Useful links

• Funerals New Zealand
• Department of Internal Affairs birth, death and marriage certificates
• Commonwealth forces who died during WWI and WWII
• NZ Society of Genealogists
• Historic Cemeteries Conservation Trust of New Zealand
• 19th Century New Zealand newspapers and periodicals
• Te Ara - the encyclopedia of NZ
• Ministry for Culture and Heritage
• Dictionary of New Zealand Biography
• Cemetery records and materials relating to cemeteries around the world
• Directory of online genealogy resources
• Share and search genealogical information

New Zealand councils with online burial and cremation databases:

• Auckland City Council Cemeteries and Passenger Manifests
• Central Hawke's Bay District Council
• Dunedin's Northern Cemetery
• Hastings District Council
• Hauraki District Council
• Hurunui District Council
• Manawatu District Council
• Manakau Memorial Gardens
• Masterton District Council
• Nelson City Council
• Palmerston North City Council
• Porirua City Council
• Puriwa Cemetery and Crematorium
• South Taranaki District Council
• Tararua District Council
• Tasman District Council
• Taupo District Council
• Timaru District Council
• Upper Hutt City Council
• Westland District Council
• Whangarei District Council