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Posted at 5:00pm Thursday 20th Jun, 2013 | By Letitia Atkinson letitia@thesun.co.nz
 The 30-year-old man arrested on Monday morning after he crashed into a Mount Maunganui building trying to flee from police pleaded guilty today.
Appearing in Tauranga’s Registrar’s Court this morning, Mustafa Sabanli admitted to charges of driving with excess breath alcohol, dangerous driving and failing to stop.
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Posted at 4:56pm Thursday 20th Jun, 2013
 A 26-year-old Bay of Plenty man has admitted kidnapping his girlfriend and dragging her behind a car for almost 2km.
Sonny Te Aramoana Waiti appeared in Rotorua District Court today where he pleaded guilty to kidnapping 37-year-old Rotorua mother Ana Eriepa, putting her in the boot of a car and driving off, on May 25.
Rotorua woman 37-year-old Ana Eriepa...
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Posted at 4:51pm Thursday 20th Jun, 2013 | By Letitia Atkinson letitia@thesun.co.nz
 Motorists are being warned to take extra care on Western Bay of Plenty roads with snow, ice and windy weather predicted for the North Island.
Western Bay of Plenty road policing manager Senior Sergeant Ian Campion is asking people to stay at home if they can as an approaching winter storm moves up the country.
“If the weather is as bad as forecast...
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Posted at 4:24pm Thursday 20th Jun, 2013
 A power cut left about 1000 properties in the Tauranga CBD without power for a short while this afternoon.
PowerCo network operations manager Phil Marsh says the fault at 4.05pm lasted about 13 minutes.
At this stage it is not known what caused the outage, he says.
"We are still investigating the matter."
The power has since been restored.
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Posted at 2:53pm Thursday 20th Jun, 2013 | By Caitlin Wallace
 A digger involved in the construction of a new $8.2m pump station and pipeline remains on its side in Memorial Park after it toppled over this week.
Tauranga City Council project manager Richard Myers says the rig was employed to carry out deep soil mixing, a technique used to strengthen the ground ready for new infrastructure – in this case...
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Posted at 1:34pm Thursday 20th Jun, 2013 | By Luke Balvert luke@thesun.co.nz
 Being on hand to care for the community at the ring of the phone has seen emergency services come out on top in Reader’s Digest’s Most Trusted Professions 2013 poll.
Paramedics claimed the top spot on the poll, released alongside New Zealand’s Most Trusted People 2013, followed by firefighters, rescue volunteers and nurses.
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Posted at 12:39pm Thursday 20th Jun, 2013 | By Letitia Atkinson letitia@thesun.co.nz
 Two of the three men facing animal cruelty charges in relation to running down black swans on Tauranga Harbour on Boxing Day are yet to enter a plea.
The men appeared in Tauranga District Court this morning where Community Magistrate Sue Hovell granted interim name suppression until their next court appearance.
One of the accused entering Tauranga District...
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Posted at 11:22am Thursday 20th Jun, 2013
 Te Puke hooker Simon Chisholm has been cited for violence three weeks out from a five-game suspension following an incident during a match between Rotoiti and Te Puke on Saturday.
A Rotoiti player was taken to hospital and received stitches to his cheek after an alleged stomping during the match played at Te Puke.
Simon Chisholm.
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Posted at 10:44am Thursday 20th Jun, 2013 | By Andrew Campbell andrew@thesun.co.nz
 Boatie John Harrison will be reunited with his boat Six Guns today after it was found in Paeroa this week.
The 20 foot boat has been missing since early May when it was stolen from John’s property in Waihi Road.
John Harrison’s 20 foot boat Six Guns.
Today John is anxiously awaiting the return of his boat, currently being towed back home...
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Posted at 9:57am Thursday 20th Jun, 2013
 Emergency services were called to an accident between a truck and a car on the overpass between Chapel and Elizabeth Streets this morning.
Police and St John were called to what is believed to be a minor nose-to-tail incident shortly after 9am.
One car was damaged on the west bound lane, but nobody is believed to be injured.
A tow truck has been called...
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