New Zealand is grappling with rising religious hate after a protest led by Christian leader Brian Tamaki saw Hindu, Sikh, and ...

Rugby union has frequently been compared to a religion in New Zealand that permeates the entire population of five million, from the old lady pontificating on who the All Blacks’ third-choice ...

New Zealand has some of the lowest levels of government restrictions on religion in the world, with a score in 2016 of just 0.48 out of 10 on Pew Research Center’s Government Restrictions Index (GRI).

If Islam is considered a dangerous political ideology, not a religion, then Islamic law is dangerous, too, some proponents argue. In January 2006, an attorney named David Yerulshami started a ...

Rugby was once New Zealand’s religion, but the country is turning agnostic Test series with England begins with All Blacks seeking to reverse falling participation, relatively poor results and ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The report singled out churches, particularly the Catholic Church. As many as 42% of those in faith-based care by all denominations were abused, according to a ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A mountain in New Zealand considered an ancestor by Indigenous people was recognized as a legal person on Thursday after a new law granted it all the rights and ...

In New Zealand, the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster is an approved religion now. Here’s its first wedding. April 19, 2016 More than ...

New Zealand’s Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care said on Wednesday that nearly one in three people in state or religious care between 1950 and 2019 experienced abuse in what amounted ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand’s wide-ranging independent inquiry into the abuse of children and vulnerable adults in care over the span of five decades released a blistering final ...

Madonna hasn’t yet sung a note in New Zealand, but she and her Rebel Heart tour are already under fire from a Catholic bishop in Auckland who has described some of the Material Girl’s material ...

Rugby union has frequently been compared to a religion in New Zealand that permeates the entire population of five million, from the old lady pontificating on who the All Blacks’ third-choice ...