Donations to Rainbow Youth are being made in the Destiny Church leader's name after his comment that gays caused Monday's quake.

Brian Tamaki now says it's not just gays who caused the earthquake, but all 'extra-sexual' behaviour is to blame.

A BBC reporter has spoken out against racists who hid pork scratchings in her supermarket shopping basket.

The man who ate Lincoln Rd asked as to the whereabouts of God at a couple of food joints this week.

Humour, happiness and harmony lie at the heart of this Himalayan kingdom, writes Sarah Marshall.

A vicar's wife has told a tribunal how her husband led a double life as a bisexual sex addict.

The Catholic Church in New Zealand will follow guidelines from the Vatican banning the scattering of ashes.

Strict new Vatican guidelines forbid a list of increasingly popular means of commemorating loved ones.

Two women from high-profile fractured relationships have found solace with Destiny Church.

A Hokitika minister has been elected Bishop of Te Waipounamu in the Anglican Maori Church.

COMMENT: The burqa isn't some post-feminist freedom from a bad hair day. It's a mistake we made to get here.

Exorcisms and spiritual deliverance are on the rise in New Zealand, even among those who aren't Christian, some deliverance ministers say.

I have been invited to a number of special celebrations over the years but it was only recently I had the opportunity to attend a bar mitzvah.

Speaking in tongues, levitating and vomiting nails may seem far-fetched, but experts from the Catholic Church claim there's a sharp rise in people dabbling in Satanism.

From the outside it looks like any other holiday village in China. But hidden inside one of the region's picturesque mountains is a dark and forbidding place.

Watch NZH Focus: Liam Malone storms ahead to win his second gold of the Paralympics in the the Men's 400m T44 in Rio. Prince Charles honours thousands of soldiers from New Zealand and other Pacific islands killed 100 years at Battle of the Somme. And Hillary Clinton returns to the campaign trail after a bout of pneumonia that side-lined her for three days.

COMMENT: Burkinis be damned is the one-sided debate raging here in France. Comeback king Nicolas Sarkozy has promised voters he'll ban the burkini.

Watch NZH focus - Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton was unwell and seen "fainting" at a ceremony to mark the 15th anniversary of 9/11. At least 90 people are dead after airstrikes continued to rain in north-western Syria. And hundreds of firefighters are battling to contain wildfires on the northern Greek island of Thassos.

Churches should have a 'bouncer' on the door throughout services to improve security an expert warns small parish churches are more at risk of attack.

Irreplaceable century-old vestments have been stolen from a Wellington church.

Britain's intelligence agencies have said a terrorist attack in the UK is "highly likely" following attacks in other parts of Europe.

A Muslim woman's employment hopes were dashed when a prospective manager told her not to bother applying for a jewellery store job because of her scarf.

Visitors who dress immodestly will not be allowed to enter Cambodia's famed Angkor temple complex

Some Auckland Muslims are ditching tradition and breaking holy month fasting at restaurants or bars instead of mosques or with family at home.

An Auckland church has given Kiwis a chance to put their burning queries about life's mysteries to the big man upstairs.

COMMENT: Persecuting religious state gives it power to inspire acts in its name.

COMMENT: I write this as a Muslim even though being a Muslim does not define me.

In the same way, people in 100 years will live with the consequences of the decisions we make now.

She's 17, gay, and was being held against her will. But after her extended family got involved, Sarah was released.

Ahmadi Muslim convert Lee Eastham, 34, has been abstaining from food every Monday and Thursday as a "practice run" for his first Ramadan fast.