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Couple convicted for falsifying birth details
Wednesday, 20 August 2014, 12:01 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
A South Auckland married couple have pleaded guilty to charges of falsely registering the birth of a child as their own. The plea came at the conclusion of the prosecution case, initiated by the Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, in the ... More >>
926 same sex marriages since law change
Monday, 18 August 2014, 2:23 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
Nine hundred and twenty six same sex couples were married in New Zealand in the year since the successful implementation of changes to the Marriage (Definition of Marriage) Amendment Act. More >>
Top twenty New Zealand Surnames
Thursday, 14 August 2014, 2:53 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
The latest year’s crop of Kiwi babies have more names of non-European origin than ever before. Internal Affairs records show that while Smith, Wilson and Williams are the most popular family names, Singh and Wang at seventh and eighth have overtaken ... More >>
Home detention and more for pokie money theft
Tuesday, 5 August 2014, 4:17 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
The former manager of two Hamilton bars was today sentenced to nine months home detention and 200 hours of community service for stealing more than $90,000 of gaming machine money from her employer. More >>
Pokie trust obtained licence by deception
Tuesday, 5 August 2014, 3:10 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
The Department of Internal Affairs has welcomed a decision by the Gambling Commission which has found that a Blenheim based gaming machine society, Bluegrass Holdings Limited, obtained its licence to operate pokie machines by deception and that a decision ... More >>
Archives NZ opens the files on World War 1
Sunday, 3 August 2014, 1:47 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
More than 141,000 World War 1 service files are now available online, adding to the wealth of information detailing New Zealanders experience of the war made available by Archives New Zealand and the National Library. More >>
Home detention for pokie money theft
Tuesday, 29 July 2014, 3:36 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
A former manager of Auckland’s Albion Hotel was today sentenced in the Auckland District Court to five months’ home detention and 100 hours community work after being convicted in February of stealing more than $35,000 of gaming machine money. More >>
Cell phone evidence a first
Friday, 25 July 2014, 3:41 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
Cell phone evidence a first Evidence gathered solely from a cell phone has been used for the first time to convict a Hastings man for possessing child sexual abuse pictures. Michael Lawrence Worsnop, a 29-year-old orchard worker pleaded guilty to three charges ... More >>
Pokie spending and numbers continue to drop
Thursday, 24 July 2014, 12:51 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
Pub and club gaming machine expenditure in the year ended June 2014 fell 2.4 per cent from $826.3 million to $806.2 million. There were also fewer licence holders, gambling venues and gaming machines compared with 12 months earlier. Licence holders ... More >>
Labrador retrievers the most popular dog breed
Thursday, 24 July 2014, 12:19 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
The Labrador retriever was once again the most popular dog breed in the country with over 41 thousand registered in the 2013/14 registration year. On the top five list are the Huntaway (31,385); Border collie (23,190); and Jack Russell Terrier (18,658). ... More >>
Top 20 Māori boys’ and girls’ names for 2013
Wednesday, 23 July 2014, 11:54 am | Department Of Internal Affairs
The Department of Internal Affairs has released the top 20 Māori baby names for 2013 in association with Māori Language Week 2014, Te Wiki o te Reo Māori. The most popular Māori baby names in 2013 were Nikau for boys and Aria for girls, the ... More >>
Man jailed for hundreds of child sex abuse images
Friday, 4 July 2014, 3:03 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
A Porirua man has been sentenced to seven and a half months in jail for possessing and sharing objectionable images of seven young girls. More >>
Supervision and community work for offender
Friday, 4 July 2014, 1:08 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
A man, caught twice with child sexual abuse material, was sentenced to 18 months intensive supervision and 100 hours community work in the Christchurch District Court yesterday. More >>
Internal Affairs Wins Major Award
Thursday, 3 July 2014, 4:35 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
Transforming the way government departments buy, access and use ICT has won the Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) a 2014 Institute of Public Administration New Zealand (IPANZ) Award at an event in Wellington last night. More >>
Unlicensed security company fined
Thursday, 3 July 2014, 3:16 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
A security company has to pay $12,600 after it was convicted in the Auckland District Court today for operating without a licence. More >>
Internal Affairs Wins Major Award
Thursday, 3 July 2014, 10:20 am | Department Of Internal Affairs
Transforming the way government departments buy, access and use ICT has won the Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) a 2014 Institute of Public Administration New Zealand (IPANZ) Award at an event in Wellington last night. More >>
Decision on North Rodney application
Tuesday, 1 July 2014, 3:54 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
The Local Government Commission has declined an application from a Warkworth-based community group for the creation of a new local authority, independent of Auckland Council. The Commission has released its decision on the reorganisation application ... More >>
More jail time for repeat offender
Tuesday, 17 June 2014, 3:04 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
A repeat offender, previously convicted for possessing and distributing child sex abuse images, has been jailed again – this time for almost three years. Graeme Murray Purvis, 50, an unemployed truck driver, appeared for sentence in the Dunedin ... More >>
New software service simplifies ICT for government agencies
Monday, 16 June 2014, 11:30 am | Department Of Internal Affairs
A new all-of-government office productivity software service will help agencies streamline their support systems as they focus on transforming their customer services, says Government Chief Information Officer, Colin MacDonald. More >>
Jailed for possessing and making child sex abuse movies
Tuesday, 27 May 2014, 9:34 am | Department Of Internal Affairs
Jailed for possessing and making child sex abuse movies A Tauranga man was jailed yesterday for two years and two months on multiple charges involving child sexual abuse movies and other images. More >>
