When applying to study at Unitec, and sometimes when you are a student, you will be asked to provide a certified copy of your documents.
What it means to certify a document
You need to take your original document, for example a birth certificate or academic transcript, to an authorised person to certify.
The authorised person makes a copy of your original document, and then stamps, signs, and dates the copy. By doing this, they are confirming that the copy is a true copy of your original.
The authorised person does not change the original.
When you are asked to provide a certified copy, you provide Unitec with the signed copy, and you keep the original.
A “certified” or “notarised” copy means that a Unitec agent or public notary has sighted the original document and has provided their stamp, name, signature, and the date on the copy.
Certify a document on campus
Our staff will copy, certify and scan a document for you.
You can bring your original document to Student Central on campus (Mt Albert or Waitākere).
Student Central location and opening hours.
Certify a document off campus
- Justice of the Peace (JP) – Find a Justice of the Peace.
- Officer of the Court.
- Lawyer.
- Notary Public, for example a Member of Parliament – Find a Notary Public.
- School Principal.
- Kaumātua.
- Religious Minister.
- General Practitioner (Doctor)
