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Hinduism is the second largest religion in New Zealand after Christianity, with over 123,000 adherents according to the 2018 census, constituting 2.63% of the New Zealand population. [ 42 ] The number of Hindus in New Zealand grew modestly after the 1990s when the immigration laws were changed.
Christianity remains New Zealand's largest religious group, but no one denomination is dominant and there is no official state church. According to the 2018 census 38.17% of the population identified as Christian. [1] The largest Christian groups are Anglican, Catholic and Presbyterian.
Traditional Māori religion. Traditional Māori religion, that is, the pre-European belief-system of the Māori, differed little from that of their tropical Eastern Polynesian homeland (Hawaiki Nui), conceiving of everything – including natural elements and all living things – as connected by common descent through whakapapa or genealogy.
According to the 2006 Census, Buddhism constituted 1.4% of the population of New Zealand. It slightly increased to 1.5% in the 2013 census. Most of the Buddhists in New Zealand are migrants from Asia with significant New Zealanders converted to Buddhism ranging from 15,000 [6] -20,000. [5] According to the 2013 census, there are about 58,440 ...
Christianity is the predominant religion in New Zealand, although its society is among the most secular in the world. [350] [351] In the 2018 census, 44.7% of respondents identified with one or more religions, including 37% identifying as Christians. Another 48.5% indicated that they had no religion.
The Catholic Church in New Zealand (Māori: Te Hāhi Katorika ki Aotearoa) is part of the worldwide Catholic Church under the leadership of the Pope in Rome, assisted by the Roman Curia, and with the New Zealand bishops. [3] Catholicism was introduced to New Zealand in 1838 by missionaries from France, who converted Māori.
Irreligion in New Zealand refers to atheism, agnosticism, deism, religious scepticism and secular humanism in New Zealand society. Post-war New Zealand has become a highly secular country, meaning that religion does not play a major role in the lives of many of the population. Although New Zealand has no established religion, Christianity had ...
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