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)[1]
Annual budget	Vote Internal Affairs Total budget for 2019/20 $721,026,000[2]
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 Charities Services
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.