Some British consumers say they won't buy New Zealand lamb because of concerns over the halal method of killing animals.

Much of Hoffman's writing is rich in symbolism and fantasy, and her latest novel, The Story Sisters, is no exception.

Publicity of rape, incest and grisly dog gassings follow booming simple-living sect.

Brian Tamaki says he is shocked a sex abuse allegations against his 'spiritual father', Eddie Long.

A US man who travelled to NZ to spread the word of God - and whom Brian Tamaki called his 'spiritual father' - is accused of sexually assaulting young men.

The Independent's Dominic Lawson writes about how the Pope won a lot of friends on his recent visit to Britain.

Michele Hewitson speaks to the man at the helm of Auckland's most traditional private school for boys, King's College.

Mother Teresa of Calcutta will be made an official saint of the Roman Catholic Church tomorrow, just 19 years after her death.

The temple of a famous Buddhist reconciles tensions between communism and religion, writes Jim Eagles.

For the first time in a long while, the 'Ground Zero mosque' man is avoiding the press.

Garth George writes that the bigot who plans to burn the Koran shows that religious leaders of any faith can be serving Satan.