Dear Department of Internal Affairs
While this may not be the correct avenue to view the records I would like to I have run out of options having requested on previous occasions to have my request considered in regard to the terms set out by NZ Archives to be granted permission these are:

Access restriction only - The BDM registers are restricted indefinitely. Those researchers seeking access to the local registers will require the written authority of the Registrar-General to access specified records.

Initially I made my request at Archives Auck followed up by a written request emailed as instructed to the Registrar-General on each occasion the response/advice was that I order the certificate through the normal BDM certificate service however I'm unable to do that without seeing first if it was recorded and then seeing the accurate names it may have on the record. Both may be in te reo or one may be an Anglicised name without confirming the names I can't find them on the BDM index to order them

I have the newspaper report of the marriage and who officiated, the date would have been going by that report within a couple of weeks preceding Nov 11 1872 when the newspaper account appeared.

The marriage was a first marriage for my gr-grandfather and meets all the time and privacy requirements being now over 150 years ago - I doubt there would be more than one age for the relevant time period to check to confirm that the marriage was recorded and so I can confirm the names and order and pay for a marriage certificate as advised.

There are 2 items it may be recorded in and I can be fairly specific to the dates - I would be happy to pay Archives any research fees. I am also aware they no longer offer offer a digitisation service so if I were given permission to view the record I realise I may need to travel to the Auckland branch of Archives to view it personally.

Because I'm familiar from my ongoing research with the names the marriage may have recorded by viewing the register myself I would be confident of recognising the names if they are there. While a local official conducted the marriage not all marriages were required to be registered at that time so it may not have been.

The Archives item numbers are
ID: 13313
Dates: 1872 - 1982
ID: R2630530
Dates: 1872 - 1883

The page or pages I wish the details of fall into a very small time frame that should be easy to check so as they are "official records" I can't see why if I'm not able to do so myself I can't have permission to commission Archives research staff to check for the names and details I can supply to them.
I welcome any advice on this

Yours faithfully,
Marilyn Geddes