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Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 2021

Registration of information - Deaths - Notification of death outside New Zealand

45: When death that occurs outside New Zealand may be notified

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"Notifying deaths outside New Zealand to the Registrar-General"

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You can notify the Registrar-General of a death that occurs outside New Zealand at any time. You can do this if the death happened on a New Zealand aircraft or ship. You can also do this if the person who died normally lived in New Zealand and the death occurred in a place with no system for recording deaths, or a system that did not apply to that person.

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Part 2Registration of information
Deaths: Notification of death outside New Zealand

45When death that occurs outside New Zealand may be notified

  1. Any person may, at any time, notify the Registrar-General of a death that occurs outside New Zealand if—

  2. the death occurred on a New Zealand aircraft or New Zealand ship; or
    1. the deceased person was ordinarily resident in New Zealand and the death occurred in a place where—
      1. there was no system for recording information relating to deaths; or
        1. the system for recording information relating to deaths did not apply to the person.

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