Story: Atheism and secularism
Page 5 – External links and sources
More links and websites
Atheism: contemporary rates and patterns
A paper looking at worldwide rates of atheism (PDF, 123 KB).
The Humanist Society of New Zealand
Formed in 1967, this society is based on a belief in focusing on people rather than the supernatural.
New Zealand Association of Rationalists and Humanists
The website of the New Zealand Association of Rationalists and Humanists, a society formed in 1927.
New Zealand Skeptics
Information on a society that encourages critical thinking.
Religion in New Zealand
A summary of New Zealanders’ religious beliefs (PDF, 208 KB) carried out by Massey University as part of the International Social Survey Programme, and published in 2009.
Religion in New Zealand schools
A Human Rights Commission document (PDF, 283 KB) outlining the place of religion in New Zealand’s education system.
More suggestions and sources
Bryant, George. New Zealand without God? Tauranga: Whau Publications, 2008.
Cooke, Bill. Heathen in Godzone: seventy years of rationalism in New Zealand. Auckland: NZARH, 1998.
Dakin, Jim. The secular trend in New Zealand. Wellington: NZARH/Humanist Trust, 2007.
Honest to goodness?: celebrating 25 years of the Humanist Society of New Zealand (Inc). Wellington: Humanist Society, 1992.
Webster, Alan C., and Paul E. Perry. The religious factor in New Zealand society. Palmerston North: Alpha, 1989.
