Wairarapa: What you clicked online in 2013

TERROR: Blind woman Cheryl Daley-Nooroa was shocked by police who stormed her bedroom, during a drug operation.

The top 10 stories on our website in 2013 ranged from a Carterton boy trying to strangle himself to a cat rescued by firefighters.

But the number one clicked-on story was about Georgina Beyer, former mayor of Carterton and the world's first transsexual Member of Parliament.

She was diagnosed with chronic kidney failure earlier this year, forcing her to withdraw from campaigning for the Wellington mayoralty.

A tribute evening was held to honour her political achievements and role as an advocate for human rights.

Mana Party leader Hone Harawira paid tribute to Ms Beyer in Parliament.

"She may have been in a different party, and she may have lived a completely different life to me," Mr Harawira said, "but Georgina is a forthright advocate for human rights, who teaches us all to be strong in our beliefs ... to never back down from a challenge and to respect all those who want to be positive contributors to our society regardless of sex, race, creed and gender."

Number two: New Masterton SPCA chief defends cat killings

New chief Lloyd Warren put down 20 mostly diseased cats during his first two days on the job, attracting plenty of comments online debating whether it was the right decision.

Number three: Carterton boy's bullying hell

Raybane Hume-Kinzett, 11, tried to strangle himself at school with a skipping rope to end years of torment over a disfiguring affliction. A later article states that he is now doing a lot better.

Number four: Couple told they must wait a year for broadband

Carterton residents Damien Pivac and Ngahina Gillies were told they faced a wait of over a year before they could get broadband service at home. Maybe 2014 will be the year?

Number five: Boy racer mayhem tears up Eketahuna junction

A convoy of boy racers descended on a farming area near Eketahuna to party. They wrecked the sealed road surface by wheel-spinning their cars, much to the dismay of the community.

Number six: Masterton fire call out turns into weed bust

A man with a cannabis grow room operation was busted after it caught on fire. Firefighters attended the scene and discovered the equipment in the grow room had overheated.

Number seven: Terror for blind Masterton woman

A blind woman was terrified when armed police stormed her Masterton home during a drug operation.

Number eight: Cat rescued by firefighters

A black cat that came within a whisker of suffocation in a house fire was saved by Masterton firefighters.

Number nine: Carterton girl one of only 13 in world.

Grace Yeats, 11, was diagnosed with one of the rarest and most severe brain diseases ever recorded in the world.

Number 10: Swindled Masterton couple sell up

The Masterton home of an elderly couple - who fell for an overseas lottery scam and then borrowed repeatedly from friends to pay the people scamming them - was finally put on the market.