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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 >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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