The Department of Internal Affairs

The Department of Internal Affairs

Te Tari Taiwhenua

Building a safe, prosperous and respected nation

 

Contact us

General Enquiries (and Media Contacts)
Anti-Spam Compliance
Archives New Zealand, Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga
Births, Deaths and Marriages
Casino Inspectors
Censorship Compliance
Citizenship
Community Operations
Congratulatory Message Service
Document Authentication /Apostilles 
Gambling Compliance
National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa
New Zealand Gazette
Passports
Translation Service
VIP Visits and Ceremonies

General Enquiries

For general enquiries, the Department of Internal Affairs Te Tari Taiwhenua is located at:

Department of Internal Affairs
46 Waring Taylor Street
Wellington 6011
P O Box 805
Wellington  6140

Phone (04) 495 7200
Email: info@dia.govt.nz or webmaster@dia.govt.nz

If you know the name of the person you want to contact, you can email them at firstname.lastname@dia.govt.nz

Or link below to our contacts and office location details, by service (in alphabetical order).

Media Contacts

See our media contacts page - includes Internal Affairs news releases.

Complaints

If you wish to make a complaint to the Department of Internal Affairs, please contact the relevant service (see contact list below) or email complaints@dia.govt.nz. For further information see our customer complaints procedure.

Anti-Spam Compliance

Email: info@antispam.govt.nz

Anti-Spam Compliance Unit
Department of Internal Affairs
PO Box 805
Wellington 6140

Phone: (04) 495 7200

Archives New Zealand, Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Archives New Zealand contacts and office locations

Births, Deaths and Marriages

Email: bdm.nz@dia.govt.nz

Freephone: 0800 22 52 52 (New Zealand only)

Phone: (+64 4) 463 9362 (from outside New Zealand)

Fax: (+64 4) 382 3515 (for certificate and printout orders)
Fax: (+64 4) 382 3613 (for general enquiries)

Births, Deaths and Marriages office locations

Casino Inspectors

Email: casino.compliance@dia.govt.nz

Casino Inspectors contacts and office locations

Censorship Compliance

Email: censorship@dia.govt.nz

Censorship contacts and office locations

Citizenship

Email: citizenship@dia.govt.nz

Freephone: 0800 22 51 51 (New Zealand only)
Phone: (+64 4) 463 9361 (from outside New Zealand)

Citizenship office locations

Community Operations

Including Community Organisation Grants Scheme (COGS), Lottery and community grants funding and community advisory services.

Email: GrantsOnline@dia.govt.nz

For Lottery and COGS grants advice, Freephone 0800 824 824 (in New Zealand only)

Regional Community Advisor contacts and office locations

Congratulatory Message Service

Email: congrat@egs.govt.nz

Congratulatory Message Service
Department of Internal Affairs
PO Box 805
Wellington 6140

Phone: (04) 470 2974
Fax: (04) 470 2921

Document Authentication /Apostilles

Email: authentication@egs.govt.nz

Department of Internal Affairs
Level 13, Prime Property Tower
86-90 Lambton Quay
Wellington 6011
PO Box 805
Wellington 6140

Freephone: 0800 872 675 (New Zealand only)
Fax: (04) 470-2921

Gambling Compliance

Email: gambling.compliance@dia.govt.nz

Gambling Compliance
Department of Internal Affairs
46 Waring Taylor Street
Wellington 6011
P O Box 805
Wellington  6140

Freephone: 0800 25 78 87 (New Zealand only)
Phone: (04) 495 7200
Fax: (04) 494 0656

Gambling Compliance office locations

National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa

National Library of New Zealand contacts

National Library of New Zealand office locations

New Zealand Gazette

Email: gazette@parliament.govt.nz

New Zealand Gazette Office
Department of Internal Affairs
Level 13, Prime Property Tower
86-90 Lambton Quay
Wellington  6011
PO Box 805
Wellington  6140

Phone: (04) 470 2930 or (04) 470 2938
Fax: (04) 470 2932

Passports

Email: passports@dia.govt.nz

Freephone: 0800 22 50 50 (New Zealand only)

Phone: (+64 4) 463 9360 (from outside New Zealand)

Passports office locations

Translation Service

Email: translate@parliament.govt.nz

The Translation Service
Department of Internal Affairs
Level 13, Prime Property Tower
86-90 Lambton Quay
Wellington 6011
PO Box 805
Wellington  6140

Freephone: 0800 TRANSLATE (0800 87 26 75)
Phone: (04) 470 2920
Fax: (04) 470 2921


VIP Visits and Ceremonies 

Email: egs@dia.govt.nz

Visits and Ceremonial Office
Department of Internal Affairs
PO Box 805
Wellington 6140

Phone: (04) 470 2901
Fax: (04) 470 2909