Day: April 28, 2018

It was reported in Stuff on 27 April that after a request from Family First, under the Official Information Act, the Department of Internal Affairs had declined forty seven independent marriage celebrant applications in the last two-and-a-half years because the applicants were unwilling to officiate same-sex weddings. The Department noted “independent marriage celebrants must make […]

Otago Daily Times reports that Diego Marques-Santos has been found guilty and sentenced to three and a half years imprisonment for drugging 5 men over a period of one month and then taking a total of $10,300 from their bank accounts. Brazilian Marques-Santos arrived in New Zealand in May 2017 on a 3 month visitor […]