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Letters: More details needed on gallery extension
The Wanganui Ratepayers' Association believes some questions need clarification.
New $85m cathedral part of $500m CBD redevelopment
New church to form part of $500m CBD development.
Victims accuse catholic boards: "It's all about protecting the church"
U.S. Catholic leaders addressed their greatest modern crisis with a promised reform.
Abuse inquiry: Survivor rejects Church leader's 'minimising' of Michael Shirres attack
Catholic leader accused of telling a survivor the priest had been 'healing his sexuality'.
'Totally archaic': Parents vent after Hamilton school won't let girls wear shorts
Hamilton school refuses to let girls wear culottes.
Pell's final chance: Court grants disgraced cardinal sex conviction appeal
Convicted paedophile George Pell has been granted special leave to appeal his convictions.
NZ's horrific bullying rate: How schools fight back
Foon and Becroft call for mandatory anti-bullying schemes in schools.
NZ bishop resigns: Second woman makes allegation
Catholic Church is giving support to the young complainant and her family.
NZ bishop resigns over 'unacceptable' sexual relationship
Pope Francis has accepted a New Zealand bishop's resignation.
NZ Catholic bishop offers resignation to the Pope
A Catholic bishop has offered his resignation to the pope.
Pope Francis to visit Thailand and Japan in November
Visit will honour the small Catholic communities in each country.
'Church became a place of trauma': Marist brother sentenced for child sex crimes
The 72-year-old abused three young girls in the 1970s while working in Wairarapa.
Letters: Reading between the (vote-for-me) signs
Who'd vote for candidates who can't read English or who try to sidestep regulations?
Catholic Church calls for Ihumātao solution
The Catholic Church is joining growing calls for Jacinda Ardern to visit Ihumātao.
Letters: In the dumps over humps
I'm beginning to understand how Humpty Dumpty felt, and he wasn't even in a car.
Our dark history of abuse in care - inside the first hearing
Inside the first proper hearing of the Royal Commission into Abuse in Care.
Alleged bullying by MPs cuts across party lines
Bullying may prevent a clear and honest debate on the issue of choice in the way we die.
'Devoted' dad's lonely death in a council flat
"It's too late for Dad, maybe we can stop this happening to someone else," daughter says.
Controversial church turns 21
21 controversial years for Destiny Church after beginnings in Rotorua and Waikato.
Shocking reason school is no longer recognised as Catholic
A school is in conflict with the archdiocese after refusing orders to fire a gay teacher.
Letters: Know your eviction rights
There are many reasons a tenant may not be able to leave a property by the intended date.
Letters: Legal marijuana negatives
Colorado's economy has, however, greatly benefited from the legalising of marijuana.
Philippines President 'cured' himself of being gay
Rodrigo Duterte has reportedly claimed he was gay but "cured" himself in bizarre comments.
Fifty years of torment at an end: Paedophile NZ priest defrocked
''Sadly, his removal from priesthood does not take away any of the harm [he] inflicted."
NZ Catholic Church to ensure Pope's sex abuse reporting rules are 'fully implemented'
New rules cover adults and possession of child pornography.
Doco on paedophile priests shakes Catholic nation to its core
The church hierarchy has apologised and one cleric has left the priestly life
Exorcism goes mainstream: Churches learn 'best practice'
Combined Churches assemble in a bid to learn techniques to battle Satan head-on.
Notre Dame inferno: Short-circuit likely cause of devastating blaze
As Paris paid tribute to those who fought to save cathedral, police investigate blaze.
The plans to protect cultural treasures
Te Papa stores items at three places in Wellington to reduce risk of loss from fire.
Notre Dame fire fully extinguished, firefighters say
A survivor of wars and revolutions, the cathedral has stood for centuries
Notre Dame fires could burn for days, warns French president
Precious Gothic features have reportedly been destroyed
How did the Notre Dame Cathedral blaze start?
As firefighters battle to save the Notre Dame, attention turns to how the fire started.
How firefighters saved Notre Dame's treasures
"People are just in a state of total shock. It's almost like a cultural September 11."