Marriages Civil Unions and Divorces: Year ended December 2006
Highlights
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There were 21,500 resident marriages registered in New Zealand during the December 2006 year.
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There were 2,000 marriages registered to overseas residents in 2006.
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The general marriage rate was 13.5 marriages per 1,000 not-married population aged 16 years and over in 2006.
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There were 397 resident civil unions registered in 2006,of which 80 percent were same-sex unions.
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There were 10,100 orders for dissolution of marriage granted in New Zealand during the December 2006 year.
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The divorce rate in 2006 was 12.5 divorces per 1,000 estimated existing marriages.
| Dallas Welch |
3 May 2007 |
| Acting Government Statistician |
Cat 32.901 Set 06/07 – 166 |