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148</div><!-- end content div custom_cmsPageHeaderTopTools --> 149 </div> 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159<h1>News / Videos</h1> 160<div> 161 <div id="cmsPageHeaderToolsBelowHeading" class="cmsEditableTemplate cmsEditableWidgetsArea cmsUsualWidth" > 162 163 </div> 164 165 166 167 168 169 <main id="cmsPageContainer" pageid="5930" headingid="" class=""> 170 171 172 173 174 <section id="cmsPageHeader" class="cmsPageHeader cmsUsualWidth "><A href="/60455/search/digest.html">Click here to subscribe to our news and forum digest, delivered to you by email every month</A></section <!-- end content div cmsPageHeader --> 175 176 177 178 <section id="ContentCMS" accesskey="[" class="cmsUsualWidth "> 179 180 181 182 183 184 <div class=cmsNews> 185 <ul class="list-style-default"> 186 187 <li class=cmsItemLI> 188 <div class="newslistitem cmsItem BlogItem" blogid="829216"> 189 190 191 <div class="newslistitemtitle cmsTitle"><b class=newslistitemtitle><a class="bloglistitemtitle" href="/blog/mtfbwy">May the 4th be with you</a></b></div> 192 193 194 195 <div class="newslistitemdate cmsSmallPrint">Posted: <span class=newsPostedDate>Saturday 4 May 2019</span></div> 196 197 </div> 198 </li><li class=cmsItemLI> 199 <div class="newslistitem cmsItem BlogItem" blogid="775100"> 200 201 202 <div class="newslistitemtitle cmsTitle"><b class=newslistitemtitle><a class="bloglistitemtitle" href="/blog/775100">Jedi Census NZ Facebook Page Launched</a></b></div> 203 <div class="newslistitemsummary cmsText"> 204 The NZ Census takes place on March 6th (less than 28 days away). JEDI is now recognised as an official religion by the NZ Statistics Department. Previously the answer was out of scope, but last year a challenge through the Human Rights Commission acknowledged that a government department must protect an individuals right to religious belief. That change was hard won. Lets now stand together and be counted. May the Force be with you. 205 206 </div> 207 <div class="newslistitemlink cmsLink"><a target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/jedicensusnz/" title="https://www.facebook.com/jedicensusnz/">www.facebook.com/jedicensusnz/</a></div> 208 209 <div class="newslistitemdate cmsSmallPrint">Posted: <span class=newsPostedDate>Tuesday 6 February 2018</span></div> 210 211 </div> 212 </li><li class=cmsItemLI> 213 <div class="newslistitem cmsItem BlogItem" blogid="775098"> 214 215 216 <div class="newslistitemtitle cmsTitle"><b class=newslistitemtitle><a class="bloglistitemtitle" href="/blog/775098">How many Kiwis are Jedis? Stats NZ update will better reflect NZ religions in 2018 Census</a></b></div> 217 <div class="newslistitemsummary cmsText"> 218 Thanks to a refresh of religious classifications in the upcoming census, Kiwis who affiliate with being a Jedi will soon be able to know how many others do, too. So will those who affiliate with Maoism, Marxism, and Falun Gong.�<br>�<br>An update of the standard classification of religious affiliation means data collected in the 2018 Census of Population and Dwellings will more accurately reflect people's religious, philosophical, and spiritual beliefs. It is the first update to the classification since 1999. �<br>�<br>While Jedi and Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster are both on the list, most of the changes involve more denominations for religions such as Judaism and Islam. 219 220 </div> 221 <div class="newslistitemlink cmsLink"><a target="_blank" href="https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/90845887/How-many-Kiwis-are-Jedis-Stats-NZ-update-will-better-reflect-NZ-religions-in-2018-Census" title="https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/90845887/How-many-Kiwis-are-Jedis-Stats-NZ-update-will-better-reflect-NZ-religions-in-2018-Census">Link</a></div> 222 223 <div class="newslistitemdate cmsSmallPrint">Posted: <span class=newsPostedDate>Saturday 25 March 2017</span></div> 224 225 </div> 226 </li><li class=cmsItemLI> 227 <div class="newslistitem cmsItem BlogItem" blogid="775099"> 228 229 230 <div class="newslistitemtitle cmsTitle"><b class=newslistitemtitle><a class="bloglistitemtitle" href="/blog/return-of-the-jedi-statistics-nz-reconsiders-religion">Return of the Jedi? Statistics NZ reconsiders religion</a></b></div> 231 <div class="newslistitemsummary cmsText"> 232 Those who identify as Jedis, Marxists, Taoists or Pastafarians may be officially registered as religious followers after the 2018 Census.�<br>�<br>Statistics New Zealand has proposed to amend the categories of religious affiliation, and the aforementioned are some of the beliefs being considered. 233 234 </div> 235 <div class="newslistitemlink cmsLink"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.tewahanui.nz/politics/return-of-the-jedi-statistics-nz-reconsiders-religion" title="http://www.tewahanui.nz/politics/return-of-the-jedi-statistics-nz-reconsiders-religion">Link</a></div> 236 237 <div class="newslistitemdate cmsSmallPrint">Posted: <span class=newsPostedDate>Monday 26 September 2016</span></div> 238 239 </div> 240 </li>
240<li class=cmsItemLI> 241 <div class="newslistitem cmsItem BlogItem" blogid="775097"> 242 243 244 <div class="newslistitemtitle cmsTitle"><b class=newslistitemtitle><a class="bloglistitemtitle" href="/blog/jedi-not-religious-enough-for-a-tax-break-in-new-zealand-says-department-of-internal-affairs">Jedi not religious enough for a tax break in New Zealand, says Department of Internal Affairs</a></b></div> 245 <div class="newslistitemsummary cmsText"> 246 The force is strong in New Zealand - but not strong enough for a tax break.�<br>�<br>The Department of Internal Affairs has rejected a request by the Jedi Society Incorporated to be recognised as a legitimate charitable endeavour, with all the tax-free benefits that entails.�<br>�<br>The society was established in April 2014, with an aim of acting as "guardians of peace" and keeping a particular eye on agents of the dark side of the force.�<br>�<br>As well as protecting the galaxy, the society said it would promote the Jedi religion, build a temple and try to grow the number of Jedi adherents in New Zealand. 247 248 </div> 249 <div class="newslistitemlink cmsLink"><a target="_blank" href="https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/72469390/jedi-not-religious-enough-for-a-tax-break-in-new-zealand-says-department-of-internal-affairs" title="https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/72469390/jedi-not-religious-enough-for-a-tax-break-in-new-zealand-says-department-of-internal-affairs">Link</a></div> 250 251 <div class="newslistitemdate cmsSmallPrint">Posted: <span class=newsPostedDate>Monday 28 September 2015</span></div> 252 253 </div> 254 </li><li class=cmsItemLI> 255 <div class="newslistitem cmsItem BlogItem" blogid="610378"> 256 257 258 <div class="newslistitemtitle cmsTitle"><b class=newslistitemtitle><a class="bloglistitemtitle" href="/blog/610378">Join the NZ 2018 Census Forum</a></b></div> 259 <div class="newslistitemsummary cmsText"> 260 Statistics NZ want to hear your views about the content of the next census and invite you to take part in an online discussion forum. It will be open from 30 April to 10 June 2015. Specifically join the forum, and look for the religious affililation question.... https://2018census.loomio.org/d/pwmdML3I/religious-affiliation 261 262 </div> 263 <div class="newslistitemlink cmsLink"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.stats.govt.nz/Census/2018-census.aspx" title="http://www.stats.govt.nz/Census/2018-census.aspx">Link</a></div> 264 265 <div class="newslistitemdate cmsSmallPrint">Posted: <span class=newsPostedDate>Monday 4 May 2015</span></div> 266 267 </div> 268 </li><li class=cmsItemLI> 269 <div class="newslistitem cmsItem BlogItem" blogid="610382"> 270 <div class="bloglistimage floatRight"><a class="bloglistimage" href="/blog/610382"><img src="/webimages/4448/images-320x320/5930/may_the_fourth.jpg" align="right" alt="May the fourth be with you all." border="0" class="newslisthumbnail" data-large-src="/images/5930/may_the_fourth.jpg" /></a></div> 271 272 <div class="newslistitemtitle cmsTitle"><b class=newslistitemtitle><a class="bloglistitemtitle" href="/blog/610382">May the fourth be with you all.</a></b></div> 273 <div class="newslistitemsummary cmsText"> 274 May the fourth be with you all. We are a fantastic group now 9395 strong. I wish you all peace and harmony, from NZ, the first to see the sun of a bright new day. 275 276 </div> 277 278 279 <div class="newslistitemdate cmsSmallPrint">Posted: <span class=newsPostedDate>Monday 4 May 2015</span></div> 280 281 </div> 282 </li><li class=cmsItemLI> 283 <div class="newslistitem cmsItem BlogItem" blogid="570257"> 284 285 286 <div class="newslistitemtitle cmsTitle"><b class=newslistitemtitle><a class="bloglistitemtitle" href="/blog/570257">No More Certificates</a></b></div> 287 <div class="newslistitemsummary cmsText"> 288 Sorry we will not be printing any more Jedi certificates... We decided it was too hard to manage. Please remember you should look around and inside yourself to feel the force, you don't need a certificate on your wall to prove it. 289 290 </div> 291 292 293 <div class="newslistitemdate cmsSmallPrint">Posted: <span class=newsPostedDate>Thursday 21 August 2014</span></div> 294 295 </div> 296 </li>
296<li class=cmsItemLI> 297 <div class="newslistitem cmsItem BlogItem" blogid="477935"> 298 <div class="bloglistimage floatRight"><a class="bloglistimage" href="/blog/MTFBWY-May-the-fourth-be-with-you.html"><img src="/webimages/4448/images-320x320/5930/may_the_fourth.jpg" align="right" alt="May the Fourth Be With You 2013" border="0" class="newslisthumbnail" data-large-src="/images/5930/may_the_fourth.jpg" /></a></div> 299 300 <div class="newslistitemtitle cmsTitle"><b class=newslistitemtitle><a class="bloglistitemtitle" href="/blog/MTFBWY-May-the-fourth-be-with-you.html">May the Fourth Be With You 2013</a></b></div> 301 <div class="newslistitemsummary cmsText"> 302 This is a very special day in the Jedi Calendar 303 304 </div> 305 306 307 <div class="newslistitemdate cmsSmallPrint">Posted: <span class=newsPostedDate>Friday 3 May 2013</span></div> 308 309 </div> 310 </li><li class=cmsItemLI> 311 <div class="newslistitem cmsItem BlogItem" blogid="424821"> 312 313 314 <div class="newslistitemtitle cmsTitle"><b class=newslistitemtitle><a class="bloglistitemtitle" href="/blog/424821">Our Forum replaced with Facebook Group</a></b></div> 315 <div class="newslistitemsummary cmsText"> 316 Our website forum is now closed. There is so much more going on in our Facebook Group forum. 317 318 </div> 319 <div class="newslistitemlink cmsLink"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.facebook.com/groups/28586881121/" title="http://www.facebook.com/groups/28586881121/">Link</a></div> 320 321 <div class="newslistitemdate cmsSmallPrint">Posted: <span class=newsPostedDate>Monday 28 May 2012</span></div> 322 323 </div> 324 </li><li class=cmsItemLI> 325 <div class="newslistitem cmsItem BlogItem" blogid="424831"> 326 327 328 <div class="newslistitemtitle cmsTitle"><b class=newslistitemtitle><a class="bloglistitemtitle" href="/blog/424831">12000 - 20000 unique visitors, 5000+ members on facebook group</a></b></div> 329 <div class="newslistitemsummary cmsText"> 330 Our website gets 12000 - 20000 unique visitors every month. We now have over 5000 members on our facebook group too. 331 332 </div> 333 334 335 <div class="newslistitemdate cmsSmallPrint">Posted: <span class=newsPostedDate>Monday 28 May 2012</span></div> 336 337 </div> 338 </li><li class=cmsItemLI> 339 <div class="newslistitem cmsItem BlogItem" blogid="352528"> 340 341 342 <div class="newslistitemtitle cmsTitle"><b class=newslistitemtitle><a class="bloglistitemtitle" href="/blog/352528">May the forth be with you</a></b></div> 343 <div class="newslistitemsummary cmsText"> 344 Our website traffic quadrupled on this very special day. We got 2000 unique visitors for the day instead of the ordinary 500 per day. :-)�<br>MTFBWY 345 346 </div> 347 348 349 <div class="newslistitemdate cmsSmallPrint">Posted: <span class=newsPostedDate>Wednesday 11 May 2011</span></div> 350 351 </div> 352 </li><li class=cmsItemLI> 353 <div class="newslistitem cmsItem BlogItem" blogid="336695"> 354 355 356 <div class="newslistitemtitle cmsTitle"><b class=newslistitemtitle><a class="bloglistitemtitle" href="/blog/336695">Christchurch Earthquakes</a></b></div> 357 <div class="newslistitemsummary cmsText"> 358 Our hearts go out to all of those affected by the Feb 22nd Earthquake in Christchurch. This is a tragic tremor in the force! 359 360 </div> 361 362 363 <div class="newslistitemdate cmsSmallPrint">Posted: <span class=newsPostedDate>Tuesday 22 February 2011</span></div> 364 365 </div> 366 </li><li class=cmsItemLI> 367 <div class="newslistitem cmsItem BlogItem" blogid="336449"> 368 369 370 <div class="newslistitemtitle cmsTitle"><b class=newslistitemtitle><a class="bloglistitemtitle" href="/blog/336449">Press Release - Is Facebook the new religion of Census 2011</a></b></div> 371 372 373 374 <div class="newslistitemdate cmsSmallPrint">Posted: <span class=newsPostedDate>Monday 21 February 2011</span></div> 375 376 </div> 377 </li><li class=cmsItemLI> 378 <div class="newslistitem cmsItem BlogItem" blogid="336432"> 379 380 381 <div class="newslistitemtitle cmsTitle"><b class=newslistitemtitle><a class="bloglistitemtitle" href="/blog/336432">Press Release - Response to Libertarianz Party</a></b></div> 382 <div class="newslistitemsummary cmsText"> 383 The International Jedi Church, based in New Zealand, are terminating�<br>discussions with the Libertarianz Party due to significant differences�<br>in opinion. 384 385 </div> 386 387 388 <div class="newslistitemdate cmsSmallPrint">Posted: <span class=newsPostedDate>Sunday 13 February 2011</span></div> 389 390 </div> 391 </li>
391<li class=cmsItemLI> 392 <div class="newslistitem cmsItem BlogItem" blogid="328188"> 393 394 395 <div class="newslistitemtitle cmsTitle"><b class=newslistitemtitle><a class="bloglistitemtitle" href="/blog/328188">Jedi Stickers</a></b></div> 396 <div class="newslistitemsummary cmsText"> 397 We have Jedi Stickers available for New Zealand residents only, promoting Jedi as an answer to the religion question in the 2011 census. UPDATE: ALL GONE NOW! 398 399 </div> 400 401 402 <div class="newslistitemdate cmsSmallPrint">Posted: <span class=newsPostedDate>Thursday 23 December 2010</span></div> 403 404 </div> 405 </li><li class=cmsItemLI> 406 <div class="newslistitem cmsItem BlogItem" blogid="328194"> 407 408 409 <div class="newslistitemtitle cmsTitle"><b class=newslistitemtitle><a class="bloglistitemtitle" href="/blog/328194">Next NZ census 2011 - march 8</a></b></div> 410 <div class="newslistitemsummary cmsText"> 411 fyi everyone, it's only 3 months until the next Nz census. We need to spread the word and remind people the importance of answering Jedi for the religion question. 412 413 </div> 414 415 416 <div class="newslistitemdate cmsSmallPrint">Posted: <span class=newsPostedDate>Thursday 23 December 2010</span></div> 417 418 </div> 419 </li><li class=cmsItemLI> 420 <div class="newslistitem cmsItem BlogItem" blogid="204814"> 421 422 423 <div class="newslistitemtitle cmsTitle"><b class=newslistitemtitle><a class="bloglistitemtitle" href="/blog/204814">NZ Census - Nelson Region highest concentration of Jedi</a></b></div> 424 <div class="newslistitemsummary cmsText"> 425 In the age group of 15-29 years of age, there are over 20% who answered Jedi in the Census. As a percentage of the total Nelson population was almost 7% and the next top region was Malborough. The Force is strong at the top of the South Island. 426 427 </div> 428 <div class="newslistitemlink cmsLink"><a target="_blank" href="/files/Jedi-Stats-2006.xls" title="/files/Jedi-Stats-2006.xls">View Spreadsheet</a></div> 429 430 <div class="newslistitemdate cmsSmallPrint">Posted: <span class=newsPostedDate>Thursday 26 February 2009</span></div> 431 432 </div> 433 </li><li class=cmsItemLI> 434 <div class="newslistitem cmsItem BlogItem" blogid="204421"> 435 436 437 <div class="newslistitemtitle cmsTitle"><b class=newslistitemtitle><a class="bloglistitemtitle" href="/blog/204421">NZ Census capitulates - Jedi Stats for New Zealand 2006 Census</a></b></div> 438 <div class="newslistitemsummary cmsText"> 439 After a long debate with NZ Census over several years, and even after expressing a desire to pay for the information, it has been several months, here it is... 440 441 </div> 442 <div class="newslistitemlink cmsLink"><a target="_blank" href="/files/NZStats2006.pdf" title="/files/NZStats2006.pdf">View PDF</a></div> 443 444 <div class="newslistitemdate cmsSmallPrint">Posted: <span class=newsPostedDate>Monday 23 February 2009</span></div> 445 446 </div> 447 </li><li class=cmsItemLI> 448 <div class="newslistitem cmsItem BlogItem" blogid="202760"> 449 <div class="bloglistimage floatRight"><a class="bloglistimage" href="/blog/202760"><img src="/webimages/4448/images-320x320/5930/Patent_1_copy_CNW.jpg" align="right" alt="Jediism Now Officially Founded" border="0" class="newslisthumbnail" data-large-src="/images/5930/Patent_1_copy_CNW.jpg" /></a></div> 450 451 <div class="newslistitemtitle cmsTitle"><b class=newslistitemtitle><a class="bloglistitemtitle" href="/blog/202760">Jediism Now Officially Founded</a></b></div> 452 <div class="newslistitemsummary cmsText"> 453 On January 12th 2009. The Government of Canada granted Order of the Jedi Inc. The worlds first Federally Incorporated Non-Profit Religious Entity. The Order of the Jedi Inc. will continue to move forward, now applying for recognition within each province, and also help to establish other Orders who have been fighting for so long with a letter of introduction to their governement. A Federally registered Corporation is also recognized globally. 454 455 </div> 456 <div class="newslistitemlink cmsLink"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.orderofthejedi.ca" title="http://www.orderofthejedi.ca">www.orderofthejedi.ca</a></div> 457 458 <div class="newslistitemdate cmsSmallPrint">Posted: <span class=newsPostedDate>Wednesday 11 February 2009</span></div> 459 460 </div> 461 </li>
461<li class=cmsItemLI> 462 <div class="newslistitem cmsItem BlogItem" blogid="197196"> 463 464 465 <div class="newslistitemtitle cmsTitle"><b class=newslistitemtitle><a class="bloglistitemtitle" href="/blog/197196">Jedi Church High Council - Executive</a></b></div> 466 <div class="newslistitemsummary cmsText"> 467 Chairperson = Master Zen Yobi�<br>Secretary = Master Dale Akira�<br>Treasurer = Master Boo�<br>All nominated, seconded and accepted, all unupposed. 468 469 </div> 470 471 472 <div class="newslistitemdate cmsSmallPrint">Posted: <span class=newsPostedDate>Friday 19 December 2008</span></div> 473 474 </div> 475 </li> 476 </ul> 477 </div> 478 479 480 481 482<p align=center class="infonav cmsNavButtons" id="infonav"> 483 <a href="/page/5930?nav=infonav&page_start=0" class="cmsNavButton cmsNavNumber cmsNavActivePage pagenav-active infonavactive">1</a><a href="/page/5930?nav=infonav&page_start=21" class="cmsNavButton cmsNavNumber pagenav infonav">2</a><a href="/page/5930?nav=infonav&page_start=21" class="cmsNavButton cmsNavNext pagenav-next info_next">Next »</a> 484 </p> 485 486 487 488</section><!-- End ContentCMS--> 489 490 <section id="cmsPageFooter" class="cmsPageFooter cmsUsualWidth "><H1>Links</H1> 491<DIV class=content> 492<P><A href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1589133.stm" target=_blank><B>BBC Article 2001</B></A><BR><SMALL></SMALL></P> 493<P><A href="http://www.gonmad.co.uk/jedicensus/" target=_blank><B>Jedi Census Site</B></A><BR><SMALL> 494<P>Information regarding the international attempts to have the Jedi religion officially recognised in census results, despite the large number of people who answer this question correctly.</P></SMALL> 495<P></P> 496<P><A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jedi_census_phenomenon" target=_blank><B>Jedi census phenomenon</B></A><BR><SMALL> 497<P>The Jedi census phenomenon was a grassroots movement in 2001 for citizens in a few English-speaking countries to record their religion as "Jedi" or "Jedi Knight"</P></SMALL> 498<P></P> 499<P><A href="http://www.starwars.com/" target=_blank><B>Starwars - The Movie</B></A><BR><SMALL> 500<P>Like all religions, movies are made about important moments in history. Think about all the New Testament movies ever made. George Lucas has done a great job here.</P></SMALL> 501<P></P> 502<P><A href="http://www.statistics.gov.uk/census2001/profiles/rank/jedi.asp" target=_blank><B>UK 2001 jedi statistics - 0.7% are Jedi in UK</B></A><BR><SMALL> 503<P>0.7% of England and Wales are members of the Jedi church as per the last UK census. Brighton by far as the most consolidated jedi population, where 1 in 50 people are Jedi's</P></SMALL> 504<P></P></DIV></section <!-- end content div cmsPageFooter --> 505 506 </main><!-- End cmsPageContainer--> 507 508 509 510 511 512 <div id="cmsPageFooterTools" class="cmsEditableTemplate cmsEditableWidgetsArea cmsUsualWidth" > 513 <div id="custom_cmsPageFooterTools" class="">
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