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FULL COVERAGE: Interfaith Dialogue Forum, Waitangi

Published: Wed 30 May 2007 02:18 PM
FULL COVERAGE: Interfaith Dialogue Forum – Waitangi New Zealand 2007


Scoop Report: Destiny Church Angry At Proposed Secular NZ Brand
- By Joseph Barratt – AUT: Thousands of protesters angry at a proposed “secular New Zealand” brand advanced by Prime Minister Helen Clark marched against the interfaith talks at Waitangi on Tuesday. The statement on religious diversity is one of the documents that the interfaith talks are based on. The protest was against the first principle in the statement “New Zealand has no established or official religion.” More >>
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The Inter-Faith Dialogue Forum taking place in Waitangi, New Zealand, has been the focus of both human rights protest and that of the Destiny Church. Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has been criticised for not addressing political murders taking place in the Philippines, and the NZ government has been challenged to acknowledge the Christian faith as New Zealand's founding religion. More>>
(95bFM Audio): Paul Deady's The Wire: Paul Deady and AUT journalism student Joseph Barratt (reporting for Scoop) discuss what has been happening at the Inter-Faith Dialogue Forum held in Waitangi.
Also:Brian Tamaki - Tamaki Makes His Voice Heard At Interfaith DialogueNZ Govt - Clark Opens Interfaith DialogueCatholic and Anglican Bishops - On National Statement on Religious DiversitySt Matthews In The City - St Matthew’s Clergy challenge Tamaki’s viewsAssn of Rationalists and Humanists - Human Rights Comm'n Taken to Human Rights Comm'nBishop Brian Tamaki - Bishop Tamaki to Present Counter-Declaration to PMBishop Brian Tamaki - Religious Treason at WaitangiBishop Brian Tamaki - Tamaki - Open Letter To Political Party LeadersTV One - Agenda Interview with Bishop Brian TamakiTim Wikiriwhi - Pharisaic Tamaki ‘Bishop Of Intolerance’
ARROYO VISIT:National Distribution Union - Filipino unionist fears for his lifeNational Distribution Union - Arroyo Confronted With Brutal FactsNational Distribution Union - Abducted Filipino Pastor found tortured todayKilusang Mayo Uno - Anti-Arroyo activist fears arrest upon returnSanitarium - President of Philippines visits Sanitarium todaySanitarium - Photos of Philippines pres visit to Sanitarium
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