Media contacts
Civil Defence and Emergency Management
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Duty Media Phone: 04 494 6951
Policy, Regulatory and Ethnic Affairs
Including Gambling, Censorship, Local Government:
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Trevor Henry – Phone: 04 495 7211, Mobile: 027 584 3679
Service Delivery and Operations
Including Passports, Births, Deaths, Marriages, Civil Unions, Citizenship, Lottery and other grants:
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Michael Mead – Phone: 04 494 0570, Mobile: 027 487 7778
Knowledge, Information, Research & Technology
Including the National Library, Archives New Zealand, Government Technology Services and the Government CIO:
- Allen Walley – Phone: 04 495 9351, Mobile: 027 384 3009
All other Internal Affairs responsibilities
Including Ministerial and Secretariat Services:
- Tony Wallace – Phone: 04 495 9472, Mobile: 027 440 2667
How we will work with you
The Department’s website includes lots of information giving useful background for stories. You can navigate through the links on the home page but because of the amount of information it may be much easier to use the search engine at the top right hand side of the home page. If you can’t find what you want by using the search engine, please send a note to webmaster@dia.govt.nz and we will make improvements.
Department media staff usually switch their phones to their cell phones when away from their desks, or will return messages promptly. We want to hear from you, and will attempt to deal with your request to meet your deadlines. We often get calls from media about the activities of other government agencies, and are happy to direct your call to the right place.
If you are from Māori language media or media using another language we will try to meet your needs. We can use Language Line to interpret.
Department of Internal Affairs email addresses follow the form: firstname.lastname@dia.govt.nz
News releases
Archives New Zealand
Archives New Zealand news releases
Corporate
Department of Internal Affairs corporate news releases
- Anti-Spam Compliance news releases
- Censorship Compliance news releases
- Gambling Compliance news releases
- Government Chief Information Officer news
Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management
National Library of New Zealand
Office of Ethnic Affairs
See above for Media Contacts (listed by service)
