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Year	Christian	Other religions	No religion	Object to answering
1867	98	2		
1871	94	2		4
1874	95	3		2
1878	94	3		3
1881	94	3		3
1886	93	4		3
1891	92	6		2
1896	92	6	0	2
1901	96	2	0	2
1906	95	2	0	3
1911	94	1	1	4
1916	96	2	0	2
1921	96	0	1	3
1926	93	1	1	5
1936	93	1	1	5
1945	91	0	1	8
1951	91	1	1	7
1956	91	0	1	8
1961	90	1	1	8
1966	89	1	2	8
1971	87	1	3	9
1976	81	1	4	14
1981	77	1	7	15
1986	73	2	17	8
1991	69	2	20	8
1996	61	3	24	7
2001	56	4	28	6
2006	52	5	32	6
		
Note 1: these figures were calculated by taking the total for that group divided by 'total people' in the census		
Note 2: 'Christian' includes Maori Christian		
Note 3: 'Other' includes all other non-Christian religions 		
"Note 4: 'No religion' includes secular, aethist, agnostic, rationalists etc plus the 'no religion' response "		

Source: New Zealand Census 1867-2006 - AKA Statistics New Zealand		

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