Statistics NZ figures show half of all same-sex marriages and civil unions registered in New Zealand last year were couples living overseas.

THE NUMBERS

• 20,235 marriages and civil unions were registered to New Zealand residents in 2016.
• 483 were same-sex marriages or civil unions.
• 14,328 were first marriages and civil unions.
• 5865 were remarriages and civil unions.
• 42 couples (both same-sex and opposite-sex) transferred from a civil union to a marriage or vice versa.
• An additional 2961 marriages or civil unions were registered to overseas residents – of these, 471 were same-sex marriages or civil unions.

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