New Zealand Birth Certificates are issued to persons who were born in New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

. The Department of Internal Affairs

Department of Internal Affairs (New Zealand)

The New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs is a state sector organisation whose roles include the issue of passports; administering citizenship grant applications, and lottery grant applications; enforcement of censorship and gambling law; registration of births, deaths, marriages and civil...

 is responsible for issuing birth certificate

Birth certificate

A birth certificate is a vital record that documents the birth of a child. The term "birth certificate" can refer to either the original document certifying the circumstances of the birth or to a certified copy of or representation of the ensuing registration of that birth...

s in New Zealand.

Information listed on New Zealand Birth Certificates are:

• First / Given Names
• Surname / Family Names
• Sex
• Date of Birth
• Place of Birth

• Mother's First and Family Names
• Mother's surname at birth
• Mother's Date of Birth
• Mother's place of birth

• Father's First and Family Names
• Father's date of birth
• Father's place of birth

The end of the certificate is ended by a legal clause and the person's birth registration number assigned at birth.

Since 1 January 2006, a minor addition shows on all new certificates ordered: 'New Zealand Citizen by Birth' will be added and will have 'Yes' , 'No' or 'Not Applicable to births that occurred prior to 1 January 2006'

Certain historical records including historical birth certificates are available online in a searchable format on the Birth, Death and Marriage Historical Records website. The available records are for births recorded at least one hundred years ago.

External links

• Birth, Death and Marriages website
• Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Amendment Act 2008