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Story: Diverse Christian churches

Church membership, 1878–2006

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Church membership, 1878–2006

This graph shows the number of people affiliated to the smaller Christian denominations in New Zealand. Recent increases in the membership of churches such as Greek and Russian Orthodox are likely to reflect changing immigration patterns.

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Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

Source: New Zealand census

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Mark Derby, Diverse Christian churches – Baptists and Congregationalists, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/graph/31094/church-membership-1878-2006 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Mark Derby, published 21 April 2011.