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By 1845 more than half of the Māori population attended church and Christianity remains the largest religion for Māori. Very few Māori still follow traditional Māori religion although many elements of it are still observed. Several Māori religious movements have been born out of Christianity such as the Ratana movement.
Religious affiliations of New Zealanders 1991 to 2018 (also available as a bar chart) Irreligion in New Zealand is highest among males and younger generations; with the exception of the 10–14 age bracket, the majority of New Zealanders under 35 are irreligious.
Another 48.5 percent indicated that they had no religion [4] (up from 41.9 percent in 2013 and 34.7 percent in 2006 [101]) and around 7.5 percent affiliated with other religions. [ 4 ] The indigenous religion of the Māori population was animistic , but with the arrival of missionaries from the early nineteenth century most of the 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.
The list of religious populations article provides a comprehensive overview of the distribution and size of religious groups around the world. This article aims to present statistical information on the number of adherents to various religions, including major faiths such as Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and others, as well as smaller religious communities.
Haumiatiketike, the god of uncultivated food, particularly bracken fern.; Papatūānuku, the primordial earth mother.; Ranginui, the primordial sky father ...
This is an overview of religion by country or territory in 2010 according to a 2012 Pew Research Center report. [1] The article Religious information by country gives information from The World Factbook of the CIA and the U.S. Department of State .
Albania; Andorra; Austria; Belarus; Belgium; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Croatia; Czechia; Denmark; Estonia; Finland; France; Germany; Greece; Hungary; Iceland ...