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	Civil unions in New Zealand - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Civil unions in New Zealand were passed into law on 9 December 2004 when Parliament passed the Civil Union Act to establish the institution of civil union for same-sex and opposite-sex couples.
		The Civil Union Bill was treated as a conscience issue by most parties, including the largest parties on the left and right, and passed its third and final reading by 65 votes to 55.
		Civil Unions came into effect on April 26, 2005 and at least two couples had applied for licences by 9:30 that morning.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Civil_unions_in_New_Zealand (867 words)

	The New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs : Services : Births Deaths and Marriages : Civil Union (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Civil unions registered in New Zealand may be legally recognised in other countries, depending on the laws of that country.
		Couples who are married to each other, and who wish to continue in a relationship with each other, may change the form of that relationship to a civil union without having to formally dissolve their marriage (which normally involves living apart for 2 years).
		When a couple intend to enter into a civil union, they are required to complete the appropriate type of 'Notice of Intended Civil Union' form, which includes a statutory declaration that both parties are free to be joined in civil union and that all the details supplied on the form are correct.
	www.dia.govt.nz /diawebsite.nsf/wpg_URL/Services-Births-Deaths-and-Marriages-Civil-Union?OpenDocument (1977 words)

	New Zealand government considers civil unions \| News \| Advocate.com
		New Zealand's parliament is to consider a proposal to give gay and lesbian couples the legal rights akin to those enjoyed by heterosexual married couples.
		The planned legislation would enable same-sex partners to enter into a civil union by which they could pledge a commitment to one another and officially register their joining, said Tim Barnett, a lawmaker in the governing Labor Party, on Thursday.
		Officials said a civil union would require couples only to submit paperwork and pay a fee rather than going through a ceremony with witnesses and a priest, celebrant, or registry official.
	www.advocate.com /news_detail_ektid9921.asp (249 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Asia-Pacific \| NZ recognises same-sex unions
		The Civil Union Bill, which passed by 65 votes to 55, also recognises unions between men and women who do not want to marry.
		"Civil union offers an alternative to those [couples] unable to marry or who prefer not to marry," he said.
		Conservation Minister Chris Carter, who is planning a civil union with his partner Peter Kaiser as soon as the law takes effect, told parliament that history was being created.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/asia-pacific/4081089.stm (403 words)

	Gay adoption rights pursued in New Zealand- from Pink News- all the latest gay news from the gay community - Pink News
		Under present law, New Zealand’s citizens, including gays and lesbians, can adopt children, but because of the way the country’s outdated Adoption Act is worded they can't if they are part of an unmarried couple.
		According to the New Zealand Herald, Justice Minister Mark Burton said at the time he was "not unsympathetic" to the bill and would give it careful consideration if drawn.
		Ms Turei, the Herald said, welcomed the news that the government might adopt her bill, saying it was preferable to pinning her hopes on the ballot.
	www.pinknews.co.uk /news/articles/2005-1944.html (516 words)

	Crosswalk.com - Another Country Edges Closer to Same-Sex Civil Unions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Opponents of civil unions, in New Zealand as elsewhere around the world, argue that they amount to a counterfeit marriage and are harmful to the institution.
		New Zealand's center-left government is promoting the legislation and is seeking to get it passed as a matter of urgency this week before parliament's year-end recess.
		It also inserted a provision stating that "Certain unions are not marriages: a union solemnized in a foreign country between: (a) a man and another man; or (b) a woman and another woman; must not be recognized as a marriage in Australia."
	www.crosswalk.com /news/1299170.html (1040 words)

	Civil unions come to New Zealand: Chris Carter has fought long and hard to make his country the first in the Southern ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Civil unions come to New Zealand: Chris Carter has fought long and hard to make his country the first in the Southern Hemisphere to provide full rights to same-sex couples
		Widely known as one of the Southern Hemisphere's most gay-friendly places, New Zealand is poised to join the ranks of those nations that provide marriage or marriage-like rights to gay and lesbian couples.
		Earlier this year a civil union bill was passed by the New Zealand parliament, and recent polls have consistently shown that a majority of residents support it.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1589/is_2004_Nov_23/ai_n8576771 (704 words)

	Partners Task Force - New Zealand: Life Partnerships
		Send the civil union notice (with the required fee) to the Registry Office closest to the place where you want to have the civil union, ensuring that it reaches the Registrar at least a week before you intend to have the ceremony.
		The “Notice of Intended Civil Union, change of relationship from marriage”; form is used when a couple who are married wish to change their relationship to a civil union.
		Civil unions can also be conducted in Registry Offices by Registrars of Civil Unions, or according to the practices of certain organisations that are exempt from the requirement to have a Civil Union Celebrant present.
	www.buddybuddy.com /d-p-newz.html (1981 words)

	Same-sex marriage - Campaigns Wikia - A Wikia wiki
		The issue of same-sex marriage or the civil union of homosexuals is a topic of great debate in the United States.
		In a 4-2 decision, the New York Court of Appeals said that the state's marriage law is constitutional, and clearly limits marriage to a union between a man and a woman.
		Parties to a civil union shall have all the same benefits, protections and responsibilities under Vermont law, whether they derive from statute, policy, administrative or court rule, common law or any other source of civil law, as are granted to spouses in a marriage.
	campaigns.wikia.com /wiki/Same-sex_Marriage (2485 words)

	Scoop: Civil Union Bill Hits The Ground Running
		Civil union partners will not be referred to in law as husband and wife, or spouse.
		In addition, civil unions may be declared void if one of the parties is subsequently found to have been under the age of 16 years old.
		Stephen Franks MP has suggested that the Civil Union Bill and the Relationships (Statutory References) Bills are disguised attempts to legislate against use of speech which denigrates people on the basis of their homosexuality.
	www.scoop.co.nz /stories/PO0411/S00256.htm (1626 words)

	JURIST - Paper Chase: New Zealand recognizes civil unions
		Civil unions offer an alternative to those unable to marry, or who do not wish to marry.
		Civil unions are to be a new relationship option that takes nothing from anyone else, while providing choice to people currently denied such...
		Paper Chase is JURIST's real-time legal news weblog, powered by a team of 20 law student reporters and editors led by law professor Bernard Hibbitts at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.
	jurist.law.pitt.edu /paperchase/2004/12/new-zealand-recognizes-civil-unions.php (293 words)

	Welcome \| NZCTU
		“Unions in Australia and New Zealand are supporting the call for working people in Fiji to demonstrate peaceful resistance to the failing coup,” the Australian and New Zealand Councils of Trade Unions said today.
		The Australian Council of Trade Unions and the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions today issued a joint call for the military and the Government of Fiji to negotiate a peaceful settlement that would maintain the country’s democracy.
		New Zealand unionists took to the streets in Auckland and Wellington yesterday in solidarity with Australian workers, writes the Unionist this week.
	www.union.org.nz (419 words)

	VirtueOnline - News - NEW ZEALAND: Civil Unions in Auckland Diocese? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Civil Union legislation simply mirrors the requirements that exist for tradition marriage and is little different, in effect, to 'gay marriage'.
		One of the priests, Hugh Kempster, went on national TV to declaring his intention to be among the first to conduct a same-sex Civil Union and further claimed that he had his Bishop's consent to do so as long as it was in a private capacity and away from church buildings.
		Whether they then go on to perform a civil union or not, or whether orthodox groupings such as Latimer get to hear of such ceremonies, is largely immaterial.
	www.virtueonline.org /portal/modules/news/print.php?storyid=2375 (847 words)

	Oasis California News Blog: Civil Unions & Churches
		For the Rev. Bonnie Bardot, the day civil unions become law will hold special meaning - as a pastor who has long supported such rights for gay couples, and as a lesbian who has been with her partner, Jan Gregory, for 17 years.
		When civil unions become law in the state on Saturday, gay couples will achieve new status that brings them some of the same rights as heterosexual couples.
		News and updates from Oasis, the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Ministry of the Episcopal Diocese of California.
	www.oasiscalifornia.org /news/2005/09/civil-unions-churches.html (1134 words)

	Radio Australia - News - New Zealand parliament recognises same-sex civil unions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		New Zealand's parliament has adopted controversial legislation granting legal recognition to homosexual partnerships after months of national debate.
		The legislature voted 65-55 to pass the Civil Union Bill after fighting off a bid by opponents to force the issue into a national referendum.
		The issue split political parties and the ballot was a conscience vote, in which lawmakers were not required to follow a party line.
	www.abc.net.au /ra/news/stories/s1261976.htm (216 words)

	Group says civil unions OK a "sad day" for NZ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Representatives of a new inter-religious dialogue centre at the Australian Catholic University has stressed the role of Pope Benedict as an apostle of dialogue and peace in a first visit for the centre to the Muslim-founded Australian Intercultural Society.
		The group includes among "victims" of the new law, homosexuals wishing to "extract themselves from the gay lifestyle", and future generations of New Zealanders who will without doubt find themselves the children of homosexual parents.
		Calling on New Zealanders to show their anger at the ballot box when the next General Election comes around, the group said that "all of the once great societies who have long since passed away have the erosion and blurring of the traditional family as one of the major reasons for their downfall."
	www.cathnews.com /news/412/69.php (941 words)

	New Zealand gay couples enjoy new civil unions \| News \| Advocate.com
		A law allowing same-sex partners to have nearly the same legal rights as married couples came into force in New Zealand on Tuesday, with the first of the newly defined civil unions expected this weekend.
		The law makes civil union ceremonies available for both same-sex couples and heterosexual couples seeking a pact that's nominally less binding than marriage.
		Destiny New Zealand leader Richard Lewis said the evangelical church and its linked political party "did what they could" to stop the law from passing.
	www.advocate.com /news_detail.asp?id=16066 (373 words)

	Government moves to allow gay couples to legally 'tie the knot' - 16 Jul 2003 - National News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		That is expected to provoke opponents such as religious groups, who will argue that civil unions weaken the sanctity of marriage.
		Such unions would probably be certified by the Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages.
		A Civil Union Bill in New Zealand would also allow the Government to clarify laws that recognise the breakup of relationships but not the union itself.
	www.nzherald.co.nz /storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3512893&thesection=news&thesubsection=general (635 words)

	Family Law: Civil Unions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In 2001, the Netherlands gave same-sex marriage equal status with opposite-sex marriage, in addition to its 1998 "registered partnership" law (civil union) for both same-sex and opposite-sex couples.
		In July 2004, the U.S. state of New Jersey enacted a law that is virtually the same as a typical civil union, giving same-sex couples most of the rights associated with marriage.
		Although the state government uses the term domestic partnership to denote these new unions, the law in fact gives many more rights than those given by the domestic partnerships of most other jurisdictions, and so the New Jersey situation is more often related to civil unions.
	www.juiceenewsdaily.com /1105/business/civil.html?1130942271343 (235 words)

	Gay News From 365Gay.com
		Posted: April 26, 2005 11:01 am ET Updated 5:27 pm ET (Wellington) A new law allowing civil unions for same-sex couples in New Zealand has not led to the expected rush to register.
		It's now the law, and people don't have to rush into it, he told the New Zealand Herald.
		Under the new law, to obtain a license, partners must be at least 18, not related, and cohabitating.
	www.365gay.com /newscon05/04/042605nzUnions.htm (338 words)

	New Zealand approves gay civil unions - World - www.smh.com.au
		Months of efforts by opponents to defeat the Civil Union Bill or put it to a referendum came to nought yesterday when it passed its final reading by conscience vote 65 to 55, the same margin as a preliminary vote last week.
		Social conservatives and some religious groups have called civil unions an attack on the institution of marriage and social engineering by the Labour government.
		Christians for Civil Union member Margaret Mayman said yesterday she and her partner Clare Brockett were talking about entering a civil union under the new law.
	www.smh.com.au /news/World/New-Zealand-approves-gay-civil-unions/2004/12/09/1102182430400.html (547 words)

	Catholic World News : New Zealand legalizes gay civil unions
		Wellington, Apr. 27, 2005 (LifesiteNews.com/CWN) - New Zealand ushered in civil union legislation on Tuesday conferring upon same-sex couples all the rights and privileges normally allotted to heterosexual married husbands and wives.
		The new law also allows common-law heterosexual couples to formalize their unions without agreeing to the full legal bond of marriage.
		An official Vatican statement on same-sex civil unions said, "The Church teaches that respect for homosexual persons cannot lead in any way to approval of homosexual behavior or to legal recognition of homosexual unions.
	www.cwnews.com /news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=36809 (326 words)

	Latimer: Civil Unions Archives
		The TV1 news last Sunday night (02/02/05) contained the astounding revelation that the Revd Hugh Kempster of the Auckland Diocese is determined to register as a Civil Union Celebrant come 26 April and fully intends to solemnise gay and lesbian unions.
		In the course of the conversation, Mr Kempster announced his determination to be among the first to register as a civil union celebrant when the new law is passed, so that he could solemnise same-sex civil unions within his parish church and follow it by a service of blessing.
		So, it matters not whether the State wishes to use two registers, a civil union register and a marriage register, the Church is bound by its understanding of creation to recognise both as referring to the same social contract, which the Church traditionally calls ‘marriage’.
	www.latimer.org.nz /comment/archives/civil_unions/index.html (5661 words)

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		And another man remarked, “Because a family is constituted of a father, a mother and their children, that’s why I brought my whole family here, so we can march as one, and make a statement here to New Zealand.
		The New Zealand law takes effect in May, and grants full marriage status to homosexual and civil union couples.
		The protest was organized by New Zealand's Destiny Church, and concluded with a pro-family rally including a traditional Maori performance.
	www.cbn.com /cbnnews/news/050311b.aspx (286 words)

	Support for the Civil Unions Bill Petition
		In NZ today there are over 335 000 New Zealanders who identify themselves as having a partner but who are not legally married.
		That's around one in five New Zealanders living in a heterosexual or homosexual relationship, but not married.
		The Support for the Civil Unions Bill Petition to Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives was created by and written by Conor Roberts.
	www.petitiononline.com /civil/petition.html (264 words)

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