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Wellington Buddhists

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Man and women in sitting cross-legged at Buddhist shrine

These two Buddhists, Rohit Vig (left) and Varadevi, were photographed in Wellington in February 1997. While Christianity has always been the dominant religion in New Zealand, recent immigrants have brought other religions with them, and have made local converts.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP/1997/0510/22A

by Craig Simcox

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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John Stenhouse, Religion and society – Towards secularism and religious diversity, 1970–21st century, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/2534/wellington-buddhists (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by John Stenhouse, published 3 March 2009.