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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 >>
Spammers hijack NZ company identities
Friday, 7 September 2012, 1:55 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
Foreign spammers are hijacking New Zealand finance company identities in offering jobs for payment protection agents, Internal Affairs warned today. More >>
Businesses benefit from supporting charities
Friday, 24 August 2012, 11:55 am | Department Of Internal Affairs
Businesses taking part in a major research project reported that they support charitable organisations because it improves staff morale, customer relationships and their communities. More >>
Funding round now open for Chinese Poll Tax Heritage Trust
Friday, 24 August 2012, 11:29 am | Department Of Internal Affairs
Funding round now open for Chinese Poll Tax Heritage Trust The Chinese Poll Tax Heritage Trust is currently receiving applications for funding. The aim of the Trust is to strengthen the identity of Chinese New Zealanders says Trust Chair, Tony Thackery. More >>
Gaming Machine Trustee Convicted For Theft
Monday, 20 August 2012, 10:32 am | Department Of Internal Affairs
A former South Auckland gaming machine society trustee has been convicted of stealing almost $364,000 of pokie machine money that should have gone to the community. More >>
Gaming machine trustee convicted for theft
Sunday, 19 August 2012, 10:51 am | Department Of Internal Affairs
A former South Auckland gaming machine society trustee has been convicted of stealing almost $364,000 of pokie machine money that should have gone to the community. More >>
Muslim community gathers to celebrate Eid
Thursday, 9 August 2012, 3:54 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
Members of the Muslim community in New Zealand will join with others at Parliament on Tuesday 21 August to celebrate the Islamic festival of Eid ul-Fitr (Eid). Eid-ul Fitr is a festival of feasts, celebrated by Muslims all over the world when the fasting ... More >>
Ministers' expenses 1/4/12 to 30/6/12
Thursday, 2 August 2012, 2:40 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
Information about travel and accommodation expenses for members of the Executive (Ministers of the Crown). Expenses are administered by the Department of Internal Affairs. More >>
Gaming machines down, expenditure up
Friday, 27 July 2012, 3:57 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
Figures released by the Department of Internal Affairs show that in the year ended 30 June 2012 the number of gaming machines in the country’s 1400 pubs and clubs decreased by 366 or 2 per cent from 18,309 to 17,943, venues declined by 1.5 per ... More >>
Gambling trusts and venues must help problem gamblers
Tuesday, 24 July 2012, 4:12 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
Gaming machines in a Huntly bar will be switched off for two days next week (30 and 31 July) because a staff member was not trained to deal with problem gamblers. More >>
Gaming machines shut down
Tuesday, 17 July 2012, 6:37 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
Gaming machines operated by Grassroots Trust in 21 pubs* will shut down for 16 days after the society failed to comply with gambling laws. This penalty is the most severe suspension that a class 4 gambling society has faced. More >>
Bluegrass gambling operator’s licence cancelled
Wednesday, 4 July 2012, 12:48 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
The Secretary for Internal Affairs has cancelled Bluegrass Trust’s class 4 gambling operator’s licence because he cannot be satisfied the gaming machine society is meeting its obligations under the Gambling Act 2003. More >>
Charge Laid Over False Statement
Sunday, 3 June 2012, 10:41 am | Department Of Internal Affairs
A Blenheim man is to appear in the Blenheim District Court on a charge laid by the Department of Internal Affairs. More >>
Sentenced for defrauding community of pokie grants
Friday, 25 May 2012, 6:54 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
An Internal Affairs investigation uncovered a pokie machine rort that resulted in a significant loss of grant funding going to the community. The investigation revealed that numerous grant applications to gaming machine societies from Counties Manukau ... More >>
Auckland student selected for Indonesian based scholarship
Thursday, 24 May 2012, 11:02 am | Department Of Internal Affairs
An Auckland University student has been selected for an international scholarship in Indonesia for young people who have been indentified as future faith leaders. More >>
International operation targets child sexual abuse traders
Tuesday, 22 May 2012, 9:01 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
A global operation sparked by the Department of Internal Affairs and spanning 20 countries has targeted 55 key suspects in the worldwide distribution of child sexual abuse pictures. Some were involved in the actual sexual abuse of the children depicted. More >>
Managing Digital Identity in a Networked World
Monday, 30 April 2012, 4:21 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
How do we manage our personal information in online relationships with friends, family, businesses, government agencies, NGOs and community service providers? More >>
