The administrative centre of the church is in Christchurch. The connexional secretary administers the Church Superannuation Funds, related matters of property and insurance, and the business affairs of the church paper, the Methodist Times.

Methodism in New Zealand has become a middle-class church in the main, calling its members to personal and social righteousness. It seeks to win young men and women through their trades and professions to render Christian service to the community, both in New Zealand and overseas. It encourages all efforts towards a closer visible union of the denominations; and aims at combining scholarship and evangelistic zeal in the pulpit.

by William Thomas Blight, B.A., Methodist Minister, Christchurch.