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Page 6. External links and sources

More links and websites

  • Separating or Getting Divorced

    A New Zealand government site with information on divorce, custody, child support and matrimonial property.

  • Family

    The website of the Family Court.

  • Marriage and Divorce

    Information for historical research on divorce on the Christchurch City Libraries website.

More suggestions and sources

  • Phillips, Roderick. Divorce in New Zealand: a social history. Auckland: Oxford University Press, 1981.
  • Tennant, Margaret. Paupers & providers: charitable aid in New Zealand. Wellington: Allen & Unwin/Historical Branch, Dept of Internal Affairs, 1989.
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How to cite this page

Megan Cook, Divorce and separation, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/story/167590/sources (accessed 10 June 2026).

Story by Megan Cook, published 21 April 2011.