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The Māori people have a Polynesian religion that, prior to the introduction of Christianity to New Zealand was the main religious belief for Māori. By 1845 more than half of the Māori population attended church and Christianity remains the largest religion for Māori.
[128] [129] At the 2018 New Zealand census, 7.7 per cent of Māori were affiliated with Māori religions, beliefs, and philosophies; 29.9 per cent with Christian denominations and 53.5 per cent of Māori claimed no religion. Proportions of Christian and irreligious Māori are comparable with European New Zealanders.
Haumiatiketike, the god of uncultivated food, particularly bracken fern.; Papatūānuku, the primordial earth mother.; Ranginui, the primordial sky father ...
The indigenous religion of the Māori population was animistic, but with the arrival of missionaries from the early nineteenth century most of the Māori population converted to Christianity. [102] In the 2018 census, 3,699 Māori identify themselves as adhering to "Māori religions, beliefs and philosophies". [4]
These churches continue to attract a substantial following; according to the 2013 census, 50,565 people are Rātana believers, and another 16,419 are Ringatū. 1,689 people stated that they followed Māori religion. [99] Many Māori members of mainstream churches, and those with no particular religion, continue to believe in tapu, particularly ...
Mirroring contemporary trends in immigration to New Zealand, immigrant religions increased fastest between the 2006 and 2013 censuses; Sikh by 102% to 19,191, Hindu by 39% to 89,319, Islam by 28% to 46,149, and Buddhist by 11% to 58,404. Hinduism emerged as the second-largest religious group in New Zealand after Christianity in the 2006 census.
Pages in category "Māori religion" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
As settlers from the British Isles arrived in New Zealand, many of them Irish Catholics, the Catholic Church became a settler church rather than a mission to Māori. [4] According to the 2023 census, the largest single Christian religious affiliation in New Zealand, was "Christian (not further defined)" which recorded 364,644. "Roman Catholic ...