua Dairy is removing all legal highs from its shelves after residents threatened to boycott the store.
Dairy manager Raj Singh has decided to stop selling the controversial synthetic products like K2 and Everest and has removed all of the products from the Levers Road store.
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Posted at 11:35am Thursday 23rd May, 2013 | By Luke Balvert luke@thesun.co.nz
 The Tauranga Community Housing Trust is welcoming a $1.7million cash injection from the Government to help develop an age-friendly affordable housing village.
The grant is part of the Government’s latest $16.4million funding round announced yesterday, towards building affordable social housing.
Tauranga Community Housing Trust manager Chris Johnstone...
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Posted at 11:30am Thursday 23rd May, 2013 | By Andrew Campbell andrew@thesun.co.nz
 A decision over an application to put the Zion Wildlife Park into liquidation to pay for lost wages has been reserved.
Associate High Court Judge Jeremy Doogue reserved his decision into the application made by Tauranga business consultant Sam Bailey to liquidate Earth Crest Ltd (trading as Kingdom of Zion Ltd).
Sam, who represented himself in court,...
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Posted at 10:55am Thursday 23rd May, 2013 | By Zoe Hunter zoe@thesun.co.nz
 A Bethlehem man charged with the armed hold-up of Lenz Superette on Cameron Road has been back in court.
Brett Robert Heginbotham, 28, appeared before a registrar in Tauranga District Court this morning charged with aggravated robbery.
Police at Lenz Suprette on Cameron Road.
He was further remanded on bail and is yet to enter a plea on the charge.
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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 10:08am Thursday 23rd May, 2013
 Battle lines are being drawn as two of the country’s volleyball heavyweights prepare to clash at ASB Arena in Mount Maunganui.
As part of the Northern Zone Volleyball Competition, Tauranga and Hamilton’s top men’s and women’s teams will compete in the highly anticipated match-up for both competition points and momentum ahead...
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Posted at 9:54am Thursday 23rd May, 2013
 Waterspouts and more than 3000 lightning strikes have featured in the weather over the wider region during the last 24 hours.
By 6pm Wednesday, the MetService had recorded 3600 lightning strikes caused by the low pressure system, with most activity occurring earlier in the day.
More than 3000 lightning strikes were recorded in 24 hours.
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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 5:08pm Wednesday 22nd May, 2013 | By Luke Balvert luke@thesun.co.nz
 The Government’s newly announced social housing scheme to provide more affordable housing continues to fall short, says Labour leader David Shearer.
In Tauranga today, as part of a whirlwind tour to the country’s regions, the opposition leader told a Western Bay of Plenty Grey Power meeting the Government is failing to slow the declining...
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