Department Of Internal Affairs - Latest News [Page 33]
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 >>
Managing digital identity in a networked world
Monday, 30 April 2012, 1:40 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? Have our concepts of personal identity and identity management changed in the social networking era, ... More >>
New way for people to access organisations online
Monday, 30 April 2012, 11:41 am | Department Of Internal Affairs
Development is underway on a new online service which will enable people to more easily interact with public and private sector organisations. The service, named RealMe, was announced at the 2012 Identity Conference in Wellington today by the ... More >>
Pokie expenditure drops in first quarter
Friday, 27 April 2012, 9:39 am | Department Of Internal Affairs
Gaming machine expenditure in the country’s 1400 pubs and clubs in the first three months of 2012 was almost 8 per cent down on the last three months of 2011, continuing the trend that occurs over summer. More >>
Migrants targeted in phone calling scam
Friday, 20 April 2012, 5:30 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
The Department of Internal Affairs is warning migrants to beware of a new phone-calling scam offering citizenship on the payment of documentation fees via Western Union. More >>
Christchurch re-build and the ethnic population
Friday, 20 April 2012, 12:27 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
EthnicA Conference Christchurch When: Saturday 28 April 2012 Time: 9.00am - 4.30pm Where: Peppers Clearwater Resort, Harewood, Christchurch More >>
Google Privacy Expert key speaker at Identity Conference
Monday, 2 April 2012, 6:30 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
Google's Director for Privacy and Product and Engineering Dr Alma Whitten is just one of the international experts on identity and identity theft speaking at the Identity Conference 2012 to be held at Te Papa on 30 April and 1 May More >>
Reminder: Daylight saving ends on Sunday
Monday, 26 March 2012, 3:42 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
New Zealand Daylight Saving will end next Sunday, 1 April 2012, when 3.00am becomes 2.00am. People may find it convenient to put their clocks back by one hour before going to bed on Saturday 31 March. More >>
Keeping your identity yours
Friday, 23 March 2012, 11:06 am | Department Of Internal Affairs
Fraud Awareness Week in New Zealand is part of a trans-Tasman initiative of the Australasian Consumer Fraud Taskforce (ACFT), established in March 2005. The Department of Internal Affairs registers births, deaths and marriages, issues passports and ... More >>
Pending prosecution was no deterrent to continued offending
Wednesday, 21 March 2012, 1:37 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
A 26-year-old unemployed man continued to distribute objectionable pictures on the Internet even though he knew he was facing two other prosecutions. More >>
Chinese Poll Tax Heritage Trust applications closing soon
Thursday, 1 March 2012, 4:29 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
The Chinese Poll Tax Heritage Trust is now receiving applications to its first funding round of 2012. The Chinese Poll Tax Heritage Trust was established in 2004 in recognition of the hardship caused by the poll tax and other discriminatory legislation, and ... More >>
