Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster now can perform marriages in New Zealand

scrote-ma-hote writes: From stuff.co.nz, news come in that the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster is now able to solemnise marriages. The registration was listed in the NZ gazette yesterday. The Registrar-General decided that the Church met the criteria in New Zealand for solemnising marriages, as per the Marriage Act 1955, namely that the "principal object of the organisation was to uphold or promote religious beliefs, philosophical or humanitarian convictions."