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| Region | New Zealand |
| Issue | Homosexual activity |
| Status | Male illegal, female legal |
| Start Date | Oct 6, 1893 |
| End Date | Aug 7, 1986 |
| Description | The 1893 Criminal Code of New Zealand removed the death penalty as a punishment for homosexuality but replaced it with flogging, hard labour and life imprisonment. These provisions were removed in 1961 but homosexuality was still criminalised with imprisonment. This only applies to male homosexuals. Lesbianism was never criminalised in New Zealand. |
| Sources | https://www.nzlii.org/nz/legis/hist_act/cca189357v1893n56192.pdf https://nzhistory.govt.nz/culture/homosexual-law-reform/setting-the-scene |
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| Status | Male illegal, female legal |
| Start Date | Oct 6, 1893 |
| End Date | Aug 7, 1986 |
| Description | The 1893 Criminal Code of New Zealand removed the death penalty as a punishment for homosexuality but replaced it with flogging, hard labour and life imprisonment. These provisions were removed in 1961 but homosexuality was still criminalised with imprisonment. This only applies to male homosexuals. Lesbianism was never criminalised in New Zealand. |
| Sources | https://www.nzlii.org/nz/legis/hist_act/cca189357v1893n56192.pdf https://nzhistory.govt.nz/culture/homosexual-law-reform/setting-the-scene |