The three men who assassinated an Indian leader are being hailed as heroes in New Zealand's largest Sikh temple.

It took four years of complex legal wrangling, nearly bankrupted an ailing Hindu guru and has cost the British taxpayer tens of thousands of pounds.

The convicted killer of a Kansas abortion provider has little sympathy for the family of his victim.

Thousands of tourists wearing masks and costumes thronged Venice's car-free streets on Saturday as the city's celebration of Carnival began.

Prime Minister John Key arrived far too early for the party, but got the present he wanted at the annual Ratana celebrations yesterday.

A Sikh community leader refused entry into a cosmopolitan club because of his turban will take his fight to the Human Rights Commission.

Bishop Brian Tamaki has riled Waitomo locals with his commercialisation plans for Te Kopua marae.