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{{Infobox organization
|name         = Knights of the Southern Cross
|image        = Knights of the Southern Cross (New Zealand).png
|size         = 115px
|abbreviation = KSC or KSCNZ
|motto        =  
|formation    = 1922
|headquarters =
|type         = [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] [[Fraternal and service organizations|fraternal]] [[Volunteering|service]]
|leader_title = Supreme Knight
|leader_name  = Neil Rutherford<ref name=kscnz-aboutus>{{citation|title=About Us|language=en-US|work=KSCNZ - Knights of the Southern Cross|date=2016-01-03|access-date=2024-02-02|url=https://kscnz.org.nz/about-us/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231012041949/https://kscnz.org.nz/about-us/|archive-date=2023-10-12|url-status=live}}</ref>
|website      = 
}}
'''The Knights of the Southern Cross (New Zealand) (“KSCNZ”)''' is a [[fraternal order]] of [[Roman Catholic|Catholic]] men committed to promoting the Christian way of life. It is organised in 18 branches throughout the six dioceses of [[New Zealand]]. The order is an [[incorporated society]].<ref>{{citation|title=The Knights of the Southern Cross of New Zealand Incorporated|language=en|work=New Zealand Companies Office|publisher=Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment|access-date=2024-02-02|url=https://app.businessregisters.govt.nz/sber-businesses/viewInstance/view.html?id=229a78e05307b6d8bf1b29667f00cb17e8ab7a33d9203205&_timestamp=4372718023666231}}</ref>

== Objectives ==
* To be an organised body of Catholic Men giving entire loyalty to the Apostolic See, to the Hierarchy and the Clergy in all things appertaining to the Catholic faith.
* To support members in their vocation and mission as Catholic Men.
* To work for the spiritual, intellectual and material welfare of members and their families.
* To spread the Gospel for the conversion of souls and the growth of the Church.
* To restore all things in Christ by working for the moral and social welfare of the country.
* To help Catholic Youth develop to be “fully mature in the fullness of Christ himself.” (Eph.4:13)
* To co-operate with other organisations in furtherance of the objectives.
* To achieve all these objects through Charity, Unity and Fraternity.

== Membership ==
Membership is open to all Roman Catholic males in good standing at least 18 years of age or older.

== Associations ==
Through the [[International Alliance of Catholic Knights]], the Knights of the Southern Cross (New Zealand) are associated with the [[Knights of the Southern Cross]] (Australia), the [[Knights of Columbus]], the [[Knights of Saint Columbanus]], the [[Knights of Da Gama]] and the [[Knights of Saint Columba]].

The National Secretariat is in [[Wellington]].

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{International Alliance of Catholic Knights}}

[[Category:Catholic Church in New Zealand]]
[[Category:International Alliance of Catholic Knights|Southern Cross]]