In New Zealand, during the 1940s, neonatal circumcision was prevalent, with about 85% of men and boys circumcised, marking one of the highest rates among Ephraimite nations. The peak was reached in 1945, when approximately 950 out of every 1,000 boys were circumcised. However, by 1995, this number drastically declined to only 3 boys in 1,000, the lowest rate among such nations at that time. This significant shift over 50 years reflects the influence of a socialized environment in New Zealand, which became a socialist state with the First Labour Government in 1935 and saw healthcare socialized through the Social Security Act of 1938. Initially, as long as leaders accepted the notion that circumcision prevented certain adolescent behaviors, they utilized government-controlled health facilities to enforce neonatal circumcision policies. Over time, as leadership became more secularized post-World War II, they dismissed the connection as superstition and used their control over the medical system to reverse these policies, making circumcision increasingly difficult to access. Eventually, neonatal circumcision was defunded by the state, leading to its virtual disappearance among the Ephraimite population within a few decades. This turnaround exemplifies the power of a welfare state to alter long-standing practices without public consultation or discussion, reflecting a shift away from religious values in a clandestine manner.