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If the death as 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:

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Media liaison

Contact the Ministry of Justice media team(external link).

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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

Chief Coroner Judge Anna Tutton

Deputy Chief Coroner Brigitte Windley

 

OfficeoftheChiefCoroner@justice.govt.nz

Postal address:
DX Box: SX11166
Wellington

Street address:
Level 5, Wellington District Court
43 Ballance Street
Wellington

 

Whangārei

Coroner A Mills
Coroner T Tetitaha

 

Phone: 09 430 4307

Fax: 09 430 4309

csu.whangarei@justice.govt.nz

Postal address:

AX10041
Whangārei

Street address:
Level 1
16 Rathbone St
Whangārei

Raoul Islands (Kermedec Group)

 See Whangarei  

Auckland

Coroner J Anderson
Coroner M Duggal
Coroner T Fitzgibbon
Coroner A Ho
Coroner E Woolley
Coroner I Telford          Coroner A Schirnack         Coroner M Armistead

Phone: 09 916 9419

Fax: 09 916 9387

csu.auckland@justice.govt.nz

Postal address:

CX10079
Auckland

Street address:
Level 7, Auckland District Court
65 Albert Street
Auckland

Hamilton

Coroner M Bates
Coroner L Dunn
Coroner M Robb

Phone: 07 834 1756

Fax: 07 834 1757

csu.hamilton@justice.govt.nz

Postal address:

GX10014
Hamilton

Street address:
219 Collingwood Street
Hamilton

Rotorua

Coroner B Hesketh
Coroner D Llewell        Coroner P Ryan

Phone: 07 343 1021

Fax: 07 343 1023

csu.rotorua@justice.govt.nz

Postal address:

JX10517
Rotorua

Street address: 
Level 2, Hauora House
Haupapa Street
Rotorua

Hastings

Coroner H Wrigley

Phone: 06 870 3116

Fax: 06 870 3118

csu.hastings@justice.govt.nz

Postal address:

MX10033
Hastings

Street address:
Level 1, Hastings District Court
106 Eastbourne Street West
Hastings

Palmerston North

Coroner R Kay
Coroner R Thomas      Coroner R Schmidt-McCleave

 

 

Phone: 06 350 0083

Fax: 06 350 0084

csu.palmerstonnorth@justice.govt.nz

Postal address:

PX10001
Palmerston North

Street address:
Level 3, The Square Centre
478 Main Street
Palmerston North

Wellington

Coroner M Borrowdale Coroner K Greig
Coroner P Ryan
Coroner M Wilton

Phone: 04 910 4487

Fax: 04 910 4488

csu.wellington@justice.govt.nz

Postal address:

SX10044
Wellington

Street address:
Level 5, Wellington District Court
43 Ballance Street
Wellington

Chatham Islands

See Wellington  

Christchurch

Coroner M Elliott
Coroner S Johnson
Coroner A Cunninghame

Phone: 03 353 0444

csu.christchurch@justice.govt.nz

Postal address:

WX10073
Christchurch

Street address:
Level 1
Justice and Emergency Services Precinct
20 Lichfield Street
Christchurch 8011

Dunedin

Coroner A Steele          Coroner H McKenzie 

Phone: 03 470 1147

Fax: 03 470 1149

csu.dunedin@justice.govt.nz

Postal address:

YX10149
Dunedin

Street address:
Dunedin District Court
Lower Stuart Street
Dunedin 9016

Associate Coroners

Associate 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)

 

 

 

 

 

cca@justice.govt.nz

 

Ross Dependency

 See Christchurch  

Making a complaint

If you have a complaint or would like to provide feedback please put it in writing and send to Officeofthechiefcoroner@justice.govt.co.nz. A member of the team will confirm receipt of your complaint and be back in touch once it has been reviewed.

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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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