Source: Sydney Morning Herald
http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Most-Kiwis-against-official-religion/2007/06/17/1182018920548.html
More than half of New Zealanders are opposed to Christianity being the country's official religion, according to a poll.
Research New Zealand director Emanuel Kalafatelis said 58 per cent of the 501 people surveyed during the poll this month disagreed with recognising Christianity as the country's official religion.
"Just over a third (35 per cent) agreed with the idea of having Christianity officially recognised," Mr Kalafatelis said.
"To put this in context, in the 2006 Census more than two million New Zealanders, or 55.6 per cent of those who answered the question about religious affiliation, said they were affiliated with a Christian religion."
Men were more opposed to the idea of recognising Christianity than women, with 63 per cent of men disagreeing with it compared to 54 per cent of women.
Younger people were also much more likely to disagree with officially recognising Christianity than women.
"The research also showed that 66 per cent of those polled were in favour of making it compulsory for schools to teach about the different religions of the world," Mr Kalafatelis said.