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Christchurch bar loses pokie licence
Friday, 21 December 2007, 4:19 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
A Christchurch bar has to close its gaming machine operation after the Gambling Commission today upheld an Internal Affairs Department decision to cancel the venue licence for repeatedly failing to bank machine proceeds on time. More >>
Pokie operator loses licence
Thursday, 20 December 2007, 4:24 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
The Bay Foundation of Paihia has lost its licence to operate gaming machines under the Gambling Act 2003. More >>
Anti-spam raid in Christchurch
Wednesday, 19 December 2007, 11:04 am | Department Of Internal Affairs
The Department of Internal Affairs has seized 22 computers and boxes of documents from four Christchurch addresses as it investigates an international spamming operation. More >>
Department of Internal Affairs Signs With BMW
Tuesday, 18 December 2007, 2:21 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
The Department of Internal Affairs has signed a contract with BMW Group New Zealand to replace the existing chauffeur-driven VIP Transport Service fleet with a cleaner, more energy-efficient model. More >>
New Zealanders’ gambling spend is rising
Tuesday, 18 December 2007, 11:06 am | Department Of Internal Affairs
Releasing the annual gambling expenditure figures, the Department of Internal Affairs Gambling Policy Manager, John Markland, said that spending on the main forms of gambling increased by 2.2 per cent to $2.020 billion in 2006/07, following a decrease to $1.977 ... More >>
All Aucklanders encouraged to have their say
Wednesday, 12 December 2007, 10:57 am | Department Of Internal Affairs
Aucklanders will be encouraged to have their say on how they want to see their region run when the submission process begins early next year, the Royal Commission into Auckland Governance announced today. More >>
Pokie money to be repaid
Tuesday, 6 November 2007, 11:45 am | Department Of Internal Affairs
A 49-year-old Taumarunui company director has been ordered to repay almost $44,000 to a gaming machine society after falsely claiming for work carried out at the Taumarunui Alpine Inn. More >>
Pokie money to be repaid
Tuesday, 6 November 2007, 11:31 am | Department Of Internal Affairs
A 49-year-old Taumarunui company director has been ordered to repay almost $44,000 to a gaming machine society after falsely claiming for work carried out at the Taumarunui Alpine Inn. More >>
Have your say about proving your identity online
Friday, 2 November 2007, 10:44 am | Department Of Internal Affairs
The Government is proposing a new service that will allow people to prove their identity to government agencies online and in real time to a high level of confidence. The Department of Internal Affairs is holding a public consultation on the identity verification ... More >>
Spending on pokies up again
Wednesday, 31 October 2007, 4:01 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
Gaming machine expenditure in 1600 pubs and clubs around the country rose almost two and half per cent to $243.5 million in the three months to Sept 30 2007 compared with $237.7 million in the previous quarter, according to figures from the government’s ... More >>
More gaming machine money to the community
Thursday, 11 October 2007, 5:18 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
The social and community services sector received a much larger share of gaming machine money in 2005 than in 2000 while sport and physical activities’ proportion dropped. But sport and physical activity remained the largest single category recipient of ... More >>
Read voting documents carefully, voters urged
Wednesday, 3 October 2007, 9:20 am | Department Of Internal Affairs
Voters in the local elections are being reminded to read their voting documents’ instructions carefully before casting their votes. More >>
Daylight saving begins this weekend
Monday, 24 September 2007, 4:19 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
New Zealand daylight saving begins a week earlier this year, on Sunday 30 September 2007, when 2.00 am becomes 3.00 am. This is the first change to daylight saving since 1990 and the extra hour of daylight in the evenings will run till Sunday 6 April ... More >>
Nearly $13 million for outdoor safety
Monday, 17 September 2007, 9:36 am | Department Of Internal Affairs
The Outdoor Safety sector has received a major funding boost this year from increased Lottery profits - the largest on record. More >>
Child sex abuse images bring jail
Saturday, 1 September 2007, 1:45 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
A 35 year old Porirua truck driver today received the heaviest sentence yet for possessing child sex abuse pictures since Parliament toughened censorship law penalties two and half years ago. More >>
Pokies shut down for licence breaches
Thursday, 16 August 2007, 5:28 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
A Dunedin bar has been forced to shut its pokie machines for five days because it failed to assist a problem gambler and breached other licence conditions. More >>
Update: No NZ tsunami risk from Peruv earthquake
Thursday, 16 August 2007, 4:05 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre (PTWC) has cancelled the tsunami warning and watch it issued earlier today. The Director of the Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management, John Hamilton, said that the earlier warning and watch had been issued ... More >>
No tsunami risk to NZ from Peruvian earthquake
Thursday, 16 August 2007, 1:41 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
There is no tsunami risk to New Zealand from a large earthquake that occurred shortly before mid-day today off the coast of Peru. More >>
Another jailing for child sex abuse collection
Wednesday, 15 August 2007, 5:24 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
For the second day running an international tip-off has led to a New Zealander being jailed for possessing pictures of children being sexually abused. Warren Neil Smith, aged 50, retired, was jailed for eight months after earlier pleading guilty in the ... More >>
Tip-off results in jail
Wednesday, 15 August 2007, 12:40 am | Department Of Internal Affairs
A United States government agency tip-off led to a 64 year old central North Island sickness beneficiary being jailed for possessing images of children being sexually abused. More >>
