Clothing Workers’ Union leader Frank Thorn was the first civil marriage celebrant (rather than a church minister) to conduct a wedding ceremony in New Zealand. He is shown here officiating at the marriage of Neddy Paraha and Perise Tuisaulu in August 1977.
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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PAColl-7327)
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EP/1977/3334/20-F
Photograph by Alan Stevenson
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