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Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 2021

Registration of information - Deaths - Overseas death certificates

49: Overseas death certificate may be provided to Registrar-General

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"Reporting a death outside New Zealand to the Registrar-General"

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You can give a death certificate from another country to the Registrar-General. This is for a death that happened outside New Zealand. The death must be of a New Zealand citizen or someone who normally lives in New Zealand. You need to follow some rules when giving the death certificate. The certificate must be in English or have an English translation. It must also have the correct fee and be given in the way the regulations say. You can look at s 52(1), (3) for more information.

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Part 2Registration of information
Deaths: Overseas death certificates

49Overseas death certificate may be provided to Registrar-General

  1. A person may provide a death certificate issued outside New Zealand to the Registrar-General in respect of a death that occurred outside New Zealand if the death certificate relates to a New Zealand citizen or a person ordinarily resident in New Zealand.

  2. The death certificate must—

  3. be in the English language or accompanied by a translation of the death certificate in the English language; and
    1. be accompanied by the prescribed fee; and
      1. be provided in the manner prescribed by regulations.

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