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Teapot racers will pour it on
![TEA SPORT: Steampunk teapot races, from left, Professor Phoenecea Carwardine (Julia Harris), Mrs Hudson (Jane Craven), Captain Josiah Smollett (Mark Harris) and Coloinel Julius Hawthorne (Jane Craven) will be racing their teapots-on-wheels during CubaDupa.](/web/20150323160910im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/4/6/f/h/9/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.146fe6.png/1427107088911.jpg)
They may be short and stout, but a bunch of New Zealand teapots now also lays claim to wheels.
Ploy clears library of undesirables
![Dale Cousens basks in glory outside New Plymouth's Puke Ariki library, now that classical music has helped to stop loiterers.](/web/20150323160910im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/4/5/q/j/v/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.145qj0.png/1426981719843.jpg)
Classical music has blown some riffraff from the front steps of New Plymouth's library.
Topless model reunites with poster
![REUNITED: Fiona Wilson with a photo taken of her 25 years ago.](/web/20150323160910im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/4/5/p/e/z/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.145pev.png/1426751157641.jpg)
A poster of a topless woman unearthed in an Auckland flat has led to a chance reunion for a model 25 years later.
Giant Transformer replicas built from scrap car parts
![Yu Lingyun stands alongside replicas of Transformers that he and his father have built.](/web/20150323160910im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/4/5/d/d/2/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.145dcf.png/1426636982983.jpg)
A father and son in China have turned scrap car parts into giant Transformers replicas.
Man travels with wife in suitcase
![HE PACKED WHAT? A Frenchman was stopped by border security in Poland while attempting to smuggle his wife into the EU in a suitcase.](/web/20150323160910im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/2/c/y/x/1/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.145btb.png/1426630753021.jpg)
A man's attempt to smuggle his wife into the EU in a suitcase was unnecessary, Polish border guards say.
Putin reappears, scotches rumours
![MOUNTAIN MAN: Putin fishes in the Khemchik River in southern Siberia in 2007.](/web/20150323160910im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/4/3/2/j/w/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.14524d.png/1426531314982.jpg)
Paralysed? Attending birth of love child? Usurped by generals? Putin resurfaces after 10-day absence, laughing off rumours.
Panda bite payout
![Giant panda twins Maozhu and Maosun play at the Giant Panda Research Base in Chengdu, Sichuan province.](/web/20150323160910im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/1/q/w/f/j/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1450jl.png/1426482656864.jpg)
A Chinese man, who sued local government officials over an attack by a wild panda, has won more than $105,000 in compensation.
Winston hits nail on head
![Winston Peter's Nails It](/web/20150323160910im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/4/1/4/j/2/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.141gap.png/1426057906850.jpg)
NZ First Winston Peters has taken no time getting one over Prime Minister John Key in the handyman stakes.
Ireland legalises drugs
![Drugs like ecstasy, ketamine, cat, magic mushrooms, crystal meth and so-called head shop drugs are now technically legal.](/web/20150323160910im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/1/s/0/k/9/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.140kvj.png/1426036393751.jpg)
Ireland rushing emergency laws through parliament to make the possession of several drugs illegal after court ruling scuppered existing law.
A family album with a difference
![Cordelia is an awapara sheep, which explains her distinctive appearance.](/web/20150323160910im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/3/z/t/o/t/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.13zdaj.png/1425958619530.jpg)
When young children ask why Cordelia the sheep wears a tutu, Whanganui owner Joy Clark responds: "Because she's a girl."
ACT leader: not a hologram
![ACT MP David Seymour.](/web/20150323160910im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/2/3/o/0/h/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1408tq.png/1425971637902.jpg)
Politicians are often accused of being see-through. But ACT leader David Seymour insists he is not a hologram.
Man gets drunk on chips
![OTHER 001 BEER.MELB.011206.BRW.PIC BY JESSICA SHAPIRO... BEER GENERIC, ALCOHOL, FESTIVE SEASON, PARTY, DRINK, DRUNK... BRW/FIRST USE PLEASE](/web/20150323160910im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/3/w/k/p/d/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.13wnu5.png/1425587320471.jpg)
Chowing down on a box of chips sends one British man into a drunken, vulgar state.
Pens galore for collector
![Winton man Dennis Hamilton has a collection of around 50,000 pens.](/web/20150323160910im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/3/u/o/o/c/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.13umc7.png/1425492822037.jpg)
Dennis Hamilton never has to worry about never finding a pen - he has 50,000.
#WeaselPecker becomes online sensation
![weaselpecker](/web/20150323160910im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/3/u/d/x/2/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.13ucrj.png/1425417988997.jpg)
It looks like a scene from a Disney movie - but is this photo too good to be true?
Snapchat 'priest' offers confession
![Snapchat, which makes a mobile application for sending photos and videos that disappear within seconds, wants to raise as much as $500 million.](/web/20150323160910im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/3/h/z/9/0/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.13uams.png/1425408214223.jpg)
A mysterious San Antonio 'priest' is offering to absolve sins digitally - by taking confessions using Snapchat.
Daughter dug grave for will
![grave](/web/20150323160910im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/2/n/b/7/y/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.13t7k5.png/1425886016012.jpg)
A US woman has admitted digging up her father's grave in search of his "real will". She found only vodka and cigarettes.
Thief as thick as his brick
![Ireland's Dumbest Criminal. Brick rebounds off car window and smashes the criminals face and knocks him out cold. The car owner returns seconds later to have him arrested.](/web/20150323160910im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/3/s/6/u/9/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.13s6vl.png/1425257990338.jpg)
Want to break into a car by throwing a brick through a window? Well knock yourself out. This guy did.
Missing blind dog survives
![Ed Davis with his dog Madera.](/web/20150323160910im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/3/s/7/b/y/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.13s7c4.png/1425239732914.jpg)
A blind dog who was missing for two weeks during a cold snap in Alaska has been found.
Owl terrorises town
![FOWL BIRD: An eagle owl sits under the roof of a building in Purmerend, Netherlands.](/web/20150323160910im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/3/s/7/0/h/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.13s70y.png/1425238504498.jpg)
"Terror owl' swoops on Dutch residents, sinking its talons into them and gouging their flesh.
Llama pursuit comes to an end
![ON THE LOOSE: The two llama evade police at the height of the pursuit.](/web/20150323160910im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/3/q/9/k/b/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.13q9go.png/1425240834281.jpg)
Two llama on the "llam" have won hearts around the globe this morning in their bid for freedom.
Octopus vs crab battle
![Octopus vs crab.](/web/20150323160910im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/3/k/9/h/p/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.13mx4n.png/1424731356801.jpg)
Australian seafood assistant captures epic octopus versus crab battle on video that takes off online.
'Priest' claims God a woman
![Alanis Morissette as God alongside Silent Bob in Kevin Smith's Dogma.](/web/20150323160910im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/3/l/u/y/u/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.13luek.png/1424640572724.jpg)
Supposed priest claimed to have seen God as a 'Holy Mother' when he died for almost an hour.
'Michelangelo of buttocks injections'
!['MICHELANGELO': Padge Victoria Windslowe fatally filled a woman's buttocks with industrial-grade silicone and Krazy Glue.](/web/20150323160910im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/3/j/x/y/v/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.13jxzu.png/1424380555310.jpg)
Woman who fatally filled woman's buttocks with industrial-grade silicone and Krazy Glue brags at her murder trial.
Dead man dressed as Green Lantern
![FOND MEMORIES: A person takes pictures of the body of Renato Garcia, dressed in a costume of comic book character Green Lantern. Click on the link in the story to see the uncut photos.](/web/20150323160910im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/3/j/v/y/0/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.13jvwk.png/1424374584225.jpg)
It can be tricky deciding how to dress the deceased for a funeral, so why not go with a superhero theme?
Boy, 3, walks 2.4km home alone
![Boy walking by shrubs outdoors with backpack](/web/20150323160910im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/3/i/y/8/v/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.13is0e.png/1424302907773.jpg)
Three-year-old Cain Trainor headed off home after his first day of nursery without telling anyone, oblivious to the uproar he caused.
Celia and Travolta join lineup of gaffes
![Celia Wade-Brown at the Wellington super-city announcement.](/web/20150323160910im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/1/z/x/0/y/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.13i2qg.png/1424208065224.jpg)
Wellington Mayor Celia Wade-Brown's slip of the tongue when welcoming the England cricket captain puts her among some good gaffe company.
Te Papa fine with selfie sticks
![EVERYONE IN: English tourists Matthew Shufflebottom and Lucy Brown, turned to their selfie stick in order to get a good snap of themselves with a statue of Azog the orc at Te Papa yesterday.](/web/20150323160910im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/3/h/k/e/i/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.13hjrj.png/1424168447698.jpg)
The museum actually encouraged people to take selfies in certain situations.
Gerry Adams trampolines nude
![Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams reveals he's into naked trampolining, and takes his dog with him.](/web/20150323160910im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/3/f/l/3/x/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.13fkt0.png/1424036734953.jpg)
Irish politician has made one of his more startling claims: He trampolines naked, with his dog.