On August 19 2013, Natasha Vitali and Melissa Ray were married at Auckland's Unitarian Church on Ponsonby Road. The wedding ceremony was presided over by Unitarian minister Rev. Dr. Matt Tittle.
The text below was sourced from the ZM website (August 2013):
Ten years ago, ZM ran a competition called “My Bent Friend’s Wedding” where Wellington bar owners Scotty & Mal were flown to Hawaii for their Civil Union. To this day they remain happily together. Then, in 2011, ZM ran a competition called “ZM’s Same Sex In The City” giving away a legal marriage in New York State, just as the Marriage Equality Act passed.
NOW, FINALLY, on 19 August 2013, same-sex marriages are legal in New Zealand and ZM married Tash & Mel right here in Godzone! To celebrate the legalisation of same-sex marriage here in New Zealand, ZM and our friends at Woman's Day put on THE most Fabulous Gay Wedding EVER!