OIA 2122-0798 Appendix A
Table one: Number of marriages by registered by independent celebrants in the Waikato
region for the period 1 January 2016 to 31 May 2022
Year
Number of weddings
1982
2016
1,119
Act
2017
1,240
2018
1,333
2019
1,275
2020
1,342
Information
2021
1,158
2022
778
Caveats:
Official
• Determining the region has been achieved by cleaning a free text 'Location of
wedding' field taken from the marriage registration form. Therefore there is potential
the
for error due to the accuracy of the applicant or staff inputting this information.
• The data includes a small number of Civil unions.
under
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