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Man Sentenced To Six Months Community Detention For Falsifying Birth Record
Tuesday, 23 June 2020, 12:50 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
An Auckland man has been sentenced to six months community detention, 40 hours community work, and 12 months supervision for knowingly submitting a false statement to obtain a birth record, following a prosecution by Te Tari Taiwhenua, Department of Internal ... More >>
Internal Affairs Warns Of Potential Citizenship Scam Website
Wednesday, 27 May 2020, 12:15 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
Te Tari Taiwhenua, Department of Internal Affairs, warns people applying for New Zealand citizenship against using unofficial websites after receiving complaints about a rogue website. “The only official website to apply for New Zealand citizenship ... More >>
Gambling Regulator Keeps Watch As Taverns Open Under Alert Level 2
Friday, 22 May 2020, 11:09 am | Department Of Internal Affairs
The Department of Internal Affairs’ Gambling Regulator is keeping a close watch on the pokie sector as taverns with pokie machines start lawfully operating gambling under Alert Level 2. Chris Thornborough, Programme Manager with the Gambling Regulator, ... More >>
Office Of Ethnic Communities Celebrates United Vision Of Aotearoa
Monday, 18 May 2020, 11:21 am | Department Of Internal Affairs
A speech about looking to the past to face the future has won the Office of Ethnic Communities Tohu Whetumatarau Award for Vision at the national Race Unity Speech Awards. Ondre Hapuku-Lambert from Karamu High School in Hawkes Bay was awarded the ... More >>
Voter Turnout And Representation Of Women In The 2019 Local Authority Elections
Thursday, 7 May 2020, 11:56 am | Department Of Internal Affairs
Since 1959, the Department of Internal Affairs (the Department) has compiled and released information on local authority elections (local elections). The 2019 local elections statistics cover the election of mayors, city and district councillors, ... More >>
Turnbull Library Makes Iconic Score Of Overture: Aotearoa Available Online
Friday, 1 May 2020, 1:21 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
The original score of Douglas Lilburn’s Overture: Aotearoa has been digitised and is now available online, in celebration of its 80th anniversary and the twentieth year of New Zealand Music Month. “In recognition of these anniversaries and to ... More >>
Appointment To Executive Director, Office Of Ethnic Communities Role
Thursday, 23 April 2020, 1:13 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
Anusha Guler has been appointed to the role of Executive Director, Office of Ethnic Communities at Te Tari Taiwhenua the Department of Internal Affairs and will take up the role on 1 June 2020. Ms Guler will be responsible for building relationships ... More >>
Advisory: Weddings And Civil Unions During Lockdown
Monday, 13 April 2020, 6:55 am | Department Of Internal Affairs
Information for the media from Jeff Montgomery, Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages Te Tari Taiwhenua, Department of Internal Affairs is aware of questions about weddings during the COVID-19 lockdown and would like you to be aware of the ... More >>
All Archives NZ Sites Close Reading Rooms Temporarily To Help Slow COVID-19
Saturday, 21 March 2020, 4:23 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
The decision to close the Archives New Zealand Christchurch and Dunedin reading rooms has been made today. This follows the closure of the reading rooms at sites in Auckland and Wellington last night at 6pm. “The decision to close our Christchurch ... More >>
Archives NZ Auckland And Wellington Reading Rooms Temporarily Closed To Help Slow COVID-19
Saturday, 21 March 2020, 1:52 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
Archives NZ Auckland and Wellington reading rooms temporarily closed to help slow COVID-19 In the efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19, Archives New Zealand offices in Auckland and Wellington have temporarily closed their reading rooms to the public ... More >>
Interim Changes To Citizenship Ceremonies
Friday, 20 March 2020, 4:55 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
The Department of Internal Affairs is advising councils to suspend all future citizenship ceremonies until further notice. Jeff Montgomery, General Manager Services and Access, says this is an unfortunate but necessary precaution against COVID-19. “Our priority ... More >>
DIA Encourages Public To Be Aware Of Scams
Wednesday, 18 March 2020, 10:38 am | Department Of Internal Affairs
Te Tari Taiwhenua, Department of Internal Affairs, is mandated under the Unsolicited Electronic Messages Act 2007 (the Act). The Act is designed to protect people from spam and create a safe and secure electronic environment for everyone. Over the past ... More >>
New Zealand Money Remitter Convicted For Anti-money Laundering Failures
Wednesday, 4 March 2020, 10:23 am | Department Of Internal Affairs
Jiaxin Finance Limited, assisted by its owner, Qiang Fu and his mother, Fuqin Che, have been convicted of offences under the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) Act. Between April 2015 and May 2016, Jiaxin Finance and its ... More >>
Chinese Poll Tax Heritage Trust funding round now open
Friday, 31 January 2020, 9:56 am | Department Of Internal Affairs
Members of the public are invited to apply to the current funding round of the Chinese Poll Tax Heritage Trust. More >>
Archivist in NZ to help with preserving email challenges
Wednesday, 29 January 2020, 12:52 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
Peter Chan, one of the world’s leading digital archivists, is in the country to give New Zealand’s experts an insight into the future of email archiving. More >>
Australia remains top country of birth for new Kiwis
Friday, 10 January 2020, 11:10 am | Department Of Internal Affairs
Australia is still the most common country of birth for people born outside New Zealand to gain citizenship, according to figures released today by the Department of Internal Affairs. More >>
Rogue and Royall names fail to Empress in 2019
Wednesday, 8 January 2020, 10:11 am | Department Of Internal Affairs
Hot on the heels of the most popular baby names for 2019, the Department of Internal Affairs has released the list of names that were declined by the Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages. More >>
New Zealand’s most popular baby names for 2019
Monday, 6 January 2020, 4:45 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
There’s a new name at the top of New Zealand’s most popular baby names list. Amelia has overtaken Charlotte as the most popular name given to girls; Oliver remains New Zealand’s most popular baby name for boys. Nikau and Mia are the most popular ... More >>
National Library makes more room for NZ and Pacific stories
Wednesday, 18 December 2019, 10:12 am | Department Of Internal Affairs
The National Library holds millions of books stored carefully beneath the road under Molesworth St in Wellington and in storehouses outside Wellington. 600,000 books make up a portion of the overseas published collections stretching across 24,544 ... More >>
National condolences book opened
Monday, 16 December 2019, 2:43 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
National condolence books for victims of the Whakaari White Island eruption have today been opened for the public in Wellington. More >>
