Māori religion encompasses the various religious beliefs and practices of the Māori, the Polynesian indigenous people of New Zealand. Māori Christian church ...

Māori Christianity. Until the mid-20th century, few Māori were secular. Traditionally Māori recognised a pantheon of gods and spiritual influences.

The historic Māori practiced a polytheistic faith similar to those of other Polynesian cultures. According to their beliefs, gods, or atua, inhabit the natural ...

New Māori-centric religions like Ringatu, Pai Mārire and later Ratana. These were led by charismatic leaders including Te Ua Haumēne, Te Whiti, and Rua Kenana.

13 дек. 2012 г. · Due to the influence of British settlers, traditional Māori beliefs have blended with Christianity and this formed the basis of modern Māori ...

28 нояб. 2023 г. · Māori affiliation with Christianity has fallen from 46.2% to 29.9%. Are Māori simply rejecting Christianity? Or are they rejecting all ...

Māori had a complex system of faith and worship, not unlike Greek, Roman and Jewish traditions. Io, the Creator, was '... a primary core, heart, essence, ...

5 мая 2011 г. · At the centre of Māori religion were the atua or gods. In Māori belief the natural and supernatural worlds were one – there was no Māori word for religion.

Religious affiliation: The response rate for this question from 2018 Census forms was 82.9%. A further 8.2% of the data come from responses to the 2013 Census.