New Zealand Genealogy

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New Zealand

Guide to New Zealand ancestry, family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Information

New Zealand is an island country in the Pacific Ocean. Its closest neighbours are Australia, New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga. It is part of the British Commonwealth. The official languages are English and Māori.

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Regions

New Zealand is divided into the following regions:

• Auckland
• Bay of Plenty
• Canterbury
• Coromandel
• East Cape
• Fiordland
• Hawkes Bay
• Kapiti
• King Country
• Manawatu
• Marlborough
• Northland
• Otago
• Southland
• Taranaki
• Waikato
• Wairarapa
• Wairarapa South
• Wellington
• Westland