New Zealand: Continued influx of gay Australian couples marrying expected to continue
A continued influx of same-sex Australian couples looking to marry is expected in New Zealand.
According to reports 40% of same-sex marriages in 2013 in New Zealand were to foreign visitors.
Mark Proffit of Rainbow Tourism in Sydney has said the lack of same-sex marriage in Australia is pushing couples who do not wish to wait to New Zealand.
“We’ve got no chance of law reform here for three or four years, I suspect, so that’s going to drive people who have been holding off,” he said.
But the Federal Government challenged the decision, saying it was inconsistent with federal laws.
Efforts to legalise the measure failed in the Australian Parliament back in 2012.
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