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Department of Internal Affairs (New Zealand)

Department of Internal Affairs
Te Tari Taiwhenua
DIANZ-logo.svg
Agency overview
Formed 1840
Preceding agency
Jurisdiction New Zealand
Headquarters 46 Waring Taylor St,
Wellington
WELLINGTON 6011
41°16′55″S 174°46′35″E / 41.281821°S 174.776408°E / -41.281821; 174.776408
Annual budget Vote Internal Affairs
Total budget for 2016/17
$593,323,000
Minister responsible
Agency executive
  • Colin MacDonald,
    Chief Executive and Secretary for Internal Affairs
    Secretary for Local Government
    Government Chief Information Officer
Child agencies
Website www.dia.govt.nz

The Department of Internal Affairs (DIA; Māori: Te Tari Taiwhenua) is the public service department of New Zealand charged with issuing passports; administering applications for citizenship and lottery grants; enforcing censorship and gambling laws; registering births, deaths, marriages and civil unions; supplying support services to Ministers of the Crown; and advising the government on a range of relevant policies and issues, part of a number of functions performed by Internal Affairs.

Other services provided by the Department include a translation service, publication of the New Zealand Gazette (the official newspaper of the New Zealand Government), a flag hire service, management of VIP visits to New Zealand, running the Lake Taupo harbourmaster's office (under a special agreement with the local iwi) and the administration of offshore islands.

During the late 1990s both the National Library of New Zealand and Archives New Zealand were separated from the Department along with the Ministry for Culture and Heritage. On 25 March 2010, the former Minister of State Services Tony Ryall announced that the Library and Archives would be merged into the Department. Library and Archives stakeholders expressed serious concerns about the changes proposed. On 1 February 2011, both were brought into the Department of Internal Affairs.


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