Annual Report 2020
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The Department of Internal Affairs
Te Tari Taiwhenua | Department of Internal Affairs
Building a safe, prosperous and respected nation
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COVID-19:
Information about DIA’s services. The health and safety of our people and our customers is our priority.
Tāhuhu: Preserving the Nation’s Memory
New preservation storage facility in Levin to safeguard our nation’s heritage and taonga.
Visit award-winning He Tohu!
The permanent exhibition of New Zealand's founding constitutional documents is free to the public at the National Library on Molesworth and Aitken Streets in Wellington.
Recent features
Three Waters Reform Programme (8 July 2020)
Taumata Arowai Establishment Unit (4 March 2020)
Whenua Māori rating (27 February 2020)
Film Classification Funding Review (13 December 2019)
Fire and Emergency New Zealand Funding Review (25 October 2019)
Three Waters Review (Updated February 2020)
Government Inquiry into the Auckland Fuel Supply Disruption - Final Report
Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Attack on Christchurch Mosques on 15 March 2019
Latest news
Internal Affairs issues first formal warning to real estate agent (1 March 2021)Most common family names show diversity (18 February 2021)
Chinese Poll Tax Heritage Trust funding round now open (5 February 2021)
Man sentenced for possession of child exploitation material (3 February 2021)
Declined baby names for 2020 (27 January 2021)
Public service updates
Covid-19 and counter services:
Auckland is at COVID-19 Alert Level 3 and the rest of the country at Alert Level 2 until 6am on Sunday 7 March.
If you have an appointment in one of our Auckland offices, we will contact you about changing your appointment. Our other offices remain open and we ask that you wear a mask and practice physical distancing.
Citizenship ceremonies in Auckland have been cancelled and we will make contact if this affects you.
Please continue to use the NZ COVID Tracer app if you can and scan the QR codes everywhere you go. Practice good hygiene and stay home if you are feeling unwell. If in doubt, seek medical advice, and get tested if directed to do so.
Counter services are by appointment only. Where possible please use our online services to apply as appointments are limited (links below). Our Community Operations offices are open for staff with community access via appointment only.
For further information: COVID-19: Information about DIA's services
Local Government Covid-19 Response Unit
The Department of Internal Affairs has convened and is hosting a Covid-19 Local Government Response Unit. This dedicated working group comprises senior leadership from DIA’s Central Local Government Partnerships, Local Government Policy and Operations teams, from the Society of Local Government Managers (SOLGM), Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ), and the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA).
For further information: Local Government COVID-19 response
Emergency information for DIA staff
Auckland is at COVID-19 Alert Level 3 and the rest of the country at Alert Level 2 until 6am on Sunday 7 March.
Our Auckland people are asked to work from home unless you provide an essential service. For all our other people, please continue to work from your usual place of work and in your normal way. Emergency Site Managers have made sure our sites meet level 2 guidelines.
For further information: DIA’s response to COVID-19 and information on services
