On Friday CathNews reported that priests will have to pay to register as marriage celebrants. This was an error.
After receiving feed-back about this CathNews sought clarification from Internal Affairs.
CathNews was informed that the following approved organisations, which are listed in the schedule in Part 2 Section 8 of the Marriage Act 1955 (as amended on May 3 2017), are exempt and are not required to pay any fee to be registered as marriage celebrants.
- Anglican
- Baptist
- Greek Orthodox Church
- Hebrew Congregations
- Lutheran Church of New Zealand
- Methodist
- Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa NZ
- Roman Catholic
- Salvation Army
CathNews regrets the error.