SunLive readers, thanks a million! Your loyal support means SunLive News is celebrating a record-breaking start to 2016, after surpassing the million hits a week milestone.

It further cements Sun Media's place as the Bay's leading news organisation, with by far the biggest readership online and in print.

The record run of page impressions, according to Neilsen statistics is for most-read online newspapers and magazines, SunLive achieved 1,124,000 page impressions last week.

It's believed to be the most page impressions any news organisation has recorded in the region.

While other news organisations scaled back or even closed down for the summer holiday, SunLive's dedicated 24/7 locally owned and operated news organisation doggedly reported the information readers were seeking.

The record breaking 1,124,607 for total traffic put the locally owned and operated news site ahead of the Otago Daily Times on 831,791 page impressions and only behind Stuff.co.nz and nzherald.co.nz

Another record breaking audience result consolidates SunLive's position as a leading free online news website that appeals to not only readers in the Bay of Plenty but people across the world seeking the most up-to-date information from the region.

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