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Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 2021

Registration of information - Marriages and civil unions - Notification of marriage outside New Zealand

57: Overseas ceremony attended by New Zealand representative may be notified

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"Telling the government about a New Zealand couple's overseas wedding"

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You can tell the Registrar-General about a marriage that happens outside New Zealand. This can be done by a New Zealand representative who attends the marriage ceremony. They do this by sending a copy of the marriage certificate, as stated in section 43(1) of the Marriage Act 1955.

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Part 2Registration of information
Marriages and civil unions: Notification of marriage outside New Zealand

57Overseas ceremony attended by New Zealand representative may be notified

  1. A New Zealand representative (as defined in section 2(1) of the Marriage Act 1955) may notify the Registrar-General of a marriage that occurs outside New Zealand and that the New Zealand representative attends by forwarding a duplicate copy of the certificate under section 43(1) of that Act.

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