Is homosexuality legal in New Zealand?
Legal
Same-sex sexual activity is legal.
New Zealand is one of 160 countries classified “Legal” for same-sex sexual activity — 71% of the 226 with data. (Also searched as homosexuality.)
Source
- Last checked
- 15 September 2026
- How it was classified
- Read directly from the source’s own table, without interpretation.
Nearby countries
- Norfolk Island
- Legal Same-sex sexual activity is legal.
- New Caledonia
- Legal Same-sex sexual activity is legal.
- Tonga
- Illegal Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.
- Fiji
- Legal Same-sex sexual activity is legal.
- Vanuatu
- Legal Same-sex sexual activity is legal.
- Niue
- Legal Same-sex sexual activity is legal.
Other laws in New Zealand
- Same-Sex Marriage
- Marriage legal
- Age of Consent
- 16–17
- Sex Work
- Legal & regulated
- Divorce
- Heavily restricted
- Non-Binary Recognition
- Recognized
- Same-Sex Adoption
- Joint adoption legal
- Incest Laws
- Criminal offense
- Marriage Age
- 18+
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