Register Justice Department, Rarotonga, Cook Islands

Holdings: genealogies from court records (except Mitiaro, Mauke and Pukapuka); birth, deaths, and marriage certificates on card index; medical and hospital admission records; wills and probates; land and survey; adoption; divorce.

Department of Statistics

Holdings: electoral rolls and census'.

Cook Island Obituaries

New Zealand Department of Defence, Private Bag, Wellington, New Zealand.

New Zealand is responsible for Cook Islands regional defence in times of war. Holdings: Cook Islands military records.

Burnham Military Camp, New Zealand.

Holdings: WWII military records.

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

For Cook Islands soldiers who died in foreign countries, contact the High Commissioner or Consulate in the country of death.

New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion - Rarotongans 1914-1918

New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion - Gallipoli 1915 (no Cook Islanders)

New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion - France & Flanders 1916-1918

Shipping & Passenger Lists

Ships lists, registers and passenger lists are held by the various shipping companies.