Is same-sex marriage legal in New Zealand?
Marriage legal
Same-sex marriage is legally performed and recognized.
New Zealand is one of 57 countries classified “Marriage legal” for same-sex marriage — 38% of the 152 with data. (Also searched as gay marriage.)
Source
- Last checked
- 15 September 2026
- How it was classified
- Read directly from the source’s own table, without interpretation.
Nearby countries
- Norfolk Island
- Marriage legal Same-sex marriage is legally performed and recognized.
- New Caledonia
- Marriage legal Same-sex marriage is legally performed and recognized.
- Wallis and Futuna Islands
- Marriage legal Same-sex marriage is legally performed and recognized.
- American Samoa
- Not recognized Same-sex marriage is not performed in American Samoa, though recognized federally.
- Tuvalu
- Not recognized Same-sex unions have no legal recognition, and marriage is constitutionally or statutorily barred.
- French Polynesia
- Marriage legal Same-sex marriage is legally performed and recognized.
Other laws in New Zealand
- Same-Sex Activity
- 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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