Department of Internal Affairs

Department of Internal Affairs
Te Tari Taiwhenua
Agency overview
Formed	1840
Preceding agency	Colonial Secretary's Office;
Jurisdiction	New Zealand
Headquarters	45 Pipitea Street; Thorndon; Wellington 6011
Employees	2,381 FTE staff; (30 June 2020)
Annual budget	Vote Internal Affairs; Total budget for 2019/20; $721,026,000
Minister responsible	Hon Brooke Van Velden, ; Minister of Internal Affairs;
Agency executive	Paul James, ; Chief Executive and Secretary for Internal Affairs; Secretary for Local Government; Government Chief Digital Officer;
Child agencies	Archives New Zealand; New Zealand Lottery Grants Board; Local Government Commission; National Library of New Zealand; Office for the Community & Voluntary Sector;
Website	www.dia.govt.nz

The Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) (Māori: Te Tari Taiwhenua) is the public service department of New Zealand charged with issuing passports; administering applications for citizenship and lottery grants; enforcing censorship and gambling laws; registering births, deaths, marriages and civil unions; supplying support services to ministers; and advising the government on a range of relevant policies and issues.

Other services provided by the department include a translation service, publication of the New Zealand Gazette (the official government newspaper), a flag hire service, management of VIP visits to New Zealand, running the Lake Taupō harbourmaster's office (under a special agreement with the local iwi) and the administration of offshore islands.

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