Talk:Christian politics in New Zealand

Evangelical Christian politics in New Zealand?
Shouldn't this be renamed 'evangelical' Christian politics in New Zealand? It omits discussion of mainline Protestant and Catholic involvement in New Zealand politics.

[[User: Calibanu] 10.55, 08 May 2006


 * I agree. There is also no mention of the involvement of mainstream churches in the Maori rights movement. That is a major omission. The Angel of Islington 06:57, 6 March 2007 (UTC)


 * More information on those things would be great, I agree. When I created the article, I focused on things like the Christian Coalition because that's what I knew about, not because I though it was the only thing relevant. That said, I suspect that the article will always contain more about evangelical activities than mainstream Protestant or Catholic activities, simply because the evangelical elements have typically been more explicit about linking religion to politics. (For example, the section on political parties doesn't mention any explicitly Anglican, Catholic, or Presbyterian parties for the simple reason that so far as I know, there haven't been any. People of those denominations have been more likely than the evangelicals to see themselves as "a politician who is Christian" rather than "a Christian Politician".) But anyway - the more the article covers, the better, definitely. -- Vardion 08:27, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Someone please update this to include the Vision NZ/CoalitionNZ offshoot of Destiny Church. Add to the chart. 122.59.247.172 (talk) 04:36, 30 March 2020 (UTC)


 * Indeed. Have made a start. (and moved your post down; in line with normal practice) - Snori (talk)

Exclusive Brethren
May I suggest that the Exclusive Brethren be added to this article given their involvement in the NZ 2005 general Election.Mombas 08:20, 1 July 2007 (UTC)


 * I've added as a see also section. It's always good to add a link to something that should be mentioned in the article to see also (or create one, as I did here). The section on New Zealand should provide a good foundation for writing about them here. Richard001 10:39, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

Religious support for National and Labour
The Article states christians are more likely to support National yet the figures I have seen have Labour attaining 31.5% of the "regular churchgoer" vote in 1999 compared to National's 20.2%, while in 2002 Labour captured 30.6% comppared with National's 14.4%. It appears that the claim National is the favoured choice for Christians is a stretch unless Prostitution reform in 2003 and the Civil Union Bill of 2005 has reversed the ration. Perhaps if someone had access to comparable statistics for the 2005 election it would enable a more accurate generalization of Chritian voting patterns. SOurce is R. Miller, Politics and Government of New Zealand, 4th ed. 2006. -- HistoryKiwi —Preceding comment was added at 21:01, 15 April 2008 (UTC)


 * According to these tables from the NZ Election Study website, the gap had certainly closed by 2005, and may have reversed. They show 31.5% of Christians voting Labour, and 30.3% National. The "regular churchgoer" figures there seem to include non-Christian religions, but they show National leading among weekly worshippers, with 32.2% against Labour's 23.5%. -- Avenue (talk) 22:52, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

I agree with the above comment, the change in gap is unlikely to be necessarily due to the social policies of national but in the large swing to the nats in 2005. I think this should simply be removed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 111.69.232.218 (talk) 05:53, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

Reforming the article
Given the title, I intend to flesh out some of the non-evangelic aspects over the next little while. (Feel free to help!). It may be that an "Evangelical Politics in New Zealand" article will need to come out of this at some point, but it would be nice for this current article to have a good fair coverage of the whole field. Snori (talk) 23:43, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

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Flowchart image updates
The flowchart image can do with some updating, to reflect the name change of the Conservative Party, more new parties, and the fact that Vision NZ has the same founders as Destiny NZ. What app was used to create the chart?

Deepred6502 (talk) 05:25, 18 May 2022 (UTC)