New Zealand

===Religion===
{{Main|Religion in New Zealand}}
{{See also|Irreligion in New Zealand}}

[[File:Ratana Church Raetihi.jpg|thumb|upright|left|A [[Rātana]] church on a hill near [[Raetihi]]. The two-tower construction is characteristic of Rātana buildings.<ref name="Kaa" />|alt=Simple white building with two red domed towers]]
[[Christianity in New Zealand|Christianity]] is the predominant religion in New Zealand, although its society is among the most [[secular]] in the world.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Zuckerman |first1=Phil |author-link1=Phil Zuckerman |editor1-last=Martin |editor1-first=Michael |title=The Cambridge Companion to Atheism |date=2006 |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |isbn=978-0-521-84270-9 |pages=47–66 |s2cid=16480812 |url=http://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/f379/ed99e57782aca6391ef5f666da7ba41f1333.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809040833/http://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/f379/ed99e57782aca6391ef5f666da7ba41f1333.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 August 2017 |access-date=8 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Walrond |first=Carl |chapter=Atheism and secularism – Who is secular? |chapter-url= https://teara.govt.nz/en/atheism-and-secularism/page-3 |title=[[Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand]] |access-date=8 August 2017 |date=May 2012}}</ref> In the 2018 census, 44.7% of respondents identified with one or more religions, including 37.0% identifying as Christians. Another 48.5% indicated that they had no religion.{{refn|1=Religion percentages may not add to 100% as people could claim multiple religions or object to answering the question.|group=n}}<ref name="Census2018_pdc" /> Of those who affiliate with a particular Christian denomination, the main responses are [[Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia|Anglicanism]] (6.7%),{{refn|1=This is a percentage of total respondents to the census, not a percentage of Christians.|group=n}} [[Catholic Church in New Zealand|Roman Catholicism]] (6.3%), and [[Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand|Presbyterianism]] (4.7%).<ref name="Census2018_pdc" /> The Māori-based [[Ringatū]] and [[Rātana]] denominations (1.2%) are also Christian in origin.<ref name="Census2018_pdc" /><ref name="Kaa">{{cite book |last1=Kaa |first1=Hirini |chapter=Ngā hāhi – Māori and Christian denominations – Ringatū and Rātana |chapter-url= https://teara.govt.nz/en/nga-hahi-maori-and-christian-denominations/page-7 |title=[[Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand]] |access-date=4 April 2020 |date=March 2017}}</ref> Immigration and demographic change in recent decades have contributed to the growth of minority religions, such as [[Hinduism in New Zealand|Hinduism]] (2.6%), [[Islam in New Zealand|Islam]] (1.3%), [[Buddhism in New Zealand|Buddhism]] (1.1%), and [[Sikhism in New Zealand|Sikhism]] (0.9%).<ref name="Census2018_pdc" /> The Auckland Region exhibited the greatest religious diversity.<ref>{{cite web |title=2018 Census place summaries |url= https://www.stats.govt.nz/tools/2018-census-place-summaries/auckland-region#religion |work=stats.govt.nz |publisher=[[Statistics New Zealand]] |access-date=30 March 2020 |date=23 September 2019}}</ref>