Quilter v Attorney-General - [1998] 1 NZLR 523

Family and domestic relationships — Marriage — Same-sex marriages — Whether Marriage Act allowed for same-sex marriages — Scheme of the Act — Whether subsequent legislation required that a modern interpretation be imposed on the Act — New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, ss 6 and 19.

Statutes — Interpretation — Marriage — Whether Marriage Act allowed for same-sex marriages — Analysis of scheme of the Act — Role of Parliament — Whether excluding same-sex marriages discriminatory and contrary to New Zealand Bill of Rights Act — New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, ss 6 and 19.