Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology
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Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology is the largest tertiary provider in the Bay of Plenty and the third largest institute of technology in New Zealand.
We are home to more than 14,000 students, more than 1,000 staff, and we offer more than 150 programmes ranging from certificate to postgraduate level.
BAY OF PLENTY — The Tauranga Energy Consumer Trust’s (TECT) decision to provide valuable funding to a planned tertiary campus in downtown Tauranga has been welcomed by the Bay of Plenty Tertiary Education Partnership.
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It was all hands on deck today when 207 Bay of Plenty Polytechnic staff and students joined forces to break a Guinness World Record – for the ‘most people dipping egg soldiers simultaneously’.
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Four Bay of Plenty Polytechnic students have a lot to smile about this week after walking away with silver medals from the annual Waikato Culinary Fare.
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BAY OF PLENTY — A tertiary campus in downtown Tauranga will generate benefits of $188 million over the next 20 years and provide a rate of return of more than 30% on the initial investment, a new report says.
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Mike Scott, an electrical tutor at Bay of Plenty Polytechnic was one of only 12 educators to be awarded a prestigious 2014 Tertiary Teaching Excellence Award in Wellington last night.
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BAY OF PLENTY — There’s nothing like 1,000 teenagers to get the party started and that was exactly the atmosphere at Bay of Plenty Polytechnic's annual Open Day.
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BAY OF PLENTY — It’s no surprise that great teachers help to create great students. In fact, many researchers believe that teachers matter more to student achievement than any other aspect of schooling – both at primary, secondary and tertiary levels.
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BAY OF PLENTY — There are a lot of people doing good things for other people in the Bay and this week it was Bay of Plenty Polytechnic’s turn when their carpentry team presented a beautifully crafted two-person bench seat to the Tauranga RDA Equestrian Therapy Centre in Welcome Bay.
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BAY OF PLENTY — Anyone meeting Bay of Polytechnic chef Aidan Galloway knows he is completely devoted to quality fresh food.
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Engineering staff from Bay of Plenty Polytechnic were all smiles at the recent Competenz Provider Awards winning two out of a possible nine national awards.
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Police Commissioner Mike Bush recently announced the launch of a number of initiatives to attract more women into the New Zealand Police, recognising the shortage of women on the force and in senior positions.
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shooter have in common? All three are part of the current intake of students in Bay of Plenty Polytechnic’s Preparation for Law Enforcement programme.
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There was plenty of excitement across both Bay of Plenty Polytechnic campuses this week as MasterChef NZ top four contestants, Kerena and Kasey Te Awa-Bird along with Tanisha Kemp and Verena Doolabh, hung up their aprons in exchange for judges’ hats as student and staff teams battled it out over the hot grill in BOPPOLY MasterChef.
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Last week’s New Zealand Athletics Championships saw Bay of Plenty Polytechnic High Performance Sports Scholars race away with a plethora of medals.
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BAY OF PLENTY — The cream of the Bay of Plenty’s creative community came together last night to celebrate one of the most exciting advances in creative collaboration in decades - the launch of Bay of Plenty Polytechnic’s Bachelor of Creative Industries.
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Looming changes to Maritime New Zealand’s (MNZ) Seafarer Certification is great news for seafarers looking to gain their skipper’s ticket.
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BAY OF PLENTY — High Performance Sports Athletes honoured A group of the region’s top young sporting talent were applauded on Thursday night as family, friends and members of the sporting community paid homage to nine elite athletes who received High Performance Sports Scholarships from Bay of Plenty Polytechnic.
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The Bay of Plenty Rugby Union and Bay of Plenty Polytechnic recently travelled to the USA to attend the USA Rugby National Development Summit in Philadelphia.
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BAY OF PLENTY — Bay of Plenty Polytechnic hosted 100 principals and other educators from around the region last week as part of the Bay of Plenty Principals’ Association (BOPPA) 2014 conference forum.
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Proving Tauranga educators are at the forefront of the world, Bay of Plenty Polytechnic academic Lynette Steele recently won top accolades at a higher education conference in Dubai.
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BAY OF PLENTY — The fine weather provided the perfect backdrop for 80 Bay of Plenty Polytechnic Certificate in Fitness students to get down and dirty at the annual mud run.
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BAY OF PLENTY — Waiariki Institute of Technology has joined the Bay of Plenty Tertiary Education Partnership, heralding a new era of educational collaboration and more opportunities for Bay of Plenty students.
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BAY OF PLENTY — Around 600 fresh-faced students kicked off the 2014 tertiary year at Bay of Plenty Polytechnic’s Windermere Campus yesterday.
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Bay of Plenty Polytechnic’s Atrium Restaurant is the recipient of a prestigious 2014 Beef and Lamb Excellence Award, making it four wins in a row for the training restaurant.
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BAY OF PLENTY — Eighty five secondary school students from around the Bay gathered with kaumatua, teachers, principals and deputies at Bay of Plenty Polytechnic to celebrate the launch of the Western Bay of Plenty hub of the Bay of Plenty Trades Academy.
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BAY OF PLENTY — Adult educators have had a valuable training boost with the launch of a new resource by Bay of Plenty Polytechnic staff developers and researchers, Judith Honeyfield and Cath Fraser.
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BAY OF PLENTY — There are many highlights throughout the academic year at Bay of Plenty Polytechnic but the biggest and most exciting of them all actually happens once the year is completed – Graduation.
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Bay of Plenty Polytechnic tutors Kelly Pender and Sheree Cooper were all smiles on Saturday night after being jointly awarded Lecturers of the Year at the annual New Zealand Fitness Industry Awards.
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BAY OF PLENTY — Bay of Plenty Polytechnic, working in conjunction with the Bay of Plenty Rugby Union, has been awarded $45,000 by Education New Zealand to develop a Rugby Sevens Study Abroad programme targeted at college students in the United States.
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BAY OF PLENTY — Bay of Plenty Polytechnic is pleased to announce that from 2014 they will be delivering the full AUT three-year Bachelor of Sport & Recreation in Tauranga.
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BAY OF PLENTY — The annual Westpac Tauranga Business Awards brought local business stars out to shine on Friday night with Vertical Horizons NZ named overall winner for 2013.
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In April 2013 the Chinese and New Zealand governments signed a strategic education partnership agreement supporting stronger ties between China and New Zealand’s Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics (ITPs).
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BAY OF PLENTY — Sixteen Bay of Plenty Polytechnic second year hospitality students headed to Auckland recently for the 21st annual New Zealand Culinary Fare.
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Bay of Plenty Polytechnic’s James Paterson, Senior Academic Staff Member and Diploma in Business tutor, was awarded a prestigious National Tertiary Teaching Excellence Award in Wellington last night.
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There’s no rest for Bay of Plenty Polytechnic’s Nicol Sanders-O’Shea.
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The Audacious Business Challenge (ABC) recently announced its Top 40 Ideas winners including four Bay of Plenty Polytechnic students.
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The Council of Educational Facilities Planners International (CEFPI) held its annual Australasian conference in New Zealand for the first time last week, attracting delegates from around the globe.
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BAY OF PLENTY — Bay of Plenty Polytechnic is delighted to announce it has been approved as one of only four ITPs (Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics) in New Zealand able to accept King Abdullah Scholars from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Government agencies have identified more than 90,000 youth regarded as ‘NEETS’ (Not in Employment, Education or Training) across New Zealand and the figure is expected to rise.
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BAY OF PLENTY — Mention the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and it may conjure whimsical thoughts of magic carpets and genies but there’s nothing whimsical about fresh opportunities for the region through a new collaboration between Bay of Plenty Polytechnic and the Saudi Arabian King Abdullah Scholarship Programme.
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BAY OF PLENTY — Kuku Wawatai (Ngati Porou), Director Education and Māori Development at Bay of Plenty Polytechnic, resigned his position last week leaving behind a legacy of commitment and passion for education, specifically in improving Māori participation and success and engaging disconnected youth.
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BAY OF PLENTY — Did you know that many species of fish are ambisexual? They can be either male or female depending on lifecycle and environmental influences.
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BAY OF PLENTY — Derek and Beryl Prujean, and their friend Jean Jackson, have been dining at Bay of Plenty Polytechnic’s Atrium training restaurant for 16 years.
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BAY OF PLENTY — 2012 was a very busy year for Bay of Plenty Polytechnic’s High Performance Sports Scholars.
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BAY OF PLENTY — Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce recently announced that provision had been made for 1000 extra places for engineering students at universities and polytechnics in 2013 to help address the shortage of engineers in New Zealand.
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BAY OF PLENTY — Hairdresser Lynette Joseph is on cloud nine after being announced the winner of the 2012 NZ Tutor of the Year Award at the Hairdressing Industry Training Organisation (HITO) Awards on Sunday night.
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BAY OF PLENTY — Bay of Plenty fashionistas were treated to a little bit of New York on Saturday night when Bay of Plenty Polytechnic hosted their annual Infuse Fashion Show.
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BAY OF PLENTY — For the third year in a row a local charity has benefited from students studying at Bay of Plenty Polytechnic.
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BAY OF PLENTY — Now six weeks into the job, Bay of Plenty of Polytechnic Corporate Services Director Anthony Robertson has already made an impact on the institution.
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BAY OF PLENTY — Sport Bay of Plenty announced yesterday the finalists for the 2012 Bay of Plenty Sports Awards, featuring a stellar line up of sporting talent from around the Bay, including three current Bay of Plenty Polytechnic students and two graduates.
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BAY OF PLENTY — In figures released earlier this month by the Tertiary Education Commission, Bay of Plenty Polytechnic was named as one of the top five performing ITPs (Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics) in the Government’s flagship Youth Guarantee initiative.
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BAY OF PLENTY — Winners from the 24th Brancott Estate World of Wearable Art (WOW) Awards for 2012 were announced over the weekend with Bay of Plenty Polytechnic fashion tutor Debbie Shepherd picking up a top award.
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BAY OF PLENTY — Bay of Plenty Polytechnic is now ranked in the top four performing polytechnics in New Zealand according to the performance table published by the Tertiary Education Commission this week.
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BAY OF PLENTY — Bay of Plenty Polytechnic was one of thousands of organisations and 1.3 million people around New Zealand taking part in ShakeOut, the national earthquake drill that took place this morning at 9.26am.
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BAY OF PLENTY — Local student radio station, Bay of Plenty Polytechnic’s SubFM, is hosting a Radiothon from midday on Monday, 17 September through to midday Tuesday, 18 September to help raise funds to send more carpentry students down to Christchurch to help out.
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BAY OF PLENTY — UK based qualification body City & Guilds has awarded two one-year full-time scholarships to Hospitality students from Bay of Plenty Polytechnic.
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BAY OF PLENTY — Second year Diploma in Marine Studies student Kristy King lit up more than a few faces around Bay of Plenty Polytechnic’s Windermere campus today with a selection of tasty cupcakes that tempted even the fussiest eater.
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BAY OF PLENTY — A core group of educators from around the Bay of Plenty have been collaborating on a new initiative aimed at helping secondary school students make sense of the study options available to them in the region.
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BAY OF PLENTY — The sun shone and the birds sang as more than 700 people gathered at Tauranga’s Holy Trinity on Friday to celebrate the success of students attending Bay of Plenty Polytechnic’s Mid-Year Graduation Ceremony.
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BAY OF PLENTY — Professional Cookery students at Bay of Plenty Polytechnic brought smiles all round for children at Tauranga Hospital’s children’s ward when they dished out handmade cookies last week.
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First year students from Bay of Plenty Polytechnic’s hospitality course picked up four medals at the 2012 Waikato Culinary Fare over the weekend.
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BAY OF PLENTY — Winners of the BNZ Bay of Plenty ExportNZ awards were announced on Friday night in true ‘Cluedo’ mystery style – the theme of the night. It was an amazing event, which had a huge buzz around it right from the beginning, with tickets selling out in 48 hours.
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Bay of Plenty Polytechnic graduate Kelly Ratana joins an elite group of New Zealanders awarded Fulbright scholarships after it was announced last night that she was the recipient of one of the 26 highly coveted awards for 2012.
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BAY OF PLENTY — Passionate hospitality secondary school teachers from around the Bay brought away fresh inspiration after attending Bay of Plenty Polytechnic’s Hospitality Taste, Learn and Experience event last Friday.
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BAY OF PLENTY — Bay of Plenty Polytechnic is pleased to announce that it will be once again offering Community Organisation Study Awards.
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BAY OF PLENTY — Bay of Plenty Polytechnic’s Aquatic and Fitness Centre, Te Pare a Ruahine, is delighted to announce the introduction of a new programme to keep the over 60s fit and active.
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BAY OF PLENTY — Thirty-eight third year Sport and Recreation degree students currently on work placements are gaining hands on experience as well as making a positive impact in our the local community, across a wide range of occupations.
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BAY OF PLENTY — Cruising the Caribbean while getting paid for it? Sounds all a bit too good to be true but that's exactly what 27 year old Sam Webb is doing.
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BAY OF PLENTY — A unique Bay of Plenty Polytechnic course offers the opportunity to become tertiary ready.
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AUCKLAND — Legal executive training is available once more in Auckland with Bay of Plenty Polytechnic offering the New Zealand Law Society Legal Executive Diploma in the central city.
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BAY OF PLENTY — Earlier this year, dog enthusiast and Bay of Plenty Polytechnic tutor Lesley Mochan volunteered at an animal rescue centre in Kathmandu.
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BAY OF PLENTY — Bay of Plenty Polytechnic hosted a high profile Chinese delegation from Anhui Science and Technology University at the Windermere Campus last Friday.
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BAY OF PLENTY — It’s tough being a budding song writer in New Zealand, let alone Tauranga – especially when the world’s leading song writing educators are on the other side of the world.
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BAY OF PLENTY — Bay of Plenty Polytechnic is hosting a performance next Thursday by Tongan artist Kalisolaite ‘Uhila.
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BAY OF PLENTY — Tauranga residents had the chance to give their mothers a special personalised gift on Mother's Day with the help of Bay of Plenty Polytechnic's Sub FM crew at Bethlehem Town Centre.
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BAY OF PLENTY — Earlier this week Bay of Plenty Polytechnic’s International Team hosted a high profile Chinese delegation lead by Mr Qi Tao, Commissioner of Shandong Provincial Education Department.
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BAY OF PLENTY — A delegation of eight people from Qatar visited Bay of Plenty Polytechnic earlier this week as part of a nine day visit by the Qatar National Food Security Programme (QNFSP).
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Bay of Plenty Polytechnic fondly farewells retiring Director Academic, Dr.
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BAY OF PLENTY — Around 50 family, friends and supporters attended Bay of Plenty Polytechnic's High Performance Sports Academy Scholarship award ceremony on Thursday honouring some of the Bay's elite young athletes.
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BAY OF PLENTY — Bay of Plenty Polytechnic fashion tutor Anne-Marie Simon is part of a select group of Tauranga fashion teachers about to embark on a trip to Jiangxi Fuzhuang University in China.
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BAY OF PLENTY — Amongst the 3,000 plus students who had their first day at Bay of Plenty Polytechnic on Monday are eight sportsmen and women fast climbing the ladder of success.
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BAY OF PLENTY — Two Bay of Plenty Summer Scholarship students presented their summer research projects at the inaugural one day Coastal Economic Symposium – Treasuring the Bay, Whakamana te taonga o te Moana a Toi.
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BAY OF PLENTY — Bay of Plenty Polytechnic's Atrium Restaurant has once again been awarded a prestigious Beef & Lamb Excellence Award.
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BAY OF PLENTY — It was a proud but nostalgic moment that marked the end of an era for Bay of Plenty Polytechnic as they bid farewell to revered kaumātua, teacher and friend, Tamati Tata.
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BAY OF PLENTY — Each year 25 Bay of Plenty school leavers are given a helping hand to achieve great things as they embark on full-time tertiary study at Bay of Plenty Polytechnic.
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Once upon a time Teresa Hodges gained top student accreditation at the Bay of Plenty Polytechnic.Since then, in true fairytale fashion, she has taken on the world.
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BAY OF PLENTY — Around 250 people attended the Bay of Plenty Times - Motor Trade Association (MTA) Tauranga Awards last Saturday evening at the Classic Flyers museum.
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BAY OF PLENTY — Hospitality students Jacob Van Silfhout and Tim Day are looking forward to the upcoming School of Business graduation ceremony after finishing up the academic year on a high note.
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TAURANGA — Proving he’s still man of the moment, Rugby Seven’s coach Gordon Tietjens took out the Supreme Award at Friday’s Bay of Plenty Polytechnic 2011 Bay of Plenty Sports Awards.
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