# Dokus: English (New Zealand)

> Practical guides to New Zealand passports, birth certificates, IRD number proof and rental documents, with official sources and advice on personal copies.

Edition: en-NZ. The page titles and descriptions below use this edition's language.
Read the linked page for its full procedure, limitations, official sources and review date.
Keep country-specific procedures within this edition. Dokus is independent of the issuers.

## Guides
- [Order a New Zealand birth certificate: replacement, paper form and saved copy](https://dokus.app/en-nz/new-zealand-order-birth-certificate-copy/index.md): Choose the right New Zealand birth certificate order route, distinguish a certificate from a research record, and keep a readable personal copy.
- [New Zealand criminal record check: request your own record](https://dokus.app/en-nz/new-zealand-criminal-record-check-request/index.md): Prepare acceptable ID and a signed authority form for your own Ministry of Justice criminal record request, keeping each upload within the stated limit.
- [Find your IRD number in New Zealand and prepare the proof someone asks for](https://dokus.app/en-nz/new-zealand-find-ird-number-proof/index.md): Find an existing IRD number through Inland Revenue, myIR or your records, then choose an appropriate document for the organisation requesting proof.
- [New Zealand adult passport application: prepare your photo, referee and records](https://dokus.app/en-nz/new-zealand-passport-application-photo-referee/index.md): Prepare the original digital photo, check your identity referee and organise the records for a New Zealand passport application without altering official files.
- [New Zealand rental applications: share the right documents at each stage](https://dokus.app/en-nz/new-zealand-rental-application-documents-privacy/index.md): Prepare identity and ability-to-pay evidence for a New Zealand rental application, with phased sharing and fewer unnecessary financial details.
- [Is it safe to send a photo of your ID in New Zealand?](https://dokus.app/en-nz/is-it-safe-to-send-a-picture-of-your-id/index.md): When a New Zealand landlord or hotel may need ID, how to share less information and what to do if a passport or driver licence copy is misused.
- [Document guides for New Zealand](https://dokus.app/en-nz/guides/index.md): Practical guides to New Zealand passports, birth certificates, IRD number proof and rental documents, with official sources and advice on personal copies.
- [Official documents in New Zealand](https://dokus.app/en-nz/guides/official-documents/index.md): Prepare a passport application, order a birth certificate, find IRD number evidence or request your own New Zealand criminal record.

## Tools
- [Compress PDF free: passport or driver licence](https://dokus.app/en-nz/compress-passport-driver-licence-pdf/index.md): Compress PDF passport, licence, payslip or statement scans to a form’s limit. Two documents free across tools, then paid access for new documents. No upload.
- [Driver licence or passport copy to PDF, free](https://dokus.app/en-nz/passport-driver-licence-to-pdf/index.md): Licence front and back on one A4 PDF, or a passport copy. Two documents free across tools, then paid access for new documents. No upload.
- [Redact PDF free: bank statements and ID copies](https://dokus.app/en-nz/redact-passport-driver-licence/index.md): Redact PDF bank statements, hiding agreed unrelated transactions. Two documents free across tools, then paid access for new documents. Image-based output.
- [Add a signature to a PDF free, from a photo of it](https://dokus.app/en-nz/add-signature-to-pdf/index.md): Add a signature to a PDF free: photograph your signature, remove the paper and lines, and place the transparent PNG on the page. Nothing is uploaded.
- [Watermark a PDF or ID copy, free](https://dokus.app/en-nz/watermark-passport-driver-licence/index.md): Watermark PDF, passport or licence copies for a recipient. Two documents free across tools, then paid access for new documents. No document upload.
- [NZ tenancy document tools: ID PDFs and rental income copies](https://dokus.app/en-nz/tools/index.md): Prepare rental ID PDFs, labels, smaller scans, redactions and a signature PNG. Two documents free across tools, then paid access for new documents. No upload.

## Shared product and policies
- [Dokus · Document Scanner & PDF App for iPhone](https://dokus.app/index.md): Scan documents on your iPhone, convert photos to PDF, and compress and watermark copies. Keep your passport, ID and cards in a private wallet.
- [Dokus plans: what is free and what Dokus Plus adds](https://dokus.app/plans/index.md): Dokus is free for up to 5 documents, with every sharing tool. Dokus Plus adds unlimited documents and Favorites cards, expiry reminders, and sharing several documents at once or a single page.
- [Privacy Policy](https://dokus.app/privacy/index.md): Dokus is an independently developed app. For privacy questions or requests, write to support@dokus.app.
- [Terms of Use](https://dokus.app/terms/index.md): By using Dokus, you agree to these Terms. Please read them carefully.
- [Accessibility](https://dokus.app/accessibility/index.md): Dokus is built entirely on Apple's native components, which is also what makes it work with iOS's accessibility features out of the box. This page summarizes what's supported today.
- [Subscription Terms](https://dokus.app/tools/terms-of-use/index.md): These terms apply to the subscription sold on dokus.app. The data it involves is described in the Subscription Privacy Policy.
- [Subscription Privacy Policy](https://dokus.app/tools/privacy-policy/index.md): This policy explains the data involved when you subscribe on dokus.app. The site's tools run in your browser: the documents you open in them are not sent to us.