Helen Clark may have famously described New Zealand as a secular society, but the 2006 Census revealed more than half of all New Zealanders endorsed Christianity either as their only religion, or as one of several. However, this doesn’t translate into having a Christianity-based political party running the country (did somebody say Exclusive Brethren?), or even overflowing pews come Sunday.

In short, there appears to ...

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