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                    [0] => Various court registers and records, including probates,  actions, miscellaneous files, criminal trial files and divorce case files.
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                            [name] => Wellington repository
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	For former parties to a marriage or civil union:

	Permission to access Dissolution Orders can be sought from:

	Research email: research.archives@dia.govt.nz

	Or write to:

	Archives New Zealand, Research Services

	PO Box 12-050,

	Wellington 6011, New Zealand

	For access to all other records

	Permission to access restricted records should be sought from the Wanganui High/District Court. Please check the Ministry of Justice’s website for the most up to date contact details at:

	https://www.courtsofnz.govt.nz/utilities/contact/courts

	All requests for permission to access restricted records should provide information about the reason for the research. The more information provided, the easier it is to consider the request.

	 
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	Court Schedule restrictions apply (AA231 and AA886).

	

		Actions case files are restricted for a period of 60 years from date of file closure.


	

		Dissolution of Marriage or Civil Union Records


	Under both High Court Rules and Family Court Rules, former parties to a marriage or a civil union have an unrestricted right to obtain a copy of the order dissolving the marriage or civil union. These dissolution orders can be viewed at, or copies obtained from Archives New Zealand on production of sufficient proof of identity (photo identification e.g. passport/drivers’ license).

	All other divorce files are restricted for a period of 100 years from date of file closure.

	

		Miscellaneous case files may contain adoption information, and therefore are restricted indefinitely in line with section 23 of the Adoption Act 1955.


	

		Bankruptcy case files are restricted for a period of 60 years from date of file closure.


	

		Admiralty case files are restricted for a period of 60 years from date of file closure.


	

		The following classes of records are restricted for 100 years from the last date of action on the record:  Prisoners Trial and Sentence Register, Return of Prisoners Trial Files and Criminal Trial Case Files.  Such restrictions are applied to ensure compliance with the provisions of the Privacy Act 1993 and/or the Criminal Records (Clean Slate) Act 2004, as well as other legislation which controls access to court records such as access authority AA886.

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