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Church scraps billboard after attack
An Auckland church decides to take down its Xmas billboard of Joseph and Mary in bed after an elderly woman slashed it with a knife.
Church sticks to its guns over billboard
An Auckland church was today sticking to its decision to continue displaying a controversial Christmas billboard.
Church defiant in face of outcry
A paint-bomb attack on a controversial Christmas billboard will not stop the church from continuing its campaign, church leaders say.
Cossy club: All races welcome, but no hats
A cosmopolitan club that refused entry to a turbaned Sikh concedes the club's name stands for inclusion of all races, but says it has a strict no hat rule.
Billboard depicting Mary, Joseph in bed defaced
St Matthew-in-the-City Church's mischievous biblical bedroom billboard was defaced just over five hours after it was erected in downtown Auckland today.
Anger at biblical bed scene
A billboard put up outside the St Matthew-in-the-City church in Auckland is set to stir more than a bit of Christmas spirit.
Club in fresh storm over turban ban
National MP Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi is threatening to take a south Auckland club to the Human Rights Commission over its headwear ban.
Bengal: Farewell fit for a god
Photographer Greg Bowker joins the lavish celebrations of the Hindu god, Ganesh, in the Bay of Bengal.
NZ supports change to royal-succession rules
Key backs ending bias against daughters and allowing Catholics in the family.
Scientology DVDs in schools
A scientologist doctor is promoting a controversial educational resource in New Zealand schools.
<i>Linda Herrick:</i> Following the leader
I've never understood the allure of religious cults.
Kiwi breaks Waco silence
Kiwi Ualesi Vaega escaped the clutches of Branch Davidian leader David Koresh just before the cult's fiery end at Waco, Texas.
Church attacked for 'criminal' activities
Rudd urges caution after Senator calls for police investigation into Scientology.