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40 years since the Māori land march arrived at parliament

Friday, 9 October 2015, 11:13 am | Department Of Internal Affairs

Traffic into Wellington came to a standstill as thousands of Māori and Pākehā streamed along the motorway into the capital on 13 October 1975, concluding the Māori land march to parliament. More >>

Sentenced for pokie grant fraud

Wednesday, 30 September 2015, 4:58 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs

A company director who falsified applications for grants from a gaming machine society has been sentenced to six months community detention and 400 hours community work. He also has to repay more than $47,000 to the society for return to the community. More >>

Jailed for child sexual abuse pictures

Wednesday, 30 September 2015, 4:28 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs

A Hastings man who pleaded guilty to 10 charges of possessing child sexual abuse images was today jailed for 12 months. More >>

VIP transport fleet replacement

Wednesday, 30 September 2015, 11:50 am | Department Of Internal Affairs

The Department of Internal Affairs announced today that it will be replacing 32 of its fleet of 34 VIP vehicles with new BMW 730Lds. More >>

Reminder: Daylight saving starts this weekend

Wednesday, 23 September 2015, 1:18 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs

New Zealand daylight saving begins this Sunday, 27 September 2015, when clocks go forward an hour at 2.00 am to become 3.00 am. The extra hour of daylight in the evenings will run till Sunday 3 April 2016, when clocks go back an hour at 3.00 am to 2.00 ... More >>

False statement brings home detention and community work

Friday, 18 September 2015, 2:16 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs

A Christchurch taxi driver has been sentenced to four months home detention and 140 hours Community Work for making a false statement under the Citizenship Act. More >>

Chief Archivist releases report on Managing Text Messages

Tuesday, 15 September 2015, 12:25 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs

Chief Archivist Marilyn Little today released the report of her review into the Prime Minister’s recordkeeping practices in regard to text messages. The decision to carry out the review arose from a request by James Shaw MP in November last year, ... More >>

DIA warning about targeted email scam

Wednesday, 9 September 2015, 5:22 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs

Internal Affairs is warning people to be aware of a targeted email attack, also known as “whaling”, that could cause significant financial losses to New Zealand companies. More >>

Formal public warning to Jin Yuan Finance Ltd

Wednesday, 2 September 2015, 10:38 am | Department Of Internal Affairs

An Auckland-based financial institution has received the first public warning issued by the Department of Internal Affairs under the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act 2009 (AML/CFT Act). The AML/CFT Act requires New Zealand’s ... More >>

New Poet Laureate announced

Tuesday, 11 August 2015, 7:59 am | Department Of Internal Affairs

The National Library is delighted to announce Christian Karlson Stead of Auckland as the new Poet Laureate for 2015 - 2017. More >>

Community work for Citizenship Act offence

Thursday, 6 August 2015, 5:47 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs

A Timaru couple were today sentenced to 150 hours’ community work for making a false statement under the Citizenship Act 1977. More >>

Government Microsoft Licensing Agreement extended

Wednesday, 15 July 2015, 12:43 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs

The successful all-of-government Microsoft Licensing Agreement has been extended for another three years, says Government Chief Technology Officer, Tim Occleshaw. More >>

Motuoapa Marina redevelopment in consenting phase

Monday, 6 July 2015, 2:17 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs

Work to transform Lake Taupo’s Motuoapa Marina into a modern marina with improved launching and retrieval capabilities is now at the consenting phase. More >>

Public urged to have their say on fire services

Thursday, 2 July 2015, 4:44 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs

The Hon Paul Swain has endorsed the discussion document released recently on options for modernising New Zealand’s fire services. Mr Swain wants people to have their say on how fire services should be managed and run to ensure they meet the needs ... More >>

Chinese Poll Tax Heritage Trust funding round now open

Wednesday, 1 July 2015, 5:22 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs

Members of the public are invited to apply to the current funding round of the Chinese Poll Tax Heritage Trust before applications close on 30 September 2015. More >>

Hawke’s Bay poll process update

Wednesday, 24 June 2015, 1:41 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs

• On 9 June the Local Government Commission issued a final reorganisation proposal for Hawke’s Bay proposing a single council for the region to replace the existing five councils • On 11 June a petition was received demanding a poll on the proposal ... More >>

Magna Carta and the Treaty of Waitangi acknowledged

Thursday, 18 June 2015, 2:43 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs

A lecture commemorating the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta and the 175th anniversary of the Treaty of Waitangi will be hosted later this month by the National Library and Victoria University of Wellington. Presented by Dr Carwyn Jones, the lecture ... More >>