Wayne Hughes (pastor)

As well as pastoring the Takapuna Assembly of God, Hughes also served as General Superintendent of the Assemblies of God in New Zealand from 1985 to 2003, when he resigned to give undivided attention to building his local church, which has set a goal of ten thousand members, and to care for his wife, Glenice, who has long suffered from Parkinson's disease.

Hughes strongly opposes pre-marital sex, abortion, pornography, and gambling, factors that he saw as contributing to the breakdown of 'Christian morality'.

Hughes had a close relationship with the Brownsville Assembly of God in Pensacola, Florida, and the Yoido Full Gospel Church in Seoul, Korea.

Steven Hill, both instrumental in the Brownsville Revival, and Dr David Yonggi Cho, of Yoido, hosted major conferences in New Zealand under Wayne Hughes's auspices.

His younger daughter, Angela is also an ordained minister, and served as the Youth Pastor of her father's church until late 2006.