Active and Creative Kids vouchers
Freedom to play
The NSW Government is helping with the cost of sport, recreation, creative and cultural activities with $50 Active and Creative Kids vouchers.
Voucher 1 2026 is now available. If you have not used voucher 2 2025, you can use this together with the new voucher before 14 July 2026 for a combined total of $100.
Family and relationships information
Marriages
Apply for a marriage certificate or plan your wedding ceremony at one of our welcoming venues.
Births
Register your baby within 60 days of the birth. It's free and the hospital doesn’t do it for you. After you register your baby, you can apply for a birth certificate.
Deaths
When someone dies, you will need to provide information to your funeral director so they can register the death.
Latest family and relationships updates
Ministerial media release
Faith communities across NSW are set to benefit from a $5 million investment to strengthen safety in places of worship, with 127 organisations sharing in the latest round of the Safe Places for Faith Communities Grants.
Ministerial media release
Community organisations are invited to apply for funding under a special round of the Community Partnership Action (COMPACT) Program, which will deliver $1.2 million to projects supporting whole-of-community initiatives.
News
Travelling from Broken Hill High School in Willyama (Broken Hill), young women from the Aboriginal Art and Cultural Education Sistas (AACES) Group came together on Barkindji and Paakantji Country for a two-day ceramics workshop grounded in creativity and connection.
Ministerial media release
The Minns Labor Government is strengthening protections for domestic violence victims and disrupting organised crime networks with landmark new laws being introduced into NSW Parliament today, targeting stalking and the criminal misuse of tracking devices.
Ministerial media release
The Minns Labor Government is supporting the extraordinary contribution of carers across the state with applications now open for the NSW National Carers Week Grants program.
Grant applications closing soon
Upcoming events
Recent family and relationships publications
Policy and guidance
Find out if you can apply to access information held by the Registry relating to births, deaths, marriages, changes of name, changes of sex, registered relationships, adoptions, and surrogacy arrangements in NSW.
Policy
Understand the circumstances when the Registry may issue a replacement certificate for birth, death or marriage registrations.
Policy
Find out how you can lodge a complaint or provide feedback to the NSW Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages and how the Registry manages that feedback.
Research
The 2022 Young People in Custody Health Survey (YPICHS) Report provides an up-to-date physical and mental health profile of the youth custodial population in NSW, with data gathered through face-to-face interviews, mental health, and cognitive and language assessments.
Guideline, Fact sheet, Procedure
Find out about asking for an internal review if you disagree with a decision made by the NSW Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages. Read information on the process, how we handle your request, and the possible outcomes.