Tokelau Civil Registration

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Tokelau

Civil Registration

How to Find the Records

Offices to Contact

Tokelau Government, links for ordering birth, marriage, and death certificates

For ordering a Birth Certificate, can also contact Ruby via email ruby.fuimaono@tokelau.org.nz or telephone +685 7600364

Historical Background

In 1863, Peruvian slave traders kidnapped nearly all (253) of the able-bodied men to work as laborers. Very few of these men returned. Soon after, Polynesian, American, Scottish, French, Portuguese and German men came and married local women.

Between 1856 and 1979, the United States claimed that it held sovereignty over the island and the other Tokelauan atolls. In 1979, the U.S. agreed that Tokelau was under New Zealand sovereignty. Both New Zealand and Tokelau state that Tokelau is a separate nation.

Information Recorded in the Records

Birth Records

• Date of birth
• Place of birth
• Name of child
• Gender
• Names of parents
• Ages of parents
• Where parents were born
• Occupations of parents
• When and where parents were married
• Informant's name, relationship to child
• Informant's residence and occupation