Friday, 24 February 2006 On 11 August 2005, Dr A Jack of the Legal Services of the NZ Police, wrote to Mr Craig S. Smith, National Director Family Integrity. His letter, which has been brought to the attention of parliament by Judith Collins MP, is reproduced below with minor editorial additions in square brackets that [...]
Couples say ‘I don’t’ to civil unions
26 February 2006 By EMMA PAGE and JENNIFER DANN http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3585006a11,00.html Marriage celebrants are opting out of conducting civil unions because barely one couple a day has elected to have the alternative ceremony since its introduction almost a year ago. Only 362 couples have chosen civil unions, compared with 15,683 marriages, since the Civil Union Act [...]