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| Australian same-sex couples flock to New Zealand to get married | Australian same-sex couples flock to New Zealand to get married |
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| Between 19 August and 19 December last year there were 361 same-sex couples married, according to the New Zealand Births, Deaths and Marriages department, 97 of which were Australians who travelled to New Zealand to get married. | Between 19 August and 19 December last year there were 361 same-sex couples married, according to the New Zealand Births, Deaths and Marriages department, 97 of which were Australians who travelled to New Zealand to get married. |
| Trailing a long way behind are 10 Chinese couples, four from Hong Kong and four from the United Kingdom. Of the total number of marriages, 195 were between women and 166 were between men. | |
| “We expect the number of same-sex weddings to increase during the summer ‘wedding season’,” he said. | “We expect the number of same-sex weddings to increase during the summer ‘wedding season’,” he said. |
| The federal government challenged the Australian Capital Territory’s same-sex marriage laws in October 2013 and the high court struck down the legislation in December 2013. But the court made it clear that there was no legal impediment to the federal government introducing legislation to allow same-sex marriage. | |
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