Could someone please explain this to me?! 
Hi
Could you give a bit more details of what the initial request was about (without names if still living), I seem to recall something similar a short while ago and it related to an adopted person I think
And we thought we had it bad waiting a hundred years for the census???
Australian & New Zealand censuses were not kept so there are virtually none available One of the questions on the last couple of Australian censuses related to the keeping of the census for release in 100 years, whether the information of only those that answered yes is kept or not, I don't know, There are restrictions on who can access non-historical certificates in New Zealand, Australia and also the United States. If you wanted a copy of my adult Australian born childrens birth certtificates you would need their permission and send in 3 forms of my childrens ID, 3 forms of your own ID and if they were not originals then copies have to be certified by a police officer. I find it astonishing that, as I was born in England, anyone can get a copy of my birth certificate and I have no say in it.
Andy
