People group profile · PG018511
The Tongans of New Zealand
The Tongans of New Zealand, numbering about 74,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Polynesian ethnic group indigenous to the island nation of Tonga in the south Pacific.
They are a diaspora people in the Polynesian people cluster of the Pacific Islander Peoples. Their primary religion is Protestantism, and they primarily speak Tonga (Tonga Islands).
Fast facts
- Country
- New Zealand
- Population
- 74,000
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Polynesian
- Primary language
- Tonga (Tonga Islands) (ton)
- Primary religion
- Protestantism
- Strategic Progress Index
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 30% or Greater but Less than 40%
- GSEC
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority
- Significantly Reached People Group
- Region
- Australia and New Zealand, Oceania
- Location
- Scattered
Where they live
Gospel status
The Tongans are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 10% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Tongans
- Pray for the churches among this group to grow in faithfulness and maturity
- Equip believers to reach the unreached peoples around them
- Send out laborers from this people to the nations
Primary religion
Protestantism · Christianity
40% adherents
Primary language
Tonga (Tonga Islands) · Austronesian family
100% speak Tonga (Tonga Islands)
Gospel resources in Tonga (Tonga Islands)
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Tongan)
Bibles
- Revised West Translation · text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Tongans
- Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
- John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
- Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
- Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
Tongan in other countries
The same people (ROP3 110155) is reported in 6 other countries.
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