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Telephone operators targeted by scammers
Thursday, 21 April 2016, 3:19 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
Government contact centre operators are on guard for overseas callers pestering them for information about staff. More >>
Crown cars to be sold through Turners Cars
Tuesday, 19 April 2016, 2:43 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
32 BMW 730Ld cars from the Crown VIP fleet will be sold through Turners in the coming weeks. The online tender started yesterday on Monday 18 April. Harley Spence, Manager of VIP Transport at the Department of Internal Affairs says “the Ministerial vehicles ... More >>
Softball club captain sentenced for grant funding fraud
Friday, 1 April 2016, 4:37 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
A former president and club captain of Kapiti Softball Club was today sentenced to seven months home detention for manipulation and misuse of grant funding from several gaming machine societies. More >>
50,000th baby registered online
Wednesday, 30 March 2016, 4:02 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
The 50,000th online birth registration has been recorded by the Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) bringing in a new wave of ‘digital babies’. More >>
Reminder: Daylight saving ends on Sunday
Tuesday, 29 March 2016, 3:25 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
New Zealand Daylight Saving will end next Sunday, 3 April 2016, when 3.00am becomes 2.00am. More >>
Mr Explorer Douglas and his giant geological maps
Wednesday, 16 March 2016, 4:53 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
(40 minutes talk with time for Q&A) with time afterwards to view the maps on the lower ground floor if you so choose. The event is on Te Ahumairangi, Ground Floor, National Library, cnr Molesworth and Aitken Streets. More >>
Commission to assess Waiheke application
Thursday, 10 March 2016, 2:48 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
The Local Government Commission has agreed to assess an application from “Our Waiheke’’ for a unitary council for Waiheke. More >>
Gambling expenditure up in FY 2014/15
Wednesday, 24 February 2016, 3:46 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
Gamblers in New Zealand spent* $2091 million dollars on the four main forms of gambling in the 2014/15 financial year, $25.5 million (1.2 per cent) more than the previous year, according to figures compiled by the Department of Internal Affairs. They spent ... More >>
Commission thanks Wairarapa community
Wednesday, 24 February 2016, 1:47 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
The Local Government Commission is appreciative of the Wairarapa public’s attendance and contributions at public meetings to discuss local government reform in their area. More >>
Trans-Tasman allies extend agreement to fight spam
Monday, 15 February 2016, 1:48 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
The trans-Tasman fight against the scourge of spam has been bolstered following a renewed and expanded alliance between the Australian Communications and Media Authority and the New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs. Under a revamped memorandum of ... More >>
Home detention for child abuse collection
Thursday, 11 February 2016, 10:25 am | Department Of Internal Affairs
A West Coast man was sentenced (10 Feb) to eight months’ home detention in the Greymouth District Court for possessing child sex abuse pictures. Stephen Marshall Neill, 27, unemployed, had earlier pleaded guilty to possessing objectionable publications ... More >>
More than 27,000 new Kiwis in 2015
Friday, 5 February 2016, 2:40 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
This Waitangi Day, New Zealand will roll out the welcome mat to 24 new citizens at Government House, and acknowledge over 27,000 people who were granted citizenship last year. More >>
Input sought on stronger local government
Friday, 5 February 2016, 2:26 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
The Local Government Commission and the Masterton, Carterton and South Wairarapa district councils are seeking views, through a series of public meetings, on achieving stronger local government for the Wairarapa. More >>
Internal Affairs warns of inheritance fraud scam
Wednesday, 3 February 2016, 5:34 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
Internal Affairs has been alerted to a phishing scam that resulted in significant financial loss to the targeted individual. More >>
Pokie spending up over 2015
Wednesday, 3 February 2016, 4:59 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
Gaming machine expenditure in pubs and clubs in the year ended December 2015 was up 2 per cent on the previous year, 2014, from $811.4 m to $828 m, according to figures from the Department of Internal Affairs. This was despite there being fewer licence ... More >>
LGC begins ‘Regional Conversations’
Wednesday, 3 February 2016, 12:19 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
The Local Government Commission begins its Regional Conversations initiative today with a visit to Marlborough. Commission Chair Sir Wira Gardiner, Commissioner Janie Annear, with chief executive Sandra Preston, will be in Blenheim to meet with Mayor ... More >>
Top 20 Māori boys’ and girls’ names for 2015
Friday, 29 January 2016, 12:20 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
Topping the list of the most popular Māori baby names in 2015 were Maia for girls and Nikau for boys according to Te Tari Taiwhenua, the Department of Internal Affairs. The figures were collected from all births registered in New Zealand in the year ... More >>
Two year investigation leads to prosecution
Thursday, 21 January 2016, 5:20 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
Seven individuals and two organisations charged with offences under the Crimes Act and Gambling Act appeared in Manukau District Court today. The alleged offending followed a two year investigation by the Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) and ... More >>
Olivia and Oliver top baby names for 2015
Wednesday, 6 January 2016, 12:08 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
With a very similar ring to them, Olivia and Oliver have topped the list of most popular names for new-born girls and boys in 2015. More >>
Historic South Island and Māori newspapers on Papers Past
Tuesday, 5 January 2016, 1:57 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
The fiercely competitive world of newspaper publishing during the nineteenth century Otago gold rush has come to life with the latest digitisation project for the National Library’s Papers Past website. More >>
