Marriage about purpose, not rights – Opinion – by Bob McCoskrie – national director of Family First NZ – a registered charity with the Charities Commission – writes: DEBORAH RUSSELL, (“Marriage should be for all”, October 21, Dominion Post) says the state has no business in the marriage game, but then argues that the state [...]
NZ resident couples overwhelmingly prefer marriage to civil union
There were 20,900 marriages in New Zealand last year, compared to 338 civil unions. According to Statistics New Zealand, 273 Kiwi couples legalised their relationship in a civil union, of which 73 per cent [199] were same-sex. A further 65 civil unions were registeted to overseas residents. The 199 same-sex civil unions entered into by [...]