Baháʼí Faith in New Caledonia

On the same year, Emma and Georges Wayenece were the first melanesian couple to accept the Faith of Baha'u'llah.

[5] The Association of Religion Data Archives (relying on World Christian Encyclopedia) estimated some 955 Baháʼís in 2005.

Written on 11 April 1916, it was delayed in being presented in the United States until 1919 – after the end of World War I and the Spanish flu.

The seventh tablet was translated and presented by Mirza Ahmad Sohrab on 4 April 1919, and published in Star of the West magazine on 12 December 1919.

[1]As a special member of the former Second French colonial empire today's New Caledonia has a Sui generis relationship with France.

Consequently, Australian Baháʼí pioneers were itinerant rather than permanent, and frequently returned to Australia or travelled between colonies when their visas expired.

[3] Shoghi Effendi, head of the religion after the death of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, communicated about New Caledonia in several letters: 3 June 1952, 30 April 1953, 7 May 1953, 31 December 1954, 24 January 1956, 3 May 1956 and 15 February 1957, before he died in November 1957.

[3] In this atmosphere of restricted visits, the first pioneer to reach New Caledonia was Australia's Margaret Rowling in early 1952[2] followed closely by Mariette Bolton in February the same year.

Jean Sevin, who was designated a Knight of Baháʼu'lláh to the Tuamotu Archipelago region, was the only French Baháʼí to pioneer in the Pacific during the Ten Year Crusade.

[19] In 1975 the assembly of Maré hosted a Women's Congress and the community of Nouméa was visited by a Baha'í traveler who shared stories of his father meeting Baháʼu'lláh, the founder of the religion.

[21] The religion entered a new phase of activity when a message of the Universal House of Justice dated 20 October 1983 was released.

In Nouméa, Munsiff participated in a one and one-half-hour television broadcast mentioning Baháʼí teachings on the role of women which was transmitted to many places in the South Pacific.

[36] A 2001 estimate for the number of Baháʼís in the country was listed at 0.50% of the national population or 1,070 individuals with an annual growth rate of +2.1% by Operation World.