Pānui mō tētahi mārena e marohitia ana Notice of Intended Marriage

Applying more than 3 working days before getting married

If you are applying more than 3 working days before you intend to get married you can give notice online

at https://marriages.services.govt.nz. The licence can be emailed to you or your celebrant. If you having

a registry ceremony, it will be sent to your celebrant.

Applying less than 3 working days before you get married

If you are applying less than 3 working days before you get married, phone +64 9 339 0852 or Call free

0800 22 52 52 (NZ only).

Applying using this form

If you are giving notice using this form, only certain people can take the statutory declaration:

• A Registrar of Marriages in New Zealand

• Outside New Zealand, only those authorised persons listed on the next page.

Once the form is fully completed, post the form with fee to BDM Licence Application, Department of

Internal Aairs, PO Box 10526, Wellington 6140, New Zealand

Instructions for authorised person if declaration is signed outside New Zealand

A couple can only get married in New Zealand if, for each person:

• the marriage is not prohibited by Section 15 of the Marriage Act - Refer to page 7, and

• if aged 16 or 17 years old, consent has been obtained from a Family Court Judge, and

• there is no lawful impediment to the intended marriage. A lawful impediment includes:

- either party is already married or in a civil union; or

- one of the parties to the marriage is under the age of 16 years; or

- by reason of duress, mistake, or insanity, or for any other reason, there is an absence of

consent by either party to marriage with the other party.

Witnessing the statutory declaration:

1. Check that you are authorised to take a statutory declaration - refer to page 2,

2. Conﬁrm that the place of marriage is in New Zealand,

3. Check that the date of intended marriage is less than 3 months from the form that is declared,

4. Check the document for any alterations, erasures, blanks or gaps to ensure the form is fully

completed,

5. All changes to the statutory declaration must be: ruled out with a single line; the new information

written clearly above the line; and the new information initialed by the person witnessing that

declaration,

6. Make sure the declarant understands what they are signing and that it is a crime to make a false

declaration,

7. Ask the person “Do you sincerely and solemnly declare that you are the person referred to in this

declaration and that the content is true and correct?” (or words to that eect),

8. Ask the declarant to sign and print their full name,

9. You as the authorised person witnessing the declaration must sign, print your full name and enter

your qualiﬁcation to witness the statutory declaration,

10. Give the form to the declarant. The declarant will post the form to BDM in New Zealand.

Pānui mō tētahi mārena e marohitia ana

E noho noa ai ngā tāngata tokorua i waho i Aotearoa

Notice of Intended Marriage

Where both parties ordinarily resident outside NZ

BDM58 • GUIDE NOTES 1

You must sign the statutory declaration before one of these people

The qualiﬁcation of the person authorised to take a statutory declaration must be one of the following

and depends on whether you are making the declaration in New Zealand, or outside New Zealand and in

a Commonwealth country. If outside New Zealand and you are not sure if the country is a Commonwealth

country refer to the list of member states at www.thecommonwealth.org

Commonwealth country

other than New Zealand

• Commonwealth representative

• Justice of the Peace

• Notary Public

• Judge

• Commissioner of Oaths

• Solicitor of the High Court of

New Zealand

• A person authorised by

the law of that country to

administer an oath for the

purpose of judicial proceeding

All of Australia

• Commonwealth representative

• Justice of the Peace

• Notary Public

• Judge

• Solicitor of the High Court of

New Zealand

• Australian legal practitioner

• Court clerk or registrar who

certiﬁes his or her authority

to take an oath for a judicial

proceeding

England or Wales

• Commonwealth representative

• Justice of the Peace

• Notary Public

• Judge

• Solicitor of the High Court of

New Zealand

• Court clerk or registrar who

certiﬁes his or her authority to

take an oath for a judicial

proceeding

• Commissioner of Oaths (by

personal appointment)

• Solicitor

• Barrister

• Legal Executive

• Licensed Conveuancer

Ireland or Nothern Ireland

• Commonwealth representative

• Justice of the Peace

• Notary Public

• Judge

• Solicitor of the High Court of

New Zealand

• Court clerk or registrar who

certiﬁes his or her authority to

take an oath for a judicial

proceeding

• Solicitor

Scotland

• Commonwealth representative

• Justice of the Peace

• Notary Public

• Judge

• Solicitor of the High Court of

New Zealand

• Person authorised by law of that

country to administer an oath for

the purpose of a judicial

proceeding

Also, if in South Australia

• Commissioner for Adavits

Also, if in Western Australia

• A mining registrar appointed under

the Mining Act 1978

Also, if in the Northern Territory

• Commissioner for Oaths (by personal

appointment)

• Member of the Legislative Assembly

• Member of the house of the

Commonwealth elected to represent

the Territory or a constituency in the

Territory

Also, if in Queensland

• Commissioner of Declarations

• Conveyancer

• Australian Police are not authorised to

take this statutory declaration, unless

you are in the Northern Territory.

• Australian Pharmacists, Optometrists

and Doctors are not authorised to

take this statutory declaration.

A country other than a

Commonwealth country

• Commonwealth representative

• Notary Public

• Judge

• Solicitor of the High Court of

New Zealand

In New Zealand

• Registrar of Marriages (Refer to the

list at the end of this form)

BDM58 • GUIDE NOTES 2

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SECTION 1: Notice details

Date or approximate date of marriage

(Within the next 3 months)

Date you intended to collect your licence

(In person at the oce of the Registrar where notice is sent)

Notice number

Full address of place you will get married

Alternative address for marriage e.g. wet weather alternative

(If applicable)

Full name of Marriage Celebrant Denomination or organisation of Celebrant

(If applicable)

You can apply for a marriage licence online at marriages.services.govt.nz. Or, sign this

application in person before an authorised person and post it with fee to BDM Licence

Application, Department of Internal Aairs, PO Box 10526, Wellington 6140.

What you need to know

• You need to arrange your licence more than 3 working days before you get married. It expires

ater 3 months.

• Only one of you needs to complete the application, but you need information about both of

you.

• It costs $150 for a marriage licence or $240 for a registry marriage.

• One of the parties must sign the application personally before an authorised person and make

the required statutory declaration.

• You may be required to provide evidence of the dissolution of the most recent marriage or

civil union of each of the parties, if any.

• You must complete all applicable ﬁelds.

When you need to use a paper form

• Entering a civil union, or

• Changing your civil union to a marriage, or vice versa, or

• Aged 16 or 17 years old, or

• Giving notice in NZ to get married in the United Kingdom.

For more information refer to www.govt.nz/bdm.

You may be required to do it again if there are errors or missing information.

He Pānuitanga Mārena

E noho noa ai ngā tāngata tokorua i waho i Aotearoa

Notice of Intended Marriage

Where both parties ordinarily resident outside NZ

BDM58 • Page 2/9

SECTION 2: Parties to marriage - Party 1 to marriage

Heading for Copy of Particulars and certiﬁcates/printouts of this marriage

Bride Bridegroom Partner

**If you were divorced in New Zealand and don’t know the

date, call the Ministry of Justice on 0800 268 787.

*If you are aged 16 or 17 attach a consent from a Family Court Judge.

A) If previously married or in a civil union:

How did the relationship end?

B) Date the relationship legally ended**

(dd/mm/yyyy)

Parent 2Parent 1

What was your last relationship (if any)?

First and middle names

Surname or family name

Surname or family name at birth

(If dierent from above)

Surname or family name at birth

(If dierent from above)

First and middle names

Surname or family name

Never married or in a civil union

By dissolution/divorce

Mother MotherFather Father Parent

Death of a spouse/partner

Marriage Civil Union

First and middle names at birth

(If dierent from above)

Surname or family name at birth

(If dierent from above)

Date of birth*

(dd/mm/yyyy)

Sex

Current ﬁrst and middle names

Place of birth

(Town or city, and country if not NZ)

Country

(If not NZ)

Town/city

Postcode

Daytime phone number

Usual residential address

Street number and name

Suburb

Current surname or family name

Occupation, profession or job

Contact email address

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Party 2 to marriage

Heading for Copy of Particulars and certiﬁcates/printouts of this marriage

Bride Bridegroom Partner

**If you were divorced in New Zealand and don’t know the

date, call the Ministry of Justice on 0800 268 787.

*If you are aged 16 or 17 attach a consent from a Family Court Judge

If previously married or in a civil union:

A) How did the relationship end?

B) Date the relationship legally ended**

(dd/mm/yyyy)

Parent 2Parent 1

What was your last relationship (if any)?

First and middle names

Surname or family name

Surname or family name at birth

(If dierent from above)

Surname or family name at birth

(If dierent from above)

First and middle names

Surname or family name

Never married or in a civil union

By dissolution/divorce

Mother MotherFather Father Parent

Death of a spouse/partner

Marriage Civil Union

First and middle names at birth

(If dierent from above)

Surname or family name at birth

(If dierent from above)

Date of birth*

(dd/mm/yyyy)

Sex

Current ﬁrst and middle names

Place of birth

(Town or city, and country if not NZ)

Country

(If not NZ)

Town/city

Postcode

Daytime phone number

Usual residential address

Street number and name

Suburb

Current surname or family name

Occupation, profession or job

Contact email address

Signature of party giving notice

Print full name of party giving notice

Signature of authorised person OR Registrar of Marriages**

(Cross one out)

Day Month Year

Print full name of Registrar of Marriages

Declared at (town or city)

Complete before a Registrar Registrar will sign and complete place and date of declaration

This day of

SECTION 4: Statutory declaration

SECTION 3: Ater marriage

SECTION 3: Statutory declaration (to be completed in front of the Registrar)

I solemnly and sincerely declare:

(1) that the information provided in this notice is true; and

(2) that I believe that the marriage is not prohibited by section 15 of the Marriage Act 1955; and

(3) that ,

being under the age of 18 years, the consent required by law to intended marriage have been given; and

(4) that there is no lawful impediment to the intended marriage.

And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true by virtue of the Oaths

and Declarations Act 1957*.

* Declaration may be made either: (a) When notice sent to Registrar of Marriages from overseas; or (b) When party attends an oce

of a Registrar of Marriages.

** Signature of authorised person (if declaration made before party’s arrival in New Zealand) or Registrar of Marriages (if declaration

made ater party’s arrival in New Zealand).

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To be completed in front of the Registrar

Where will you and your partner live once you are married?

If you are on the New Zealand Electoral roll, the Electoral Commission will contact you for details of any changes (e.g. your surname)

ater your marriage. This helps to keep the Electoral roll up to date.

Town/city Postcode

Street number and name Suburb

Country

(If not NZ)

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SECTION 5: Marriage licence fee and delivery

SECTION 6: Marriage certiﬁcate fee (optional)

Your marriage certiﬁcate will be sent to you ater your ceremony and the marriage is registered.

SECTION 7: Payment

$15 - $30

I want the item(s) sent by standard post

I want the item(s) couriered to a New Zealand address

I want the item(s) couriered to an overseas address

Complete payment details on last page attached to this form.

Delivery name

Street number and name

Suburb

Town/city

Postcode

Select ONE box below for each of the options given.

The type of ceremony you are having is a

Registry ceremony

If you are having a registry ceremony your licence will be sent directly to your

celebrant.

Personalised ceremony

If you are having a personalised ceremony, how would you like your licence

sent?

Quantity of marriage certiﬁcates required ($33 each)

Shipment of marriage certiﬁcate (select ONE box)

$150 $150

Marriage licence for a personalised ceremony

(Your celebrant may charge an additional fee. BDM does not set

the level of that fee)

FREE

Registry marriage ceremony

(You will need to pay an additional $90 directly to your celebrant)

Courier within New Zealand

(Complete delievery details below if you select courier)

Email to this address:

Country

(If not NZ)

Country

(If not NZ)

Australia, Asia, Paciﬁc: $15

USA: $20

Europe (unless listed here): $25

Rest of world: $30

Includes: Azerbaijan, Armenia, Bulgaria,

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cyprus, Croatia, Greece,

Georgia, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova

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Locations to sign this form

Auckland Registry Oce

12- 14 Nicholls Lane

Auckland

Kaikohe District Court

Station Road

Kaikohe

Hawera District Court

64-68 Princes Street

Hawera

Matamata

Matamata-Piako District Council

Corner Tainui and Tui Street

Thames District Court

505 Queen Street

Thames

Kaitaia District Court

13 Redan Road

Kaitaia

New Plymouth District Court

Robe Street

New Plymouth

Morrinsville District Court

31 Moorehouse Street

Morrinsville

Tokoroa District Court

Bridge Street

Tokoroa

Carterton District Council

50 Halloway Street

Carterton

Whangarei District Court

105-109 Bank Street

Whangarei

Huntly District Court

4-6 Glasgow Street

Huntly

Te Aroha

Matamata-Piako District Council

4-6 Glasgow Street

Hamilton District Court

116 Anglesea Street

Hamilton

Taupo District Court

Story Place

Taupo

Masterton District Court

Corner Dixon Street and Park Ave

Masterton

Ashburton District Court

Corner of Baring Square West and

Cameron Street, Ashburton

Nelson District Court

200 Bridge Street

Nelson

Timaru District Court

12-14 North Street

Timaru

Alexandra District Court

4-6 Kelman Street

Alexandra

Christchurch Registry Oce

Level 1, 120 Hereford Street

Christchurch

Motueka

Arthur Woodcock Accountants

121 King Edward Street

Blenheim District Court

58 Alfred Street

Blenheim

Dunedin District Court

1 Dunbar Street

Dunedin

Gore District Court

6 Hokonui Drive

Gore

Greymouth District Court

60 Guiness Street

Greymouth

Queenstown District Court

36 Stanley Street

Queenstown

Invercargill District Court

33 Don Street

Invercargill

Westport District Court

11 Wakeﬁeld Street

Westport

Chatham Islands Police Station

Waitangi-Tuku Road

Chatham Islands

Rotorua District Court

1162 Tutanekai Street

Rotorua

Hastings District Court

106 Eastbourne Street W

Hastings

Levin District Court

9 Bristol Street

Levin

Taumarunui District Court

Miriama Street

Taumarunui

Whakatane District Court

7 Pyne Street

Whakatane

Wairoa District Court

106-108 Queen Street

Wairoa

Palmerston North District Court

486 Main Street East

Palmerston North

Tauranga District Court

26 McLean Street

Tauranga

Napier District Court

251 Hastings Street

Napier

Ohakune (Ruapehu District Council)

59 Huia Street

Taumarunui

Whanganui District Court

Market Place

Whanganui

Gisborne District Court

1 Customhouse Street

Gisborne

Dannevirke District Court

5-7 Gordon Street

Dannevirke

Taihape District Court

10 Tui Street

Taihape

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Information about your intended marriage

What are the legal requirements for all marriage ceremonies?

The legal requirements are that:

· The marriage must be performed by a Marriage Celebrant at the place(s) speciﬁed on the

marriage licence; and

· The marriage must be performed in the presence of at least two witnesses; and

· During the ceremony, and before at least two witnesses, each party must say the words to each

other “I AB take you CD, to be my legal wife/husband” or words to similar eect. The couple

should say the words to each other rather than answering a question the marriage celebrant asks

— although the marriage is still valid if the couple were asked a question; and

· Both parties and witnesses must sign the registration forms (Copy of Particulars of Marriage).

Both parties must sign the registration forms using their pre-married signatures according to their names

on the Marriage Licence. For example, if one party intends to assume the other party’s surname on

marriage, they must sign the registration forms using their usual signature.

Children may act as witnesses if they understand the importance of the part they take in the recording of

the marriage and can demonstrate that understanding in court if later required to do so.

What must happen at a registry marriage ceremony?

The Marriage Celebrant must ociate at the marriage ceremony. This includes:

· The formal identiﬁcation of the parties named on the marriage licence (the celebrant must be

satisﬁed that the persons about to be joined are in fact those named on the marriage licence);

and

· The exchange of the marriage vows; and

· Ater both copies of the registration papers (Copy of Particulars of Marriage) have been signed

and witnessed, the Marriage Celebrant must return the Registrars copy to the issuing Registry

Oce within 10 calendar days - the couple keep the other copy; and

· The Marriage Celebrant must take all reasonable steps to ensure the marriage is registered with

Births, Deaths and Marriages.

Persons other than the Marriage Celebrant may be involved in the ceremony by, for instance,

reading a poem.

There should be no doubt in the eyes of the couple, witnesses and attendees that the marriage

ceremony was performed by a Marriage Celebrant.

Registry Ceremonies

Please be aware if you are considering having a registry ceremony that they are standardised to meet the

legislative requirements of getting married, which includes standard marriage vows. There are limitations

on the time the ceremony takes (usually 30 minutes), the space for guests and other persons may not

generally be involved in the ceremony.

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Notes

You may be required to produce evidence of dissolution of any previous marriages and civil unions.

Bride / Bridegroom / Partner descriptions: Each party must choose one description of either bride, bridegroom or

partner according to each party’s wishes.

Parents

Legal parents: Parties must include the details of their legal parents. If including details about same-sex parents,

those must be the details of the party’s adoptive parents, or the person’s mother and her female spouse or partner

where the circumstance in paragraph (b) of the following section applies.

Human assisted reproduction procedure

If a child was born as a result of an assisted human reproduction procedure (such as artiﬁcial insemination):

A) If the mother married, or entered into a civil union or de facto relationship with, a man who consented to the

mother undergoing the procedure, that man’s details should be entered as the Father.

B) If the mother married, or entered into a civil union or de facto relationship with a woman who consented to the

mother undergoing the procedure, the mother’s partners details can be entered as either Mother or Other parent, as

per her preference.

Restrictions on marriage

Section 15: Marriage of persons within prohibited degrees of relationship void

1) Subject to the provisions of this section, a marriage which is forbidden by the provisions of Schedule 2 shall be

void.

2) Any persons who are not within the degrees of consanguinity but are within the degrees of anity prohibited

by the said Schedule 2 may apply to the High Court for its consent to their marriage, and the court, if it is satisﬁed

that neither party to the intended marriage has by his or her conduct caused or contributed to the cause of the

termination of any previous marriage of the other party, may make an order dispensing with the prohibition

contained in Schedule 2 so far as it relates to the parties to the application and, if such an order is made, that

prohibition shall cease to apply to the parties.

3) The Registrar of the court where any order under this section is made shall send a copy in duplicate of the order

to the Registrar-General.

4) No marriage not forbidden by the provisions of Schedule 2 shall be void only on the ground of consanguinity or

anity.

Schedule 2: Prohibited degrees of marriage

1) A person may not marry the person’s-

2) The prohibited degrees of marriage apply whether the relationships described are by the whole blood or by the

half blood.

3) In this schedule, spouse and civil union partner includes a former spouse or former civil union partner, whether

alive or deceased, and whether the marriage or civil union was terminated by death, dissolution, or otherwise.

For further information

Website: www.govt.nz/bdm/contactus

Email: [email protected]

Post: Births, Deaths and Marriages

PO Box 10-526

Wellington 6140

New Zealand

Privacy Statement: The information sought on this form is collected under the Marriage Act 1955 and is required for a Marriage Registrar to process the

marriage licence application. Failure to complete the form could result in the application being declined. A person who makes, or causes to be made,

a false declaration on this form will be liable on conviction to a ﬁne or term of imprisonment, or both. If the marriage takes place, the information

contained in this form will be transferred to the marriage registration form (the BDM45s) and form the basis of the registration of the marriage in

accordance with the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 2021 (the “BDMRR Act”). If this information is so registered, it will be

held on a public register, and may generally be accessed by any person on application (e.g. as a certiﬁcate or printout). Births, Deaths, and Marriages

may also release it to certain government agencies, as authorised by law. The Privacy Act 2020 provides rights of access to, and correction of, personal

information collected on this form. However, the BDMRR Act governs access to registered marriage information. Information about your rights to access

and, where appropriate, correct the information, is available by contacting Births, Deaths and Marriages.

(a) grandparent:

(b) parent:

(d) grandchild:

(e) sibling:

(f) parent’s sibling:

(g) sibling’s child:

(h) grandparent’s spouse or civil union partner:

(i) parent’s spouse or civil union partner:

(j) spouse’s or civil union partner’s parent:

(k) spouse’s or civil union partner’s grandparent:

(l) spouse’s or civil union partner’s child:

(m) child’s spouse or civil union partner:

(n) grandchild’s spouse or civil union partner:

(o) spouse’s or civil union partner’s grandchild.

Last updated 17 November 2023

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