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New Zealand is religiously mixed and largely secular as a country. The dominant religious context is: Heavily secularized — "no religion" ~48% and largest single category; Christian minority (~37%) split among denominations; growing Pacific Christian and other minorities.
New Zealand is largely secular as a national culture, and the deconstructions happening here are concentrated in specific sub-communities rather than the country as a whole. Pick the pillar page that fits the specific tradition you grew up in — Catholic, evangelical, Pentecostal, JW, Orthodox Jewish, or Muslim — the broader country context is comparatively forgiving.
Leaving in New Zealand mostly costs you on a family scale rather than a community or legal scale. The conversations are real and sometimes painful, but the wider society is not configured to punish unbelief.
City coverage in New Zealand
Auckland
418K
Wellington
382K
Christchurch
364K
Manukau City
362K
North Shore
208K
Hamilton
153K
Dunedin
114K
Tauranga
110K
Lower Hutt
101K
Palmerston North
76K
Rotorua
66K
Hastings
62K
Nelson
59K
Napier
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Mangere
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Porirua
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Whangarei
51K
New Plymouth
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Invercargill
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Wanganui
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Upper Hutt
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Gisborne
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Ashburton
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Papakura
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Timaru
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Blenheim
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Paraparaumu
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Taupo
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Pukekohe East
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Masterton
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Levin
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Whakatane
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Taradale
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Cambridge
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Tokoroa
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Richmond
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Oamaru
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Gore
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Hawera
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Takanini
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Queenstown
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Kaiapoi
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Greymouth
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Pakuranga
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Khandallah
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Waiuku
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Motueka
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Thames
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Kawerau
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Petone
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Papatowai
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Waitara
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Matamata
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Otaki
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Kerikeri
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Cromwell
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Ngaruawahia
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Rothesay Bay
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Foxton
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Dargaville
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