2017-2019 Survey on Religious Instruction in Primary Schools

This survey was started in 2017 because the Ministry of Education does not monitor which schools promote religious instruction. We asked schools if they had religious instruction, and if so, how it was managed. Hundreds of schools did not reply, although they were legally required to do so under the Offical Information Act. Volunteers continued to try and gather this information over the next year or so by phoning them individually. Many of these schools were obstructive or refused to respond.

Regions YES NO UNKNOWN
Auckland 102 224 28
Bay of Plenty 45 48 27
Canterbury 65 123 5
Gisborne 12 23 9
Hawkes Bay 19 59 11
Manawatu-Wanganui 47 75 26
Marlborough 5 18 1
Nelson 2 11 0
Northland 23 76 19
Otago 35 58 8
Other 0 1 2
Southland 41 17 2
Taranaki 13 39 17
Tasman 6 18 3
Unknown 0 0 4
Waikato 84 121 29
Wellington 27 119 14
West Coast 9 18 0
Total 535 1048 205