Spiritual Practices

Catholic Bishop of Palmerston North, Charles Drennan, on the Supreme Pontiff's environmental encyclical. Audio

Shading in the heroes and villains of an animated realm is cartoonist, writer, illustrator Adrian Kinnaird, who looks at 'High Water', an anthology of local cartoonists featuring stories themed around… Audio

Sikh leaders will meet in Auckland this weekend to discuss how to prevent religious discrimination after a club barred a Sikh man because of his turban. Audio

A Sikh man is mortified after being barred from lunch with colleagues at an Auckland Club. Audio

More than forty thousand New Zealand Muslims will eagerly await the new moon tonight, marking the start of the month of Ramadan. Audio

The rationales of individual freedom and personal responsibility with Eric Crampton, head of research at The New Zealand Initiative... experimentation in policy - with social impact bonds. Audio

American filmmaker of documentaries about Enron, Iraq, Eliot Spitzer, Wikileaks, and Lance Armstrong. His new film, Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief, will screen at this year's New… Video, Audio

Editor of the International section of Estado de Minas, the main daily newspaper of Minas Gerais, Pablo Pires Fernandes reports from the Federative Republic of Brazil, pop. 201,032,714 (est. 2013)… Audio

Colourful and candid Christian campaigner for the cowed, with his new memoir 'In The Middle Of It'. Audio

Italian-born Euronews journalist Eri Garuti now works from the east of France and reports on both European nations, Italy pop. 59,685,227 (est. 2012) and France pop. 66,616,416 (est. 2014). EXPO 2015… Audio

The Church of England - this in England, in Braitain - has lost nearly two million followers in the last two years and is on the brink of "extinction", says a former Archbishop of Canterbury. Audio

Reporting from Ramallah in the West Bank of the Palestinian territories, pop. 4,550,368 (est. 2014) is freelance journalist Nida' Tuma, on travel, internally and when crossing borders. Audio

The Mooncake and the Kūmura is a debut play from award winning new playwright Mei-Lin Te Puea Hansen. It first performed at the Loft, Q Theatre as part of the Auckland Arts Festival earlier this year… Audio

It's often said that a nation without its language is a nation without a soul. Spiritual Outlook producer Justin Gregory reports on efforts here in New Zealand and also in Niue to preserve their… Audio

Editor of Asia Calling Rebecca Henschke reports from the world's fourth most populous nation with the largest population of Muslims, the Republic of Indonesia, pop. 237,424,363 (census. 2011). Audio

Religious studies Prof. Douglas Pratt from University of Waikato on one's faith in God or gods - Islamic State and religious ideology. Audio

Creating Welcoming Churches is a disability resource for faith communities promoting the greater inclusion of Disabled worshippers. Mike Gourley attended one of the launch celebration services and… Audio