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If you've contacted the GRO and they won't update their database then you could add a postem to the corresponding FreeBMD entry. Perhaps a brief note for how to find it in the new GRO index and/or an explanation of what was recorded on the certificate.

The discussions pinned to the top of the Common Room includes one on postems and how to use them.

  Crikey Biggles you have a Worldwide Ancestry annual sub for only £89!  Mine is £179.99   

CD

There are a few chats in the Common Room about Ancestry discounts after your subscription expires, such as

www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=832955.msg7418262#msg7418262

Another option is to look up the name on www.archway.archives.govt.nz . This includes the index for probate files. Not all deaths required probate but if he's listed you should get full name, occupation, and the year and district in which probate was finalised.

Older probate files, up to about the 1960s, can be viewed at www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1865481

Some NZ cemeteries and councils have put their burial and cremation indexes online. If you know where he died you could Google the local cemetery website.

You could search for the name on Ancestry, FindMyPast and FamilySearch. They have electoral rolls, passenger lists and links to sites such as FindAGrave.

If you have an idea of the year of death it can be useful to also look for a corresponding entry in the probate index as this gives the full date of death and middle names.

https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/#wills

No problem Keaza