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Service outage: Service outage: From 10:00pm 30th March to 2:30pm Sunday 31st March (NZDT).

This website will be unavailable due to system maintenance. You may want to check back from time to time as you may be able to access the website earlier. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

Welcome to Births, Deaths and Marriages Online.

Non-Historical Records Go to site

This site is for people who have a verified RealMe account or for approved organisations to order certificates and printouts. Please go to the RealMe website for more information about RealMe and verified accounts. Non-historical records that can be ordered through this website are:

  • Births that occurred less than 100 years ago
  • Stillbirths that occurred less than 50 years ago
  • Marriages that occurred less than 75 years ago
  • Deaths that occurred less than 50 years ago or the deceased’s date of birth was less than 80 years ago
  • Civil unions
  • Name change certificates processed after 25 January 2009 for overseas born people
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Historical Records Go to site

This site allows you to search and order historical records without a verified RealMe account. Historical data available for you to search is limited and includes:

  • Birth of a living person who was born 100 years ago or more
  • Birth of a deceased person who died 50 years ago or more or who was born 80 years ago or more
  • A stillbirth that occurred 50 years ago or more
  • Deaths that occurred at least 50 years ago, or the deceased’s date of birth was at least 80 years ago
  • Marriages that occurred 75 years ago or more
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