There have been eighty-two same sex marriages since 19 August 2013, the first day same sex couples could get married in New Zealand.
Thirty eight of these marriages have been between people who had already been in a civil union.
58 couples were resident in New Zealand, 24 were from elsewhere.
The Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Jeff Montgomery says it is expected the number of same sex weddings to increase “as we move into spring.”
Of the 82 marriages 24 couples came from outside of New Zealand.
Same-sex marriage statistics since 19 August 2013. Country is based on usual residential address of each party.
Female-Female = 42 (of these 20 were a change of relationship from civil union)
- 7 couples from Australia
- 2 couples from China
- 1 couple from Hong Kong
- 1 couple from United Kingdom
• Male-Male = 40 (of these 18 were a change of relationship from civil union)
- 6 couples from Australia
- 4 couples from Thailand
- 1 couple from USA
- 1 couple from China
- 1 marriage where only one of the couple was from overseas (Australia)
- 1 couple were from the Philippines and the USA
Source
- Scoop
- Image: Radio Australia
