Wellington : More than a third of the same- sex couples getting married under a new law in New Zealand are coming from overseas, authorities said Tuesday.
In the period till the end of September, 40 of the 177 same-sex marriages involved couples from abroad, Xinhua reported from Statistics New Zealand.
Out of these, 61 were between women and 56 between men.
New Zealand became the first country in the Asia-Pacific region and the 13th in the world to allow same-sex marriages when it passed the Marriage (Definition of Marriage) Amendment Act earlier this year, and the law came into effect Aug 19.
