Destiny Church Groningen, a network of churches based in the Netherlands and South America
Brian Tamaki, a Bishop of the Destiny Church stated: "That Christianity is the chosen religion of the Head of the Commonwealth. For us to depart from that, don't you think that that is bordering on creating some type of treason, religious treason anyhow?".
Christianity in New Zealand, despite its foreign origins, has also been shaped by Māori through movements such as the Ratana Church and Destiny Church, as well as their involvements in churches of European origin such as the Anglican Church.
In 2004 Culbertson was interviewed by Sunday, a current affairs show broadcast in New Zealand, regarding his opinion of the controversial Destiny Church led by Bishop Brian Tamaki in which among other things he stated, "As far as I can tell it's a cult".
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Ten of thirteen self-identified Destiny branches were constituted in at the same time at the Destiny Church's headquarters in Mt Wellington after Hannah Tamaki's nomination.