Tokelau Civil Registration
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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.[1]
Coverage and Compliance
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[2]
Death Records
- Name of deceased
- Occupation and residence
- Gender and age