Ideavibes™ - The crowd is speaking. Are you listening? Cabbies stranding short-fare passengers Taxi users are being told to know their rights this Christmas after an Auckland woman was illegally refused by six drivers because her journey from the Viaduct was too short. The Taxi Federation says the entertainment district is one of the worst places in the country for drivers fobbing off potential fares - possibly thousands of unreported cases a year. It is illegal for drivers to reject a passenger because the trip is too short, although there are certain circumstances - including safety - when they can turn down a fare. Penalties for refusing a fare can include a $400 fine. Victoria Griffin left her public relations firm's Christmas party at 12.30am on Saturday. One driver locked his back door to stop her getting in, while another told her to walk home. "I certainly wasn't drunk to the point where they'd turn me away," said Ms Griffin. "You expect it [to happen] a couple of times. After 45 minutes, a passenger who lived further from the city centre offered to share his taxi home.
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Mark Hotchin: I need $7000 a week Former Hanover Finance boss Mark Hotchin wants a $7000-a-week allowance to maintain his lifestyle on Australia's Gold Coast. The Securities Commission gave the Hanover co-founder a $1000-a-week allowance after freezing his New Zealand assets. But that's not enough for Mr Hotchin, and the Herald understands he has sought to increase that limit to between $6000 and $7000 so he can pay for rent, living costs, a hire car, and private school fees for three children. A High Court legal meeting will be held today. Mr Hotchin's lawyer, Bruce Stewart, QC, said last week that his client was supporting seven people, and could not live on $1000. As well as negotiating his allowance, Mr Hotchin's legal team will today seek access to a report by forensic accountant David Crichton, which served as the grounds for the court order against him. The commission has refused to let Mr Hotchin or his lawyers see the document or discuss its contents. Earlier, he said he would appeal against the commission's freeze.
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Going to the beach? Keep an eye out for sharks Warm early summer seas around northern New Zealand are attracting increasing numbers of sharks. Sightings have been reported off Tauranga, and one marine expect says sharks are probably present off most sandy coastlines. Department of Conservation marine scientist Clinton Duffy believed sharks were looking for food or to drop their pups. Mr Duffy said sharks could be present anywhere in the upper half of the North Island where there were sandy open swimming beaches. "The Rangitoto channel, the Waitemata Harbour, the Motuihe channel, Tamaki through to Thames, all up around North Cape, Ninety Mile Beach, Raglan, Piha, Muriwai, everywhere." He advised: "I would say to people that if you see a shark in the water, get to the beach quickly and quietly without drawing any more attention to yourself than you already have." "I was bringing up a barracuda when I saw it suddenly come up out of the depths and attack the barracuda." Once was about 2m, and the other was about 1.4m.
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Hidden horror of holiday season Amidst the joy, celebration and festivities of Christmas and the New Year period lies the hidden horror of the holiday season. While so many of us take this time to indulge in food, drink and general revelry, others suffer as as the rates of domestic violence, alcohol abuse and road fatalities increase. Police statistics from the last two years show a rise in drug offences and "anti-social" offences during December, which accounts for close-to 10 per cent of offences annually. Director of the National Addiction Centre, Doug Sellman, said the misuse of alcohol spikes during the the end-of-year holidays, with many using the time of year to justify their drinking. "Alcohol is used as a social celebrant," he said. But he said the increased publicity around alcohol this year will do nothing to make punters think twice about drinking too much. As well as causing physical harm to those binge drinking, Dr Sellman believes it can lead to an increase in criminal behaviour.
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