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Year	Grooms	Brides							
1935	27.0	24.0							
1936									
1937									
1938									
1939									
1940	26.5	23.6							
1941									
1942									
1943									
1944									
1945	26.9	23.7							
1946									
1947									
1948									
1949									
1950	25.5	22.6							
1951									
1952									
1953									
1954									
1955	25.3	22.2							
1956									
1957									
1958									
1959									
1960	24.6	21.5							
1961									
1962									
1963									
1964									
1965	23.8	21.1							
1966									
1967									
1968									
1969									
1970	23.1	20.9							
1971									
1972									
1973									
1974									
1975	23.4	21.0							
1976									
1977									
1978									
1979									
1980	24.0	21.7							
1981	24.2	21.9							
1982	24.5	22.2
1983	24.8	22.6
1984	25.0	22.8
1985	25.3	23.1
1986	25.5	23.4
1987	25.9	23.7
1988	26.2	24.0
1989	26.4	24.2
1990	26.8	24.5
1991	26.9	24.6
1992	27.0	24.9
1993	27.3	25.2
1994	27.5	25.5
1995	27.8	25.8
1996	28.1	26.1
1997	28.3	26.5
1998	28.7	26.7
1999	28.9	27.0
2000	29.2	27.4
2001	29.3	27.5
2002	29.4	27.6
2003	29.5	27.7
2004	29.9	28.1
2005	30.1	28.1
2006	30.0	28.2
2007	29.9	28.1
2008	29.9	28.2
2009	29.8	28.1
2010	29.9	28.2
2011	29.9	28.2
2012	30	28.5
2013	30.1	28.6
2014	30.2	28.7
2015	30.2	28.8
2016	30.3	29
2017	30.2	29


Source: Statistics New Zealand: Marriages, Civil Unions, and Divorces: Year ended December 2017

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