A Kiwi couple is being offered the opportunity to win New Zealand's first aerial same sex marriage - more than 9000 metres above the ground.

Auckland will put on VIP treatment for one of the first gay marriages in NZ - officials are even donating use of The Cloud for the reception.

Rotorua's iconic Bath House is where two of the first gay marriages in New Zealand will take place.

New Zealand wants to fly two Australians across the Tasman to become the first same-sex couple to wed under the country's new marriage equality laws.

Designer gears up for gay marriage.

Of all European countries, you might have thought, France would have taken gay marriage in its stride.

Vincent Autin and Bruno Boileau were pronounced "spouses" at their wedding.

A far-right writer and activist has killed himself at the altar of Paris' famed Notre Dame Cathedral, after calling for "spectacular" action to protect France's identity.

Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's change of heart to support gay marriage may indicate numbers shifting in support of legalising same-sex marriage among parliamentarians.

Family First NZ says it will be deregistered as a charity because of its views on gay marriage.

President Barack Obama says he supports recognising gay unions in a broad immigration bill pending in Congress but won't say whether he would sign legislation that fails to do so.

Nobody could be more surprised than Maurice Williamson - other than his wife, his three kids and ... oh let's just say the entire country and quite possibly the universe - that one morning he woke up and found he had become a great big gay icon.

Before NZ's Parliament had even finished the last line of Pokarekare Ana after passing the Marriage Equality Bill, my inbox started to blink with missives from friends back in Australia.

Conservatives leader Colin Craig says his threat of legal action against a satirical website for a post on the gay marriage bill does not mean he lacks a sense of humour.

Gay marriage has been legalised by Parliament - but it is still banned by most of New Zealand's 10 main religions, a new Herald survey shows.

Gay marriage law author Louisa Wall won't be able to marry her same-sex partner in her own Ratana Church.

Prime Minister John Key says he gave approval to National MP Maurice Williamson to appear on American talkshow Ellen because it was an opportunity to promote New Zealand as a tolerant, progressive country.

The Prime Minister has given his blessing for minister Maurice Williamson to appear on the Ellen DeGeneres show after Mr Williamson became an unexpected gay icon.

Champagne corks - and questions - were being popped as this country became the 13th in the world to allow gay couples to marry, writes Kerry McIvor

The gay marriage debate was set alight by three unlikely heroes - all of them grey-haired, conservative MPs.