Here is this week's run down of the stories that got the most clicks over the past seven days.
Read more: International music festival heading for McLaren Falls
- A major new international music and arts festival arrives in Tauranga this January, providing an opportunity to stamp the region's unique mark firmly upon the New Zealand summer festival circuit.
Read more: Alarm over 'alien space ship' sighting
- The source of three unexplained lights which appeared to float in the night sky remains a mystery for the Maungatapu man who spotted them.
Read more: Cold snap brings snow to Western Bay
- A winter cold snap has resulted in snow falling in the Western Bay of Plenty.
Read more: Inside story: Time to sober up
- It's dry July but for some women wine o'clock is a daily addiction. Annemarie Quill meets four brave women who sought help for their dependency and are now helping others.
Read more: City lawyer calls it a day after 61 years
- Tauranga's longest-serving lawyer has closed his last file and is heading into retirement after 61 years in the profession.
Read more: Motor racing identities deny ACC fraud charges
- Two well-known Tauranga motor racing identities are accused of defrauding ACC over a period of 12 years.
Read more: Suicide rate a 'national tragedy'
- A Tauranga man who lost his son to suicide says 569 suspected suicides in one year is a "national tragedy".
Read more: Lights to replace roundabout
- Traffic lights will replace a roundabout at a Tauranga intersection which has been the location of 15 crashes in the past five years.
Read more: Outrage over 'shocking' behaviour at rugby match
- The behaviour of players and supporters at a local rugby game has "shocked" a spectator who says the referee was screamed at and threatened
Read more: Phil Rudd sentencing: Lawyer lodges appeal
- Phil Rudd's lawyer has revealed to the Bay of Plenty Times that he has lodged an appeal to this morning's sentencing.