Articles: New Zealand

Secular morality versus religious morality

Both federal and state governments require the recitation of prayers in government proceedings, promote religious doctrine in political debate, and grant financial assistance for church activities such as schools and 'charitable' activities. This disregards the rise of the UN with its 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) which was specifically implemented to create a universal 'sound [public] morality' regardless of one's religion or other worldview.
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A Christian Republic for New Zealand?

There has long been speculation that with the passing of Queen Elizabeth II and her replacement by King Charles III, New Zealand may give more consideration to becoming a republic. However, if that becomes possible, it is likely that New Zealand will simply exchange its current status from a Christian constitutional monarchy to a Christian republic.
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Framing New Zealand’s funding of religious schools

In 1975 the New Zealand government, flying in the face of constitutional separation of church and state, legislated to integrate religious schools into the government school system. Substantial funding of these schools soon followed. Max Wallace analyses this history finding the likely reason for the funding was more to do with politics than 'justice' for students in religious schools.
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Australia and New Zealand are Soft Theocracies

Australian and New Zealand democracy is compromised by religion's place in the government. They share a head of state who is the Supreme Governor of the Church of England in England. This article details how the influence of Christianity in government makes Australia and New Zealand soft theocracies, rather than fully realised democracies.
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We hold that Australia is currently a ‘soft theocracy’, with the state favouring religious institutions via financial and legislative privileges.

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