Contact us

Our Public Office Locations
General Enquiries (and Media Contacts)
Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism
Anti-Spam Compliance
Archives New Zealand, Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga
Apostille Certification and Document Authentication
Births, Deaths and Marriages
Casino Inspectors
Censorship Compliance
Charities
Citizenship
Commissions of Inquiry
Community Operations
Congratulatory Message Service
Daylight Saving
Dog Safety
Ethnic Communities
Flag Hire (see: VIP Visits and Ceremonial Events)
Gambling Compliance
Harbourmaster Service at Lake Taupō
Local Government Policy
National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa
New Zealand Gazette
Official Information Act (OIA) requests and correspondence
Passports
The Translation Service, Te Pūtahi Whakawhiti Reo
Visits and Ceremonial Office

General Enquiries

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

Department of Internal Affairs
45 Pipitea Street
Wellington 6011
PO Box 805
Wellington 6140

Freephone: 0800 25 78 87 (New Zealand only)
Phone: +64 4 495 7200
Email: info@dia.govt.nz

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-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism

Email: amlcft@dia.govt.nz

Anti-Money Laundering Group
Department of Internal Affairs
PO Box 805
Wellington 6140

Freephone: 0800 25 78 87 (New Zealand only)
Phone: +64 4 495 7200

More information about Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism

Anti-Spam Compliance

Email: info@antispam.govt.nz

Electronic Messaging Compliance
Department of Internal Affairs
PO Box 805
Wellington 6140

Freephone: 0800 25 78 87 (New Zealand only)
Phone: +64 4 474 8022

More information about Anti-Spam Compliance

Archives New Zealand, Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Archives New Zealand contacts and office locations

Apostille Certification and Document Authentication

Email: auth.unit@dia.govt.nz

Apostille Certification and Document Authentication
Department of Internal Affairs
120 Victoria Street, Wellington 6011

PO Box 805
Wellington 6140

Freephone: 0800 872 675 (New Zealand only)
Phone: +64 4 460 2221 (from outside New Zealand)

More information about Apostille Certification and Document Authentication

Births, Deaths and Marriages

Email: bdm.nz@dia.govt.nz. If emailing about an order you have placed you must provide:

Your name
Delivery address
Details of the product you ordered including full name and date of event. For example, Birth Certificate for John Smith DOB 1/2/2012.

Freephone: 0800 22 52 52 (New Zealand only)

Phone: +64 9 339 0852 (from outside New Zealand)

Fax: +64 4 382 3515
Births, Deaths and Marriages office locations