The Rare Breeds Conservation Society of New Zealand operates a registration scheme for established New Zealand rare breed societies that do not have their own formal breed registries and for other rare breeds that are not represented by breed societies.
The Registry can be accessed on computers at Rare Breeds Registry. If you have difficulty opening this page or want to see it on a phone browser go to RareBreedsNZAnimalRegister.
The current registration scheme does not require physical inspection of the animals – that is beyond our resources – but each animal must have some form of individual identification such as an ear tag, microchip, or good photographs, and the owner must be able to provide some evidence of the animal’s provenance.
To register your Rare Breed animal(s) please contact the Registrar at
registry(at)rarebreeds.co.nz [replace (at) with @].