- Request information
- Media liaison
- Regional offices and Office of the Chief Coroner
- Report a death to the coroner
Request information
If the death has occurred within the past 48 hours
Contact the National Initial Investigations Office (NIIO)
- Calling within New Zealand 0800 266 800
- Calling outside of New Zealand +64 4910 4482
- Email NIIO@justice.govt.nz
Cases the coroner is still investigating
If the case is still being investigated by the coroner, please contact the regional office responsible for the case.
If you don’t know whether the case is active or which regional office is responsible, you can:
- email coronial.information@justice.govt.nz; or
- telephone 04 910 4477 or 04 473 1685 or 04 471 4967
Find out more about what information you can request
Media liaison
Contact the Ministry of Justice media team(external link).
Regional offices and Office of the Chief Coroner
The Office of the Chief Coroner is located in the Wellington District Court.
Coronial Services also has nine regional offices, and you can contact these offices using the information below. Please note that the postal addresses use DX Mail. Write the address as written below and send it the same way as any other mail. You can use an NZ Post mail box, but if you use a DX Mail box your mail may get to us faster(external link).
- Office of the Chief Coroner
- Whangārei
- Raoul Island (Kermedec Group)
- Auckland
- Hamilton
- Rotorua
- Hastings
- Palmerston North
- Wellington
- Chatham Islands
- Christchurch
- Dunedin
- Associate Coroners
- Ross Dependency
Office of the Chief CoronerChief Coroner Judge Anna Tutton Deputy Chief Coroner Brigitte Windley |
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Postal address: Street address: |
WhangāreiCoroner A Mills |
Phone: 09 430 4307 Fax: 09 430 4309 |
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Raoul Islands (Kermedec Group) |
See Whangarei | |
AucklandCoroner J Anderson |
Phone: 09 916 9419 Fax: 09 916 9387 |
Postal address:
CX10079 Street address: |
HamiltonCoroner M Bates |
Phone: 07 834 1756 Fax: 07 834 1757 |
Postal address:
GX10014 Street address: |
RotoruaCoroner B Hesketh |
Phone: 07 343 1021 Fax: 07 343 1023 |
Postal address:
JX10517 Street address: |
HastingsCoroner H Wrigley |
Phone: 06 870 3116 Fax: 06 870 3118 |
Postal address:
MX10033 Street address: |
Palmerston NorthCoroner R Kay
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Phone: 06 350 0083 Fax: 06 350 0084 |
Postal address:
PX10001 Street address: |
WellingtonCoroner M Borrowdale Coroner K Greig |
Phone: 04 910 4487 Fax: 04 910 4488 |
Postal address:
SX10044 Street address: |
Chatham Islands |
See Wellington | |
ChristchurchCoroner M Elliott |
Phone: 03 353 0444 |
Postal address:
WX10073 Street address: |
DunedinCoroner A Steel Coroner H McKenzie |
Phone: 03 470 1147 Fax: 03 470 1149 |
Postal address:
YX10149 Street address: |
Associate CoronersAssociate Coroner D Luo (Auckland) Associate Coroner J Smith (Auckland) Associate Coroner E van Son (Auckland) Associate Coroner J Buckle (Hamilton) Associate Coroner S Youn (Hamilton) Associate Coroner D Moore (Wellington) Associate Coroner S Burdes (Christchurch) Associate Coroner H Cheeseman (Auckland) |
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Ross Dependency |
See Christchurch |
Report a death to the coroner
Information for doctors and nurse practitioners on how and when to report a death to the coroner can be found here How to report a death to the coroner
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