For the first time in over a century, less than half of New Zealanders call themselves Christians.
According to details of the 2013 census released recently, Christians now only make up approximately 47% of the four million-strong population who gave details of their religion (1.93 million people), dropping from 56% in 2006 (2.03 million).
Within the statistics, the most troubling data set is that of the Anglicans. The numbers show them as having lost almost 100,000 members in the space of six years, down from 0.55 million in 2006 to 0.46 million in 2013.
Anglicans have attributed this in large part to age, but have admitted that does not tell the full story. Keep reading
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Census returns report a post-Christian New Zealand
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