- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✔ Legal
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✔ Legal, no restrictions
- Gender-Affirming Care
- ✔ Legal
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✔ Recognized
- Discrimination
- ✔ Illegal
- Employment Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Housing Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Adoption
- ✔ Legal
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- ✖ Not banned
- Military
- ✔ Legal
- Donating Blood
- ✖ Banned (less than 6-month deferral)
- Conversion Therapy
- ✔ Banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
Public Opinion
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Same-sex marriage in New Zealand is legal.
Censorship of LGBT Issues in New Zealand is no censorship.
Right to change legal gender in New Zealand is legal, no restrictions.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in New Zealand is recognized.
LGBT discrimination in New Zealand is illegal.
LGBT employment discrimination in New Zealand is sexual orientation and gender identity.
LGBT housing discrimination in New Zealand is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Same-sex adoption in New Zealand is legal.
Intersex infant surgery in New Zealand is not banned.
Serving openly in military in New Zealand is legal.
Blood donations by MSMs in New Zealand is banned (less than 6-month deferral).
Conversion therapy in New Zealand is banned.
LGBT Rights by Regional Council
View the LGBT laws in each individual regional council of New Zealand.
- Southland
- Taranaki
- Waikato
- Wellington
- West Coast
- Gisborne District (Unitary Authority)
- Marlborough District (Unitary Authority)
- Nelson City (Unitary Authority)
- Tasman District (Unitary Authority)
- North Island (Island)
- South Island (Island)
- Chatham Islands Territory (Special Island Authority)