New Zealand Birth, Death and Marriage Historical Records Index (NZ)

New Zealand Government website providing online indexes to the following: * Births up to 100 years ago * Still births up to 50 years ago * Marriages up to 80 years ago * Deaths up to 50 years ago or the deceased's date of birth was at least 80 years ago The date coverage of NZ BDM fiche indexes held in the Family History Service are different: 1840-1990 Births, 1848-1990 Deaths, 1840-1990 Marriages, 1911-1960 Maori BDM. Furthermore, the NZ BDM certificate numbers used on the online index are different to the numbers used on the fiche indexes held in the Family History Service. When ordering online certificates there is an option to order a birth certificate or a birth printout. A printout will give the best genealogical details (but cannot be used for legal purposes). The certificate has less information on it.