- Report a death to the coroner
- Request information
- Media liaison
- Regional offices and Office of the Chief Coroner
- Manager Justice Services, Coronial
Report a death to the coroner
Or to enquire about a recent death (within the past 48 hours) reported to the Coroner
National Initial Investigation Office (NIIO)
Phone: 0800 266 800
Email: NIIO@justice.govt.nz
Request information
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 either 04 918 8332 or 04 466 1072.
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 Auckland 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).
On this page:
- Office of the Chief Coroner
- Whangarei
- Raoul Island (Kermedec Group)
- Auckland
- Hamilton
- Rotorua
- Hastings
- Palmerston North
- Wellington
- Chatham Islands
- Christchurch
- Dunedin
- Ross Dependency
Office of the Chief Coroner
Chief Coroner Judge Deborah Marshall
Phone: 09 916 9151
Fax: 09 375 6749
Postal address:
CX10079
Auckland
Street address:
Level 10, Auckland District Court
Albert St
Auckland
Email: OfficeoftheChiefCoroner@justice.govt.nz
Whangarei
Coroner Tania Tetitaha
Relief Coroner Alison Mills
Phone: 09 430 4307
Fax: 09 430 4309
Postal address:
AX10041
Whangarei
Street address:
Level 2, Manaia House
Rathbone St
Whangarei
Email: csu.whangarei@justice.govt.nz
Raoul Islands (Kermedec Group)
See Whangarei
Auckland
Coroner Debra Bell
Coroner Katharine Greig
Coroner Sarn Herdson
Coroner Erin Woolley
Relief Coroner Heather McKenzie
Relief Coroner Janet Anderson
Phone: 09 916 9419
Fax: 09 916 9387
Postal address:
CX10079
Auckland
Street address:
Level 7, Auckland District Court
65 Albert Street
Auckland
Email: csu.auckland@justice.govt.nz
Hamilton
Coroner Matthew Bates
Coroner Michael Robb
Relief Coroner Louella Dunn
Phone: 07 834 1756
Fax: 07 834 1757
Postal address:
GX10014
Hamilton
Street address:
219 Collingwood Street
Hamilton
Email: csu.hamilton@justice.govt.nz
Rotorua
Coroner Bruce Hesketh
Coroner Donna Llewell
Relief Coroner Heidi Wrigley
Phone: 07 343 1021
Fax: 07 343 1023
Postal address:
JX10517
Rotorua
Street address:
Level 2, Hauora House
Haupapa Street
Rotorua
Email: csu.rotorua@justice.govt.nz
Hastings
Coroner Tracey Fitzgibbon
Phone: 06 870 3116
Fax: 06 870 3118
Postal address:
MX10033
Hastings
Street address:
Level 1, Hastings District Court
106 Eastbourne Street West
Hastings
Email: csu.hastings@justice.govt.nz
Palmerston North
Coroner Robin Kay
Phone: 06 350 0083
Fax: 06 350 0084
Postal address:
PX10001
Palmerston North
Street address:
Level 3, The Square Centre
478 Main Street
Palmerston North
Email: csu.palmerstonnorth@justice.govt.nz
Wellington
Coroner Peter Ryan
Coroner Brigitte Windley
Relief Coroner Mark Wilton
Relief Coroner Mary-Anne Borrowdale
Phone: 04 910 4487
Fax: 04 910 4488
Postal address:
SX10044
Wellington
Street address:
Level 5, Wellington District Court
43 Ballance Street
Wellington
Email: csu.wellington@justice.govt.nz
Chatham Islands
See Wellington
Christchurch
Coroner Marcus Elliott
Coroner Sue Johnson
Coroner Anna Tutton
Phone: 03 353 0444
Postal address:
WX10073
Christchurch
Street address:
Level 1
Justice and Emergency Services Precinct
20 Lichfield Street
Christchurch 8011
Email: csu.christchurch@justice.govt.nz
Dunedin
Coroner David Robinson
Relief Coroner Alexandra Cunninghame
Phone: 03 470 1147
Fax: 03 470 1149
Postal address:
YX10149
Dunedin
Street address:
Dunedin District Court
Lower Stuart Street
Dunedin 9016
Email: csu.dunedin@justice.govt.nz
Ross Dependency
See Christchurch
Manager Justice Services, Coronial
The Manager Justice Services, Coronial is based in National Office, Wellington. They have oversight of coronial operations across the country.
Debbie Gell, Manager Justice Services - Coronial
Phone: 027 530 0597
Postal address:
SX10044 Wellington
Street address:
Level 3, The Justice Centre
19 Aitken Street, Thorndon
Wellington 6011
Email: Debbie.Gell@justice.govt.nz
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