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Sikhs barred from cricket
Seven Sikh cricket fans were barred from entering Eden Park to watch India play Zimbabwe in a Cricket World Cup match on Saturday because they were wearing kirpans.
Seven Sikh cricket fans were barred from entering Eden Park to watch India play Zimbabwe in a Cricket World Cup match on Saturday because they were wearing kirpans.
The freedom to pop out for a pizza is the main thing Pope Francis misses two years after being elected the head of the world's 1.2 billion Roman Catholics.
The daughter of Gloriavale leader Neville Cooper, who walked out of the commune after 41 years, says the latest family to leave face a hard road.
Gloriavale Christian Community has responded to accusations they were living in a "false system", by saying that "no one is here against their will".
All Black Keven Mealamu's famous cauliflower ears feature on the giant egg he's painted for the ultimate Easter egg hunt, which starts today.
75: It was late in the day before New Zealand appointed war artists to document the conflict.
A family of 14 have walked out on a West Coast religious commune to start a new life after concluding they had been living in a “false system”.
Two grieving Dunedin mothers are heartbroken after "scumbags" targeted mementoes on their children's graves.
Paul Little writes: Cognitive dissonance describes that uncomfortable feeling we get when reality doesn't match what we believe. And isn't that most of the time?
When I was a young, innocent choirboy, I was acutely aware of the stern rhetoric on the perils of sin, delivered by my local Anglican vicar.
An Anglican cleric who controversially told Jews last month the holocaust "should have taught them a lesson" has been stripped of his title as bishop.
If Anthony Green had his way he wouldn't tell anyone about his religion.
"I am a Muslim. I am labelled as a terrorist. I trust you. Do you trust me? Give me a hug." And with that, Mustafa Mawla waited for someone to hug him.
A New Zealander who advises Pope Francis on combating sexual abuse has criticised the pontiff's support of smacking children.
Women who undergo plastic surgery are wearing a "burqa made of flesh", according to a Vatican document.
Saudi officials deny they blurred out US First Lady Michelle Obama, but her decision not to wear a headscarf, and don blue, not black at the late King's funeral, is controversial.
In Europe and even parts of the United States, Jews report rising levels of the "oldest hatred". And we aren't immune from the subject here in New Zealand, writes Inge Woolf.
Women are far more likely to believe in God than men, a major study of attitudes among middle-aged Britons has found.
At least 10 people have been killed in violent protests in the West African nation of Niger over the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo's depiction of the Prophet Muhammad.
The role of British female jihadists in inciting terrorism in the UK has been uncovered by the ICSR which has identified a group of around 30 female Britons based in northern
Freedom of expression requires there to be a freedom not to say, not to publish certain things.
Pope Francis has said there are limits to freedom of expression and that anyone who ridicules someone else's religion could deserve a punch.
The controversial anti-Islamic Pegida movement and terror attacks in neighbouring France are polarising Germany.
Pope Francis encouraged mums at a baptism ceremony at the Sistine Chapel to continue feeding their children.
The devastated father of France's most wanted woman has handed himself in to police, declaring: "That is my daughter."
A samba school has honoured Pope Francis during the opening of a hugely popular carnival in Argentina.
A samba school has organised an unusual show to honour Pope Francis during the opening of a hugely popular carnival in Argentina.
France has responded to the murderous assaults on journalists, police and Jews with an outpouring of grief and national unity, yet once the emotions recede it faces the harder task of neutralising....