From here on simply claiming to be Christian will not mean your blog automatically makes the top 10 New Zealand Christian blog rankings. In addition to being openly Christian in its blog description on Tumeke and HalfDone’s New Zealand blog ranking lists, now an eligible blog must also demonstrate adherence to the historic Christian tradition in their blog content.

We are going to be fairly broad with this. No one is perfect in their interpretation of biblical text or in how they apply their beliefs to their actions (or the content of their blogs). We all get it wrong from time to time. We are not looking for adherence to fine points of doctrine on things like eschatology or baptism or political leaning, etc. However, we will draw a line and exclude blogs that fall outside what CS Lewis calls “mere christianity”. Lewis sums this up as “the belief that has been common to nearly all Christians at all times.” So, for example, we would exclude those who claim to be Christian but who promote atheism or deny the resurrection or believe that Jesus was a magic mushroom and so on.

1. MandM 3
2. NZ Conservative 4
3. Say Hello to my Little Friend (Beretta) 8
4. Something Should Go Here, Maybe Later (HalfDone) 10
5. MacDoctor Moments 18
6. Liturgy Worship Spirituality 34
7. Being Frank 36
8. The Humanitarian Chronicle 42
9. Manawatu Christian Apologetics Society 43
10. Brad Heap 46

Top 10. name of blog HalfDone Rank

Of Note:

• A little change in position; newcomer The Dunedin School made the top 10.
• The following Christian blogs all made the top 100 but were outside the top 10 Contra Celsum 53, Semper Vita 67, True Paradigm 71, Christian News 73, The Briefing Room 81, Paul Gardner 90, Star Studded Super Step 95, I am Jonny King 99.
• An additional 30 Christian blogs were included in the list of 427 New Zealand blogs..
• Another 8 were unfortunately not able to be calculated due to their not resolving in Alexa and Technorati.

Note: This list only includes Christian blogs that are openly identified as Christian blogs on HalfDone’s ranking list and that that demonstrate adherence to the historic Christian tradition in their blog content.

When Tumeke’s September stats are out we will compare them with HalfDone’s and publish the overall MandM top 10 NZ Christian Blog rankings for October 09.

1. MandM 21
2. NZ Conservative 24
3. Say Hello to my Little Friend (Beretta Blog) 27
4. Something Should Go Here, Maybe Later (HalfDone) 28
5. Being Frank 32
6. The Briefing Room 47
7. Sustain:If:Able Kiwi 49
8. Contra Celsum 57
9. Keeping Stock 65
10. True Paradigm 66

Top 10 Tumeke. name of blog Tumeke rank

Of Note:

• Change at the number 1 spot.
• Nice climbing Beretta and welcome to the top 10 True Paradigm.
• Paul Gardner 74, The Humanitarian Chronicle 79, Christian News New Zealand 87, Theology Geek 93 each made the top 100 despite being outside the top 10.

Now that Tumeke’s September stats are out we will compare them with the HalfDone September report and publish the overall MandM top 10 NZ Christian Blog rankings for September 09 shortly.

Note:
This list only includes Christian blogs that both:
1. Demonstrate adherence to the historic Christian tradition in their blog content.
2. Appear on and openly identify as a Christian blog on Tumeke’s ranking descriptions.

1. MandM 3
2. NZ Conservative 9
3. Something Should Go Here, Maybe Later (HalfDone) 13
4. MacDoctor Moments 16
5. Say Hello to my Little Friend (Beretta) 18
6. The Humanitarian Chronicle 24
7. Liturgy Worship Spirituality 39
8. The Dunedin School 41
9. Being Frank 45
10. Keeping Stock46

Top 10. name of blog HalfDone Rank

Of Note:

• A little change in position; newcomer The Dunedin School made the top 10.
• The following Christian blogs all made the top 100 but were outside the top 10 Prodigal Kiwi(s) Blog 47, Sustain:if:able kiwi 51, Brad Heap 55, Contra Celsum 60, The Briefing Room 61, Manawatu Christian Apologetics Society 65,  Semper Vita 79, Christian News 95.
• An additional 34 Christian blogs were included in the list of 416 New Zealand blogs..
• Another 5 were unfortunately not able to be calculated due to their not resolving in Alexa and Technorati.

Note: This list only includes Christian blogs that are openly identified as Christian blogs on HalfDone’s ranking list.

When Tumeke’s September stats are out we will compare them with HalfDone’s and publish the overall MandM top 10 NZ Christian Blog rankings for September 09.

1. NZ Conservative 24
2. MandM 25
3. Something Should Go Here, Maybe Later (HalfDone) 31
4. Say Hello to my Little Friend (Beretta Blog) 32
5. Keeping Stock 33
6. Being Frank 36
7. Sustain:If:Able Kiwi 42
8. The Briefing Room 46
9. The Humanitarian Chronicle 58
10. Contra Celsum 73

Top 10 Tumeke. name of blog Tumeke rank

Of Note:

• NZ Conservative claws back the number 1 spot… just
• No newcomers to the top 10, just some position changing.
• Christian News New Zealand 74, True Paradigm 83, Kiwi Polemicist 94, Theology Geek 100 each made the top 100 despite being outside the top 10.

Note: This list only includes Christian blogs that openly identify as Christian blogs on Tumeke’s ranking descriptions. If you think your blog should be included contact Tim Selwyn of Tumeke and ask him to change your blog description to include something identifiably Christian on his rankings.

Now that Tumeke’s August stats are out we will compare them with the HalfDone August report and publish the overall MandM top 10 NZ Christian Blog rankings for August 09 shortly.

1. MandM 5
2. NZ Conservative 10
3. Something Should Go Here, Maybe Later (HalfDone) 13
4. MacDoctor Moments 18
5. Keeping Stock 23
6. Say Hello to my Little Friend (Beretta) 24
7. The Humanitarian Chronicle 25
8. The Briefing Room 46
9. Liturgy worship spirituality 48
10. Being Frank 49

Top 10. name of blog HalfDone Rank

Of Note:

• A little change in position and newcomer Liturgy Worship Spirituality made the top 10.
• The following Christian blogs all made the top 100 but were outside the top 10 Brad Heap 60, The Dunedin School 63, Contra Celsum 64, Family Integrity 67, Prodigal Kiwi(s) Blog 68, Semper Vita 78, sustain:if:able kiwi 84, Christian News 88.
• An additional 33 Christian blogs were included in the list of 430 New Zealand blogs..
• Another 5 were unfortunately not able to be calculated due to their not resolving in Alexa and Technorati.

Note: This list only includes Christian blogs that are openly identified as Christian blogs on HalfDone’s ranking list.

When Tumeke’s August stats are out we will compare them with HalfDone’s and publish the overall MandM top 10 NZ Christian Blog rankings for August 09.

1. MandM 5
2. NZ Conservative 13
3. Something Should Go Here, Maybe Later (HalfDone) 17
4. MacDoctor Moments 18
5. Keeping Stock 21
6. Say Hello to my Little Friend (Beretta) 27
7. The Humanitarian Chronicle 30
8. Being Frank 44
9. Sustain:If:Able Kiwi 52
10. The Briefing Room 55

Top 10. name of blog HalfDone Rank

Of Note:

• Not much change, the usual suspects made the top 10 – just a little position shuffling.
• The following Christian blogs all made the top 100 but were outside the top 10 Brad Heap 59, Christian News 66, Contra Celsum 68, Kiwi Polemicist 72, Samuel Dennis 89, Semper Vita 98.
• An additional 19 Christian blogs made the top 300.
• Another 8 were unfortunately not able to be calculated due to their not resolving in Alexa and Technorati.

Note: This list only includes Christian blogs that are openly identified as Christian blogs on HalfDone’s ranking list.

When Tumeke’s July stats are out we will compare them with HalfDone’s and publish the overall MandM top 10 NZ Christian Blog rankings for July 09.

1. MandM 5
2. NZ Conservative 7
3. Something Should Go Here, Maybe Later (HalfDone) 15
4. MacDoctor Moments 21
5. The Humanitarian Chronicle 25
6. Keeping Stock 28
7. Say Hello to my Little Friend (Beretta) 29
8. Being Frank 40
9. Sustain:If:Able Kiwi 50
10. Samuel Dennis 52

Top 10. name of blog HalfDone Rank

Of Note:

• Not much change but Sustain:If:Able Kiwi made the top 10
• The following Christian blogs all made the top 100 but were outside the top 10 Contra Celsum, Christian News, Brad Heap, Semper Vita, Prodigal Kiwi, Put up Thy Sword, s59 blog, Kiwi Polemicist.
• An additional 16 Christian blogs made the top 300.

Note: This list only includes Christian blogs that are openly identified as Christian blogs on HalfDone’s ranking list.

When Tumeke’s June stats are out we will compare them with HalfDone’s and publish the overall MandM top 10 NZ Christian Blog rankings for June 09 later in the month.

1. NZ Conservative 22
2. MandM 26
3. Something Should Go Here, Maybe Later (HalfDone) 32
4. Keeping Stock 35
5. Say Hello to my Little Friend (Beretta Blog) 47
6. The Humanitarian Chronicle 58
7. The Briefing Room 64
8. Contra Celsum 75
9. Kiwi Polemicist 76
10. Star Studded Super Step 80

Top 10 Tumeke. name of blog Tumeke rank

Of Note:

• A change in the number 1 spot – well done NZ Conservative!
• Lots of position changes throughout the top ten.
• All top 10 are well within the top 100; in fact, Christian News New Zealand, Samuel Dennis, Blessed Economist, True Paradigm, Gavin Knight all made the top 100 despite being just outside the top 10.

Note: This list only includes Christian blogs that openly identify as Christian blogs on Tumeke’s ranking descriptions. If you think your blog should be included contact Tim Selwyn of Tumeke and ask him to change your blog description to include something identifiably Christian on his rankings.

Now that Tumeke’s April stats are out we will compare them with the HalfDone April report and publish the overall MandM top 10 NZ Christian Blog rankings for April 09 shortly.

1. MandM 5
2. NZ Conservative 7
3. Something Should Go Here, Maybe Later (HalfDone) 20
4. MacDoctor Moments 22
5. The Humanitarian Chronicle 28
6. Keeping Stock 29
7. Say Hello to my Little Friend (Beretta) 33
8. Samuel Dennis 41
9. Being Frank 43
10. The Briefing Room 44

Top 10. name of blog HalfDone Rank

Of Note:

• Not much change but The Briefing Room came back into the top 10 and there was a little jostling for position.
• Again, all the top 10 Christian blogs were also within the top 50 overall.
• The following Christian blogs all made the top 100 but were outside the top 10 Contra Celsum, Semper Vita, Put up Thy Sword, Sustain:If:Able Kiwi, Developing the Mind of Christ, Kiwi Polemicist, Gavin Knight, Star Studded Super Step, Christian News, True Paradigm – considerably more jostling for position went on there!

As to the rise of the NZ Christian blogs within the secular NZ blogosphere, Scrubone notes:

I have noticed that Christian blogs have risen up these rankings over the last few months. I don’t know why. The data here gathered as objectively as possible and is posted promptly, and can be verified by anyone who wishes to (and corrected by myself). I suspect that the MandM Christian rankings have played a part in encouraging christian blogs to link to each other, and encouraged christians who read one of these blogs to read others, and this has helped push up scores.

Note: This list only includes Christian blogs that are openly identified as Christian blogs on HalfDone’s ranking list.

When Tumeke’s May stats are out we will compare them with HalfDone’s and publish the overall MandM top 10 NZ Christian Blog rankings for May 09 later in the month.