Stories you clicked on this week

The hottest day in the Bay. Jasmine Karkkainen, 8, and Macy Haddock 9, enjoyed playing in the water after going to Dialled Tauranga Trampoline Park at the Mount Maunagnui. Photo/George Novak

It's been a big week in the Bay with plenty of stories to tell. Check your weekly list of stories that went big over the past seven days.

Sea lettuce on Mount Maunganui beach. Photo/George Novak

- A green tinge has returned to Tauranga's coastline as sea lettuce invades the region's beaches.

- A manhunt is underway around Tauranga's Maungatapu roundabout following a nearby car crash on State Highway 29 between Tauranga and Baypark.

- An increase in reports of people driving the wrong way down the Tauranga Eastern Link is a tragedy waiting to happen, say road authorities.

Dave McLennan's dog was attacked and killed by another dog on Granada Street Mount Maunganui. Photo/Andrew Warner

- An elderly Mount Maunganui man suffered wounds across his body as he fought for 10 minutes to free his pet bichon from the jaws of a "psychotic" bull terrier intent on tearing it apart.

- Asbestos has been found at a mysterious building site in Welcome Bay by contractors working on the new Maungatapu underpass.

- Temperatures over the weekend were one of the hottest recorded for Tauranga this side of winter.

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An anonymous Westridge resident is using the "yeah right" message to oppose a council plan. Photo / Supplied

- Some Bay parents are dropping their children at the school gate more than half an hour before school is due to start in order to meet work commitments, and the increasing number of children who were dropped off at school early and picked up late was "worrying".

- Tui's popular beer billboards have been harnessed by a Westridge resident to help galvanise public opposition to Tauranga City Council's plan to funnel an extra 2568 cars a day through the lifestyle subdivision.

- Sugarfoot the miniature horse has been located - in the Papamoa Hills with two other horses, two cats and a chicken.