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14 May 2013New Zealand MP who gave viral pro-equal marriage speech now will not appear on Ellen 2 A New Zealand MP whose powerful speech following the country’s vote to legalise equal marriage went viral, will not appear on the Ellen show, despite being invited by host Ellen DeGeneres. -
11 May 2013New Zealand: B&B owner says ‘not in my home’ to lesbian couple 56 A lesbian couple were told to sleep in separate beds or move on to other accommodation by a bed and breakfast in New Zealand. -
10 May 2013New Zealand: Protesters will hold ‘turn McDonalds gay day’ after employee told he was ‘too gay’ 6 Demonstrators will gather at a branch of fast-food chain McConalds to hold a "turn McDonald's gay day", in protest against the treatment of a staff member, who was told by his manager that he would be disciplined if he "turned anybody else gay oh shift". -
9 May 2013New Zealand: Human Rights Tribunal rules that gay aspiring priest was discriminated against by Anglican Church 3 A gay man who went to a tribunal over being refused the position of a priest at the Anglican Church, has said he is "grateful" the commission took his case, and that he may apply again in future for the job. -
5 May 2013New Zealand: World’s first trans MP suffering kidney failure 7 A former MP who was the first openly transgender person in the world to hold the position has announced that she will not be making a planned return to politics, stating that she has chronic kidney failure. -
2 May 2013New Zealand: McDonald’s worker told ‘If you turn anyone else in the store gay, I will punish you’ 18 It emerged during a New Zealand protest against conditions for workers of fast food chain McDonald's that gay staff members faced discrimination and harassment, with one man claiming several coworkers had left their jobs over the problem.
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29 April 2013New Zealand: ‘Homophobic’ beer advert causes controversy 32 A brewery in New Zealand has responded to controversy caused by a billboard containing an advert for one of its beer brands, which has been described by some as "homophobic". -
23 April 2013New Zealand: Conservative Party leader threatens to sue satirical website for ‘big gay rainbow’ article 12 The leader of New Zealand's Conservative Party has taken offence at a satirical news story written about himself, and another MP, who made a now famous speech around equal marriage, and has threatened legal action. -
22 April 2013New Zealand MP who gave viral pro-equal marriage speech invited onto Ellen Show 9 A New Zealand MP whose powerful speech following the country's vote to legalise equal marriage last week went viral, has been invited onto the Ellen show by host Ellen DeGeneres.
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18 April 2013Video: New Zealand MP: ‘We are only legalising equal marriage, not declaring nuclear war’ 14 The video of a New Zealand MP's impassioned speech following a vote to legalise equal marriage in the country, has gone viral, as he poked fun at those opposed to the measure, and emphasised its importance.
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18 April 2013Openly gay Australian MP: I doubt an equal marriage bill would currently pass in New South Wales 1 An openly gay MP in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, has said that she is not convinced that an equal marriage bill would currently be able to pass in the state's parliament. -
17 April 2013Over a thousand Australian same-sex couples to travel to New Zealand to wed 7 According to a survey by an equal marriage advocacy group, over a thousand Australian gay and lesbian couples are to travel to New Zealand in order to get married, now that equal marriage is set to become law there. -
17 April 2013Video: New Zealand Parliament breaks into song as equal marriage bill is passed 44 As the Parliament of New Zealand passed a bill to allow equal marriage in the country, those in attendance of the reading broke into song, once it was announced that it had passed. -
17 April 2013New Zealand legalises same-sex marriage 55 New Zealand has become the 13th country in the world to legalise equal marriage.
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16 April 2013New Zealand expected to give final approval to equal marriage bill 23 New Zealand's Parliament is on Wednesday expected to give final approval to a bill which would legalise equal marriage in the country. -
27 March 2013New Zealand: Poll shows equal marriage opposition up from last year 14 A New Zealand poll has shown that support for same-sex marriage has gone down. -
14 March 2013New Zealand: Equal marriage passes critical second vote 15 Lawmakers in New Zealand voted 77 to 44 yesterday to pass same-sex marriage legislation.
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4 March 2013New Zealand: Coroner in gay soldier’s suicide case criticised for anti-marriage equality stance 10 Doubts have been raised about the decision by coroner Gordon Mantega not to hold an inquest into the death of a soldier who killed himself after confessing his love for a male colleague, after it emerged Mr Mantega strongly opposed same-sex marriage in New Zealand. -
25 February 2013Poll: More New Zealanders support equal marriage than oppose it 3 A new poll commissioned by a New Zealand group opposed to equal marriage has found that more people support the idea than oppose it. -
30 January 2013Young gay New Zealanders say equal marriage would reduce youth suicides 1 Young gay men have made submissions to the New Zealand select committee dealing with the equal marriage bill, to say that legalising equal marriage would reduce the number of youth suicides.
