Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia

The official website of the Anglicans in New Zealand.

Catholic Church in New Zealand

The official website of the New Zealand Catholic Church.

Methodist Church of New Zealand

The official site of the New Zealand Methodist Church

Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand

The official website of the Presbyterian Church in New Zealand.

Religious affiliation

This page of the Statistics New Zealand site provides a summary of information about religious affiliation in 2006.

Religious history

Peter Lineham’s website includes the text of Transplanted Christianity, edited by him and Allan Davidson, plus an excellent bibliography of New Zealand religious history.

Breward, Ian. Godless schools: a study in Protestant reactions to the Education Act of 1877. Christchurch: Presbyterian Bookroom, 1967.

Davidson, Allan K. Christianity in Aotearoa: a history of church and society in New Zealand. Wellington: Education for Ministry, 2004.

Jackson, H. R. Churches and people in Australia and New Zealand, 1860–1930. Wellington: Allen & Unwin/Port Nicholson, 1987.

O’Connor, P. S. ‘Sectarian conflict in New Zealand, 1911–1920.’ Political Science 19, no. 1 (1967): 3–16.

Stenhouse, John. ‘God’s own silence: secular nationalism, Christianity and the writing of New Zealand history.’ New Zealand Journal of History 38, no. 1 (2004): 52–71.