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Story: Marriage and partnering

Page 8. All images & media

From page 1 - Marriage in traditional Māori society

From page 2 - Marriage in the 19th century

From page 3 - Marriage, 1900 to the 1960s

From page 4 - Loosening rules, expanding choices: partnering from the late 1960s

From page 5 - Weddings

From page 6 - The big day

How to cite this page

Megan Cook, Marriage and partnering, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/story/167626/media (accessed 6 June 2026).

Story by Megan Cook, published 21 April 2011, updated 1 May 2017.