Maskot/Getty Images Significant developments in social history sometimes happen through law reform. Arguably, New Zealand’s most significant example is that it was the first country to pass legislation to grant all women the right to vote, in 1893. Often, however, New Zealand was not first but a slow follower. Homosexual law reform is an example of the latter. Forty years ago, on July 9 1986, the House of Representatives passed – narrowly – the Homosexual Law Reform Act 1986. It broadly legali