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Story: Pacific churches in New Zealand

Christians by ethnic group, 2006

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Christians by ethnic group, 2006

The importance of the church in the life of Pacific communities was underlined in the 2006 census, which showed that three-quarters of Pacific people identified themselves as Christian – the highest percentage of Christians for any ethnic group.

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Source: Statistics New Zealand

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Cluny Macpherson, Pacific churches in New Zealand – History of Pacific churches, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/graph/26717/christians-by-ethnic-group-2006 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Cluny Macpherson, published 21 February 2011.