Birth Data Collected

Prior to 1875 - Registration ordinance (Dated 15 October 1847)

Post 1875 - Registration of Births and Deaths Act 1875 (Dated 12 October 1875)

Child

Father

Mother

Parents

Informant

Registrar

Births in the Māori Registers (1913 – 1961) also include:

Child (Tamaiti)

Father (Papa)

Mother (Whaea)

Informant (Kai Whakautu)

The record also notes the registry office and the provincial district in which the birth was recorded.

Birth Registration (post 1998) or Updated Record - Data Printout Fields

Child

Mother and Father

Children of this Relationship

Parents Relationship

Informant and/or Second Informant

Name Changes

Birth Certificate Fields

The certificate will only have information in a field if it was collected and provided at the time of registration.

Child

Mother

Father

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Photograph of Maōri women with babies on their backs standing in front of a meeting house.
Photograph of young children with a pram.
Photograph of a husband and wife and their baby.