A Dunedin church minister, one of five people in court for illegally taking undersized paua, collapsed in the dock during sentencing. Tualagi Polaia, 51, was taken by ambulance to Dunedin Hospital with minor injuries after collapsing in the dock on Wednesday morning. Continue reading
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Philippines cracks down on ivory religious statues
Friday, November 6th, 2015
The president of the Philippines bishops’ conference has asked his fellow prelates to ban priests from receiving or blessing new statues made of ivory. Archbishop Socrates Villegas said new religious statues or images made from ivory or other materials from endangered or protected species should not be used as objects of veneration in churches. “The Read more