Story: Marriage and partnering

Page 7. External links and sources

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Births, deaths and marriages

This section of the Department of Internal Affairs website provides information on the official requirements for marriages and civil unions.

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Biggs, Bruce. Maori marriage: an essay in reconstruction. Wellington: Polynesian Society, 1970.
Coney, Sandra. I do: 125 years of weddings in New Zealand. Auckland: Hodder Moa Beckett, 1995.

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

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