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Anti-Spam law countdown
Wednesday, 8 August 2007, 9:30 am | Department Of Internal Affairs
New Zealand businesses should be preparing themselves for the 'Unsolicited Electronic Messages Act 2007', which takes effect on 5 September. The UEM Act defines spam as 'unsolicited, commercial, electronic messages', and sets out the rules for sending ... More >>
Guilty plea the only option
Friday, 3 August 2007, 4:35 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
The Department of Internal Affairs says former New Zealand Rugby League chairman, Graham Carden had little choice but to plead guilty when he saw the evidence gathered against him in a two-year investigation relating to the misuse of poker machine money. More >>
Spending on pokies up
Wednesday, 1 August 2007, 10:12 am | Department Of Internal Affairs
The first set of figures from the government's electronic monitoring of gambling machines in 1600 pubs and clubs around the country indicates that spending on pokies has increased by just under five per cent between 2005-06 and 2006-07. More >>
Passport fraudster used dead baby's name
Monday, 2 July 2007, 1:27 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
The Department of Internal Affairs says fraudsters will get caught, even if the offence happened 22 years ago. A Wellington man has been convicted and sentenced to 300 hours community service for taking the name of a dead baby in 1985 in order to apply for ... More >>
Three years’ jail for child sex abuse images
Tuesday, 22 May 2007, 4:19 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
A 25-year-old Kaitaia man has been sentenced in the Whangarei District Court to three years’ jail for possessing and distributing pictures of children being sexually abused by adults. More >>
Workshops reinforce preparedness message
Friday, 11 May 2007, 9:50 am | Department Of Internal Affairs
The latest swarm of earthquakes in the Bay of Plenty area highlights the need to be prepared, says Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management Director John Hamilton. More >>
Thousands of new kiwis
Thursday, 10 May 2007, 5:04 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
One of the biggest citizenship ceremonies of recent times will take place in Manukau on Thursday, 10 May 2007 evening at 6.30. At the ceremony at Sir Woolf Fisher Arena at the TelstraClear Pacific Centre, Great South Road, 1020 new citizens will be welcomed. ... More >>
Passport fraudsters on notice
Thursday, 3 May 2007, 11:56 am | Department Of Internal Affairs
Passport fraud of any type is a serious crime and those perpetrating it or considering it will be caught, the Department of Internal Affairs said today. They were responding to the recent conviction of Helen April Truscott for making a false representation ... More >>
Civil unions after two years
Tuesday, 24 April 2007, 3:38 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
At the end of the second year of Civil Unions, Registrar-General, Brian Clarke, says there have been nearly 900 civil unions performed in New Zealand. Civil Unions were first introduced on 26 April 2005. More >>
Fewer gambling operators
Wednesday, 18 April 2007, 3:55 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
The number of licensed gambling operators in New Zealand pubs and clubs dropped by almost 13.5 per cent per cent in the year to 31 March 2007, according to gambling licensing statistics compiled by the Department of Internal Affairs. There were 6.6 ... More >>
Jailed for child sex abuse pictures
Wednesday, 4 April 2007, 4:14 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
A 35-year-old Whakatane man was jailed for five months in the Whakatane District Court today after being convicted a second time for possessing pictures of child sexual abuse. More >>
New Zealand still under tsunami watch
Monday, 2 April 2007, 11:33 am | Department Of Internal Affairs
New Zealand is still under "watch" through the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre, following today's 7.6 magnitude earthquake in the Solomon Islands. There is no immediate threat to New Zealand coastal areas. The Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management ... More >>
Two years’ jail for child sex abuse images
Thursday, 29 March 2007, 5:17 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
A 46-year-old Blenheim man has been sentenced to two years’ jail for distributing and possessing pictures and movies of children being sexually abused. More >>
Computer repair reveals porn
Wednesday, 28 March 2007, 5:31 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
A complaint from a computer repair shop led to a 49-year-old Rotorua father of two being sentenced to four months’ jail for possessing and distributing child sex abuse images. More >>
PM of Tanzania launches Handbook in Auckland
Wednesday, 28 March 2007, 11:21 am | Department Of Internal Affairs
Hon Edward Nogoyai Lowassa, Prime Minister, Tanzania launched the Commonwealth Local Government Handbook last night at a special reception hosted by the Department of Internal Affairs at Auckland's Aotea Centre. The Prime Minister is in New Zealand ... More >>
Pick a celebrant here
Friday, 23 March 2007, 9:49 am | Department Of Internal Affairs
The Department of Internal Affairs is now providing a new online service to help people choose a marriage or civil union celebrant. Go to www.bdm.govt.nz and look in the Civil Union or Marriage sections. You can also get information by phoning ... More >>
Electronic watch on gaming machines
Wednesday, 7 March 2007, 4:45 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
The last of 20,000-odd gaming machines at more than 1600 non-casino licensed gambling venues will be connected to the new Electronic Monitoring System on Friday (9 March), 10 days ahead of the statutory deadline. More >>
RSA fined for illegal gambling
Thursday, 1 March 2007, 5:03 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
Newmarket RSA has been fined $9500 plus $630 costs for conducting illegal gambling. Department of Internal Affairs prosecutor, Mark Woolford, told Judge Lindsay Moore in the Auckland District Court (Feb 28) that the club had operated eight unlicensed ... More >>
Bookmaker convicted
Tuesday, 27 February 2007, 4:38 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
The first person to be prosecuted by the Department of Internal Affairs for bookmaking under the Gambling Act 2003 was sentenced to 100 hours of community work in the Gisborne District Court today. More >>
Collector of child sex abuse images in jail
Tuesday, 20 February 2007, 3:31 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
A 45-year-old man was today sentenced to six months imprisonment for possessing electronic images and movies of child sex abuse images he described as, “the final frontier”. More >>
