Department Of Internal Affairs - Latest News [Page 36]
Christchurch Earthquake Appeal thanks the American NZ Assn
Friday, 1 April 2011, 5:03 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
Mark Weldon, the Prime Minister’s personal representative on the Christchurch Earthquake Appeal has thanked the American New Zealand Association for their generous support. The Chairman of the American New Zealand Association, Ian Phillips, has announced ... More >>
Anti-money laundering risk assessment released
Tuesday, 29 March 2011, 12:02 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
Financial institutions and casinos now have access to information about potential money laundering risks in their sector following the release of Sector Risk Assessments today. More >>
Daylight saving ends on Sunday
Monday, 28 March 2011, 1:26 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
New Zealand Daylight Saving will end next Sunday 3 April 2011 when 3.00am becomes 2.00am. More >>
Ethnic Affairs Conference to discuss critical issues
Friday, 25 March 2011, 12:51 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
Ethnic Affairs Conference to discuss critical issues about ethnic diversity 1 & 2 April, Auckland Critical issues about New Zealand's growing ethnic diversity will be discussed at a national conference on ethnic affairs in April. The Office of Ethnic ... More >>
Internal Affairs Website Up and Running
Thursday, 24 March 2011, 5:49 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
The Department of Internal Affairs website has now been restored to service. This website and some other Internal Affairs websites have been unavailable since earlier in the week. More >>
Internal Affairs websites being brought back on line
Thursday, 24 March 2011, 3:43 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
The Department does not yet know what caused the problem, which it describes as very unusual. Internal Affairs sites have historically been very stable. More >>
Notes on the Pike River Preliminary Hearing
Monday, 21 March 2011, 1:27 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
* the intention to hold 15 weeks of hearings on Pike River, beginning 6 May and ending 4 November More >>
Christchurch Earthquake Appeal reaches $17 million
Thursday, 17 March 2011, 8:28 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
The Christchurch Earthquake Appeal has so far raised $17.7 million to help rebuild the Christchurch community. More >>
Pike River Royal Commission Preliminary Hearing Deferred
Tuesday, 1 March 2011, 5:27 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
The preliminary hearing of the Royal Commission on the Pike River Coal Mine Tragedy has been deferred until 5 April 2011 at 11am at the Greymouth High Court. The date previously advised was 11 March 2011. More >>
Earthquake Vigil Observance at Parliament
Monday, 28 February 2011, 1:21 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
Christchurch Earthquake Vigil Observance at Parliament on 1 March. A Christchurch Earthquake vigil observance will be held on the steps of Parliament at 12.30pm tomorrow, Tuesday 1 March, 2011. The service will be attend by the Governor-General and Lady ... More >>
Christchurch Earthquake Vigil at Parliament 1 March
Monday, 28 February 2011, 12:37 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
A Christchurch Earthquake vigil observance will be held on the steps of Parliament at 12.30pm More >>
High Court action against alleged spammer
Thursday, 17 February 2011, 4:03 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
The Department of Internal Affairs’ Anti-Spam Compliance Unit is again taking High Court action against an alleged spammer, seeking financial penalties of $200,000 against the company principal and $500,000 against his company. The Department has ... More >>
DIA Takes Action Against Alleged Spammer
Thursday, 17 February 2011, 3:25 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
The Department of Internal Affairs’ Anti-Spam Compliance Unit is again taking High Court action against an alleged spammer, seeking financial penalties of $200,000 against the company principal and $500,000 against his company. More >>
The Department of Internal Affairs’ Anti-Spam Compliance Uni
Friday, 11 February 2011, 10:24 am | Department Of Internal Affairs
The unit investigates complaints about unsolicited commercial electronic messages in New Zealand, commonly referred to as spam and alleged breaches of the Act. These messages can be sent by email, SMS (short message service), instant messaging and ... More >>
Anti-Spam Compliance Unit enforcement action
Friday, 11 February 2011, 10:13 am | Department Of Internal Affairs
The Department of Internal Affairs’ Anti-Spam Compliance Unit has introduced a web page recording enforcement action under the Unsolicited Electronic Messages Act 2007. More >>
Pike River Royal Commission Sets Preliminary Hearing Date
Thursday, 10 February 2011, 1:44 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
The Royal Commission on the Pike River Coal Mine Tragedy will hold a preliminary public hearing at the Greymouth High Court on Friday 11 March. Chair of the Commission, Justice Graham Panckhurst, says the preliminary hearing is needed before substantive ... More >>
Civil defence information for the blind community
Monday, 7 February 2011, 9:36 am | Department Of Internal Affairs
A new resource that will make it easier for people who are blind or partially sighted to access civil defence emergency information was launched today. The Director of Civil Defence Emergency Management, John Hamilton, said the interactive, electronic ... More >>
Registrar-General welcomes sentencing in fake celebrant case
Tuesday, 1 February 2011, 1:44 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
The Registrar-General of Births Deaths and Marriages welcomes the sentencing of Geoffrey Robert Topham Hall and Reverend Maurice Gray on Marriage Act charges. Geoffrey Hall, a 56-year-old funeral director from Christchurch, was convicted and fined $1000.00 ... More >>
Royal Commission seeks expressions of interest
Friday, 28 January 2011, 5:09 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
Advertisements calling for expressions of interest from persons or organisations who wish to give evidence to the Royal Commission on the Pike River Coal Mine Tragedy will appear in West Coast and national newspapers tomorrow. Chair of the Commission, ... More >>
Pokie spending down over 2010 year
Thursday, 27 January 2011, 5:08 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
Gaming machine expenditure in the country’s 1400 pubs and clubs in the year ended 31 December 2010 was 3 per cent lower than in 2009, according to figures released by the Department of Internal Affairs. Spending dropped from $865.5 million to $840.7 ... More >>
