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DIA appeals High Court gambling judgment
Sunday, 10 February 2013, 8:48 am | Department Of Internal Affairs
The Department of Internal Affairs is appealing a High Court judgment to clarify how it can effectively police the return of pokie money to the community. More >>
Year of the Water Snake to be celebrated at Parliament
Friday, 8 February 2013, 9:57 am | Department Of Internal Affairs
The Chinese Year will be celebrated at Parliament on 13 February 2013 at an event to be hosted by Ethnic Affairs Minister Judith Collins. More >>
Further drop in pokie numbers and spending
Tuesday, 5 February 2013, 4:26 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
Figures released by the Department of Internal Affairs show that in the year ended 31 December 2012 the number of gaming machines in the country’s 1381 pubs and clubs decreased by 463 or just over 2.5 per cent from 18,133 to 17,670. There were 29 fewer ... More >>
Storytellers are invited to Mix & Mash
Tuesday, 5 February 2013, 2:23 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
Creative Kiwis are invited to participate in a new-look Mix & Mash competition for 2013. This year, the theme is “The New Storytelling” and it challenges people, groups or entire classrooms to weave new or remixed digital content into an original ... More >>
Mobile Users Dob In More Text Spammers
Tuesday, 5 February 2013, 2:10 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
The number of spam texts reported to authorities has increased nearly fivefold in the six months following the introduction of a new spam reporting tool for mobile device users. More >>
Casino dealer receives custodial sentence and fine
Monday, 21 January 2013, 2:12 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
The Department of Internal Affairs is satisfied its investigations have resulted in the conviction of a Hamilton casino employee for cheating. Bo DU, 33, a dealer at SkyCity Hamilton casino for six years was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment ... More >>
Olivia, Jack most popular baby names in 2012
Thursday, 3 January 2013, 2:57 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
Olivia and Jack are the most popular names for girls and boys as registered with Births, Deaths and Marriages in 2012, according to details released today by the Department of Internal Affairs. More >>
New Zealanders embrace online passport applications
Friday, 21 December 2012, 6:16 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
More than 10,000 New Zealanders have applied online to renew their passports. The milestone of 10,000 renewals was reached earlier this week says David Philp, General Manager Passports for Internal Affairs. More >>
Closer Library links with China
Thursday, 20 December 2012, 2:56 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
Expertise from one of the world’s greatest national libraries could soon be used to protect treasures in New Zealand’s National Library. The National Libraries of New Zealand and China have signed a new five-year Arrangement on Cooperation, ... More >>
Electronic authentication service now available
Tuesday, 18 December 2012, 3:39 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
New Zealanders who need officially-verified documents for use in most countries can now get them issued electronically through the e-Apostille service run by the Department of Internal Affairs’ Authentication Unit. More >>
Organisation of 2012 Royal Visit
Wednesday, 12 December 2012, 1:37 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
To celebrate 2012 as her Diamond Jubilee Year, Queen Elizabeth II arranged for official visits to be made to all 15 sovereign states outside the United Kingdom which recognise her as their Head of State. More >>
‘Big Data’ opens new-look National Library
Friday, 30 November 2012, 3:25 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
A suitably immense subject is the opening public programme for the newly refurbished National Library building on Wellington’s Molesworth Street. The Library reopened to the public this week after a three year closure to renovate and future-proof the ... More >>
Pervert jailed for on-line sex abuse pictures
Thursday, 1 November 2012, 6:28 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
A 73-year-old Christchurch man, who engaged in sexualised web-camera sessions with a local girl over more than three years, was jailed for three years in the Christchurch District Court today. Dennis John Batchelor, retired of Belfast, Christchurch, who ... More >>
Spot Prizes And The Law
Thursday, 25 October 2012, 6:22 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
Spot prizes are still possible for a wide range of events but they have to be conducted according to the law, Internal Affairs Gambling Compliance Director, Debbie Despard said today. Spot prize draws accompanying entry fees involve ‘chance’ and are ... More >>
Terms of reference released for privacy review
Friday, 19 October 2012, 3:44 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
MEDIA RELEASE 19 October 2012 Terms of reference released for privacy review The Government Chief Information Officer (GCIO), Colin MacDonald today released the terms of reference for his review of the security of publicly accessible government IT ... More >>
Pokie numbers and expenditure continue to fall
Friday, 19 October 2012, 2:48 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
Figures released by the Department of Internal Affairs show that in the year ended 30 September 2012 the number of gaming machines in the country’s 1390 pubs and clubs decreased by 340 or just under 2 per cent from 18,167 to 17,827. There were ... More >>
Huge response to New Zealand ShakeOut evaluation
Tuesday, 2 October 2012, 3:41 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
Media Release, 2 October 2012 Huge response to New Zealand ShakeOut evaluation, more staff needed to input information So many New Zealand ShakeOut evaluation forms are being returned that GNS Science is hiring a group of students to input all the ... More >>
Reminder: Daylight saving starts this weekend
Monday, 24 September 2012, 11:20 am | Department Of Internal Affairs
New Zealand daylight saving begins next Sunday, 30 September 2012, 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 7 April 2013, when clocks go back an hour at 3.00 am to 2.00 ... More >>
Galaxy Loses Pokie Licence
Thursday, 20 September 2012, 10:35 am | Department Of Internal Affairs
Pokie machines at Otara’s Galaxy Function Centre have been shut down after the Gambling Commission yesterday confirmed Internal Affairs’ decision to cancel the venue’s gaming machine licence. More >>
Pokie operations to be suspended
Wednesday, 12 September 2012, 12:13 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
Internal Affairs has decided to suspend a gaming machine operator’s licence for six days for failing to distribute sufficient grant money to the community. But the Constellation Communities Trust, which operates 18 gaming machines at Onehunga’s ... More >>
