How to order a civil union certificate

Information about the civil union

You need to know the:

• full names of the people whose certificate you are ordering
• date of the civil union.

It helps with the search if you know the place of civil union

Information about yourself

Even if you’re ordering someone else’s certificate, you need to know the date and place of:

• your birth in NZ, or
• your marriage or civil union in NZ, or
• your child’s birth in NZ, and their full name.

If you do not have this information you can not order online. You can choose other ways to order below.

Births, Deaths and Marriages use the information to check who you are, then record your name in the Access Register. The register is a record of who orders certificates.

More about the Access Register

Order a civil union certificate by phone

Order a civil union certificate by post

Order a civil union certificate in person

You’ll be refunded $8 if Births, Deaths and Marriages can not find the record of the civil union.

You may need to get an apostille or authentication certificate for the civil union certificate or have it translated into another language.

• Use your NZ documents outside NZ
• Translating official documents