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Order a civil union certificate by phone

How to order a civil union certificate by phone.

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    Contact Births, Deaths and Marriages

    Phone number

    Freephone: 0800 225 252 (NZ only)

    Outside NZ: +64 9 339 0852

    When you can phone

    • Monday to Friday, 8am to 7pm
    • Saturday, 9am to 2pm
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    Provide required information

    What you’ll need to know

    Information about the civil union

    You need to know the:

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

    Information about yourself

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

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

    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

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    Pay over the phone

    Cost

    $33 for an official civil union certificate.

    How to pay

    You can pay over the phone by credit or debit card.

    If you want to pay by cheque you need to complete a form and post it in

    Order a civil union certificate by post

    If you want to pay by cash you need to order a certificate in person

    Order a civil union certificate in person

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