Sun 8 Jan 2012 In: New Zealand Daily News View at Wayback View at NDHA
Wellington has been labelled "the country's gay capital" due to figures showing the city has the highest number of civil unions per head of population. Fairfax has made the suggestion as it reports there have been 1936 civil unions in the past five years, with Auckland recording the most with 653. It says by head of population, Wellington is the clear leader, with one civil union for every 1452 people, compared to Auckland's one for every 1996 people. The civil union figures include 395 opposite sex unions, and include 334 civil unions of people from overseas. Christchurch had just one civil union for every 2,704 people. Lesbians were more likely to have civil unions, with 771 compared to 499. Aside from those entering into civil unions, the number of gay, lesbian and bisexual people in New Zealand is unknown, however Statistics New Zealand has indicated it is looking at conducting research on sexual orientation at some stage, outside the Census.
Credit: GayNZ.com Daily News staff
First published: Sunday, 8th January 2012 - 2:08pm