Top 10 stories this week - July 31

Nathan Burgi proposed to Esther Goddard with the help of international sand artist Jamie Harkins. Photo / Supplied

Here is your weekly run-up of stories from the Bay that you clicked on this week.

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- Will you marry me? Four of the world's most romantic words were given an extra dimension on Saturday when Nathan Burgi proposed to Esther Goddard on the beach beside Mauao.

Zelda-Mae Watt, Greerton Fresh Fish Market. Photo/John Borren

- A senior Western Bay police officer took the unusual step of warning the public Tony Robertson would strike again.

- If you're considering fish 'n chips for dinner tonight, it might be worth a drive to Greerton to get some of the Bay's best.

- "I love my son. I love him with all my heart," says Maria McWatters, mother of killer and rapist Tony Robertson. "Nothing will ever change that."

- A major police operation targeting the Head Hunters gang has kicked off in several centres throughout the North Island, including Tauranga city.

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- Shane Richards owns two homes but lives in neither. Instead, he rents a three-bedroom house at Mount Maunganui while tenanting his properties in Rotorua and the Tauranga suburb of Brookfield.

- A wayward pussycat has been blamed for a power outage which affected nearly 10,000 households in Tauranga on Wednesday night.

- At least three of the country's richest men are living in Tauranga - a major car dealer, the co-founder of an Australasian clothing chain and a large-scale property investor.

Filling the regions skill shortage. Pic of Maori/Pasifika carpentry students. Quintin Tutengaehe Photo/John Borren

- Waikato Police investigated a fatal collision which closed a vital link between Waikato district and Tauranga, saying initial indications suggest a tragic quirk of nature may have contributed to the crash

- Fries scrunched into a ball was the last thing Kiwi model and competitor Nela Zisser ate after consuming 1kg of food in record time before fitting into a small dress to judge a national beauty contest.