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Ministers expense releases
Data on travel and accommodation expenses for Ministers of the Crown is released quarterly. Expenses for Ministers are administered by the Department of Internal Affairs. [22/08/2024 9:56:11 AM]
Information for Transgender Applicants
For ease of use for transgender applicants, all of the Department of Internal Affairs information for transgender people is located on this page. [12/08/2024 4:42:36 PM]
Water Services Policy and Legislation
In December 2023 the Minister of Local Government Simeon Brown confirmed a new direction for water services policy and legislation Local Water Done Well. [8/08/2024 9:01:59 AM]
Briefings to Incoming Ministers
Briefing papers for the incoming Government, and thei ncoming Minister of Internal Affairs. [1/02/2024 12:38:05 PM]
Annual Reports
Department of Internal Affairs Annual Reports indownloadable PDF versions, including Pūrongo Ā Tau - Annual Report 2023. [6/12/2023 12:53:39 PM]
long term insights briefing
[5/12/2023 4:05:25 PM]
charitiesact
The Minister for the Community and Voluntary Sector announced in 2018 that the Charities Act 2005 would be modernised. The Minister will be the key decision-maker on the review, with some decisions also requiring Cabinet approval. The Department of Internal Affairs will be the lead agency. [7/11/2023 2:47:33 PM]
Ministers credit card expenses
These documents are proactively released by the Department quarterly and include the statements and reconciliations for Ministers and ministers’ office staff processed at the time of the release. Any reconciliations not processed at the time of publication will be included in the next quarterly release. [18/09/2023 4:24:03 PM]
Customer Experience Survey
The The Department of Internal Affairs carries out an annual Customer Experience Survey to understand whether New Zealanders are satisfied with their customer services. [6/10/2022 3:19:11 PM]
bdmreview
Review of the access provisions under the BDM Act covering what information can be made available about registered births, deaths, marriages, civil unions, and name changes, who can access BDM information and where, how and when the information can be made available. [10/06/2022 10:05:50 AM]
BDMReview Working Group for reducing barriers to changing registered sex
This Working Group, announced on 1 August 2019, will provide the Minister of Internal Affairs with advice on practical improvements to the current process to change sex information on birth certificates. [10/06/2022 8:55:51 AM]
Gaming Statistics
Gaming expenditure statistics, machine numbers, society numbers, percentage of machines by society. [28/04/2021 3:47:59 PM]
Gaming Machine Proceeds (GMP) Data
Gambling statistics provided by the Department of Internal Affairs. [24/11/2020 11:22:31 AM]
Cost of the Royal Visit in April 2019
Cost of the visit of His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge to New Zealand in April 2019. [5/02/2020 11:09:41 AM]