Story: Pacific churches in New Zealand
An offering is collected at the Pacific Islanders' Church in Māngere, Auckland, in 1981. Offerings provided funds for new buildings and a minister's salary or stipend. Whereas in New Zealand-based churches ministers' salaries were determined by the parent church, salaries in Pacific-based churches were decided by the size of the congregation. The larger the congregation the higher the salary, so some ministers could become relatively wealthy.
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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Reference: O.003170
Photograph by Glenn Jowitt
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