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Completing death documents
Completing death documents
Guidance for completing the Medical Certificate Cause of Death online when using the Death Documents website.
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Medical Certificate of Cause of Death
Information on completing a Medical Certificate of Cause of Death (HP4720) form for the death of a person over 28 days of age.
Medical Certificate of Causes of Fetal and Neonatal Death
Information on completing a Medical Certificate of Causes of Fetal and Neonatal Death form as required under the Burial and Cremation Act 1964.
Cremation Forms
Information about how to complete the Certificate as required under the Cremation Regulations 1973.
Amended and unsatisfactory certificates
How to amend a submitted Medical Certificate of Cause of Death and information about unsatisfactory certificates.
COVID-19 deaths
Guidelines when certifying causes of death for people who died of, or with COVID-19.
Also in this section
Burial and Cremation Act 1964
Verifying death
Completing death documents
Referring a death to the coroner
WHO cause-of-death certification
Cause-of-death statistics
Death Documents project
Cremation Regulations 1973: Exemption from Regulation 7
End of Life Services - Te Hokinga ā Wairua