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The Bukabukan of New Zealand

The Bukabukan of New Zealand, numbering approximately 300 people, are No Longer Unreached.
They are described as an ethnolinguistic people indigenous to Pukapuka, a coral atoll in the northern group of the Cook Islands .
They are an Diaspora people, with Bukabukan (Pukapuka) as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Polynesian people cluster of the Pacific Islanders.
Their primary religion is Christianity - Protestantism.
They primarily speak Pukapuka.

Unengaged and Unreached

The Bukabukan are Unengaged and Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Unreached yet Engaged

The Bukabukan are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

No longer Unreached

The Bukabukan are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

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readIsaiah 48:11

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