• Search historical birth, death and marriage records

  To find your whakapapa (genealogy), you can search old birth, death and marriage records.

• Search for family history records in New Zealand

  You might be able to trace your family’s history in NZ through genealogy websites, old newspapers, or ships’ passenger lists.

• Get someone else’s birth, death, or marriage certificate

  New Zealand birth, death, marriage, civil union and name change certificates are public records. In most cases, they can be ordered by anyone.

• Get help to find birth, death and marriage records

  If you do not know the year of a record you're looking for, you can ask Births, Deaths and Marriages to search for it.