Story: Atheism and secularism

More links and websites

• New Zealand Association of Rationalists and Humanists

  The websiten of a society formed in 1927.

• NZ Skeptics

  Information on a society that encourages critical thinking.

• Religious affiliation in New Zealand

  2013 census Quickstats.

• Religion in New Zealand schools: questions and concerns

  A 2009 Human Rights Commission document (PDF, 283 KB) outlining the place of religion in New Zealand’s education system.

More suggestions and sources

• Bryant, George. New Zealand without God? Tauranga: Whau Publications, 2008.

• Cooke, Bill. Heathen in Godzone: seventy years of rationalism in New Zealand. Auckland: NZARH, 1998.

• Dakin, Jim. The secular trend in New Zealand. Wellington: NZARH/Humanist Trust, 2007.

• Honest to goodness? celebrating 25 years of the Humanist Society of New Zealand (Inc). Wellington: Humanist Society, 1992.

• Webster, Alan C., and Paul E. Perry. The religious factor in New Zealand society. Palmerston North: Alpha, 1989.