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![Police hunt man who stabbed taxi driver](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Police hunt man who stabbed taxi driver
A Wellington taxi driver remains in hospital in a stable condition after being stabbed in Wellington in the early hours of Saturday morning.
![Ruth Carr's personal prose](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Ruth Carr's personal prose
Minuit's frontwoman launches a new project, her début book. By Paula Yeoman.
![Monica Galetti: Kitchen mistress](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Monica Galetti: Kitchen mistress
She's a Samoan-born Wellingtonian but she's holding her own on a British food show. Introducing chef Monica Galetti.
![Reality Check: Running a cattery](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Reality Check: Running a cattery
Concern for animal well-being is the reason Maureen and Dick Boyd set up a cattery at Te Horo, about 60km north of Wellington.
![Hughes on a political path from early age](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Hughes on a political path from early age
Darren Hughes once admitted regret that he never did his big OE. He might just have time for it now, following his resignation as a Labour MP.
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Diver tells elaborate tale to explain disappearance
A Wellington diver who made headlines when he mysteriously disappeared from Titahi Bay near Porirua gave an elaborate account of being abducted when he turned up some 300km away two days later.
!['Missing' diver pleads guilty](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
'Missing' diver pleads guilty
A man who faked his disappearance on a diving trip then turned up at a Hawkes Bay police station had claimed he'd been sexually assaulted, it emerged today as he pleaded guilty to wasting police time.
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Tears as hikoi gathers at Parliament
A 300-strong hikoi marched on Parliament today to lay to rest the foreshore and seabed legislation and its replacement, along with the Maori Party logo.
![Maori activist says foreshore hikoi an 'embarrassment'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Maori activist says foreshore hikoi an 'embarrassment'
A hikoi due to arrive at parliament today brings shame to Maori and leaders should call it off, a Ngapuhi activist says.
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Memorial services for quake victims to be held around NZ
In addition to the National Memorial Service in Christchurch tomorrow, events will be held in Auckland, Wellington and Dunedin.