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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

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 >>

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