The Parish registers of the diocese of Waikato are held in the John Kinder Theological Archives on behalf of the Diocese, and access is in accordance with their policies. The access policy follows closely to that issued by the Registrar General’s Office.
Registers are generally deposited when they are full, or are more than 50 years from first entry.
The Diocese of Waikato was formed from a part of the Diocese of Auckland in 1926 and renamed as the Diocese of Waikato and Taranaki in 2010, to recognize the actual geographic boundaries. A small part of the Diocese adjacent to the Diocese of Wellington, had some boundary changes, which resulted in some parishes from the Wellington Diocese now being included.
This is the description of the jurisdiction of the diocese. Southern portion of original Diocese of Auckland together with that area formerly part of the Diocese of Wellington generally to the north and west of a line commencing at the mouth of the Okehu Stream on the Tasman Sea, thence northerly by right line to the source of the Ahu Ahu Stream, thence south-easterly along the AhuAhu stream to the Whanganui river, northerly up the Whanganui rover to the junction with the Taurtarakaupua stream, thence south easterly by aright line to the Makatoke Viaduct on SH 4; thence to the summit of Mt Ruapehu.
The Diocese of Waikato was renamed the Diocese of Waikato and Taranaki in 2010.
