Destiny Church is a predominantly Maori Church in New Zealand which grew out of the Pentecostal movement and became an independent religious body in 1998. Its founder, Brian Tamaki, was ordained in the Apostolic Church but he disliked having to cooperate with others; he wanted to control his own Church. His aim was ambitious: to build ‘the largest Polynesian church in the world’. In 2005 he was ordained as the bishop of Destiny Church. Since its foundation Destiny has expanded to become a very visible part of New Zealand's religious landscape. Tamaki has crusaded against what he sees as New Zealand's moral decay and in defence of its ‘Christian heritage’, founded a political party (which failed to gain support from other conservative Christians and crashed when it competed in its first general election) and in 2004 instigated a dramatic march of his followers wearing black t-shirts through the streets of Wellington under the slogan ‘Enough is Enough’. He in turn has been criticised for his tight control of Destiny, his prosperity teaching, his financial methods and the Church's combative and masculinist style. Peter Lineham's account of the history and defining features of Destiny Church provides a balanced assessment. The author has a profound knowledge of Christianity in modern New Zealand and the Pentecostal movement from which Destiny emerged. He examines the various influences that have shaped Destiny, including the American megachurches and the black Pentecostal movement, and the reasons for its appeal to urban Maori.