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.

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.

Richard Gere has thrown his support behind a plan to transform the site of Buddha's enlightenment into a vegetarian zone to spread the message of peace.

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.