WELLINGTON (Reuters) - When Trent Kandler and Paul McCarthy decided to get engaged, they knew they would probably have to tie the knot outside their native Australia, where same-sex unions are not yet legal.
Two years later, wearing matching three-piece suits and pink ties, the couple marched down the isle at Wellington's Te Papa national museum, 2,200 km (1,370 miles) from home, as a law to legalise gay marriage in New Zealand went into force on Monday.
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