A NZ toddler and his Indian-born mother were turned back from India and interrogated on their return to Auckland Airport because their names were on a terrorism blacklist.

Authorities have urged people to avoid dirtying the Ganges - India's most sacred river, yet one of its most heavily polluted.

A kind-hearted pastor and his family who have donated their house to raise $1m for their church are nearly $650,000 short of their target.

Following the marriage of President Jacob Zuma to his fifth wife, the Independent looks at the arguments for and against polygamy.

A 61-year-old church minister was killed on Christmas Eve when two 4WD vehicles collided and rolled in Napier.

Constable Jeremy Snow didn't want to go to work the night that he was shot, his stepmother says.

Auckland church leaders offer their thoughts for this Christmas.

The divine origin of Jesus' birth is a cornerstone of Christian faith and not up for revision, says Garth George.

The funeral of Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, the eminent cleric and champion of reform, turned into a mass protest in Iran yesterday as the vast crowd chanted slogans against the government and clashed on the streets with security.

An Anglican vicar has decided not to press charges against a woman who slashed a controversial billboard outside his church.

An Anglican priest has decided not to press charges against a woman who slashed a controversial billboard outside his church.

Mary MacKillop is set to become Australia's first saint after Pope Benedict XVI approved her second miracle.