Pastor's gamble hits snag
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.
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<i>Garth George:</i> Blasphemy divides, but truth unites
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Celebrating the birthday of Christ
Auckland church leaders offer their thoughts for this Christmas.
Cleric's death breathes life into Iran's protest movement
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.
'Fanatic' won't be prosecuted
An Anglican vicar has decided not to press charges against a woman who slashed a controversial billboard outside his church.
Woman who cut billboard avoids prosecution
An Anglican priest has decided not to press charges against a woman who slashed a controversial billboard outside his church.
MacKillop to become Australia's first saint
Mary MacKillop is set to become Australia's first saint after Pope Benedict XVI approved her second miracle.
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.