Department of Internal Affairs

Department of Internal Affairs
Māori : Te Tari Taiwhenua
Jurisdiction	Internal affairs
legal form	Public Service Department
Headquarters	Wellington
Establishment date	1840
minister	Tracey Martin , New Zealand First since October 26, 2017
Employee	1 825 As of June 30, 2017
budget	NZ $ 431.9 million as of June 30, 2017
Website :	www.dia.govt.nz

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The Department of Internal Affairs , known in Māori Te Tari Taiwhenua and known as the Colonial Secretary's Office before 1907 , is a Public Service Department in New Zealand responsible for internal affairs.

tasks

The agency's tasks today include managing the National Archives of the Country ( Archives New Zealand ), the National Library of New Zealand , the RealMe personal identification service , Internet Domain Registration, the Open Data Directory , the New Zealand Government Web Toolkit , the local elections, the VIP Transport Service , the national dog database, the licensing of private security services and the like and the public inquiries and inquiries of the government. The agency also provides birth, death and marriage registration services, passport service, improves public services, provides translation services in several languages, is responsible for designing and organizing official visits and holding ceremonies, and is the editor of the New Zealand Gazette , to name a few of the most important tasks.

structure

The Department of Internal Affairs is divided into the following organizational areas:

• Policy, Regulation and Communities (PRC) - guidelines, rules and communities
• Service and System Transformation (SST) - service, system transformation
• Information & Knowledge Services (IKS) - Information and knowledge services
• Service Delivery & Operations (SDO) - delivery of services and operational business
• Strategy & Governance (S&G) - strategy and leadership
• Shared Services (SSB) - Shared services

history

As New Zealand with the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi to a British colony was, it was the Colonial Secretary's Office , or the Office of Colonial Affairs called, which was founded as the first authority in the new colony. His duties initially consisted of registering births, deaths and marriages, naturalizing foreigners, compiling statistics, administering prisons, licensing auctioneers and taking care of the constitution.

After New Zealand was divided into provinces in 1853 to take on some of the Office's duties, the Colonial Secretary's Office became the administrative interface between the government and the provinces and was assigned a minister of its own in 1856, when the New Zealand government was able to take on more ownership. In the years that followed, the division of responsibilities of the New Zealand authorities changed due to the dissolution of the provinces in 1876, frequent reorganizations and the establishment of new authorities.

In 1907, the Colonial Secretary's Office was renamed the Department of Internal Affairs and in the years that followed, its duties and responsibilities were constantly changed. Tasks also had to be handed over to the newly founded authorities by new authorities, such as tasks of nature and monument protection in 1987 to the newly established Department of Conservation or the registration of births, deaths and marriages to the Department of Justice in 1931 , to name but a few call.

literature

• 2016–2017 Annual Report . Department of Internal Affairs , 2017, ISSN  1173-8979 (English, online [PDF; 1,4 MB ; accessed on July 26, 2018]).

Individual evidence

1. ^ Hon. Tracey Martin . New Zealand Parliament , June 19, 2018, accessed August 5, 2018 .  
2. ↑ 2016–2017 Annual Report . Department of Internal Affairs , 2017, p.  178 .
3. ↑ 2016–2017 Annual Report . Department of Internal Affairs , 2017, p.  42 .
4. ↑ Tasks:
   • Services for government agencies . Department of Internal Affairs,accessed July 26, 2018. 
   • Services for people, communities and businesses . Department of Internal Affairs,accessed July 26, 2018. 
5. ^ Organization chart . Department of Internal Affairs , accessed July 26, 2018 .  
6. ^ ^{A b c d} David Green : History of the Department . Department of Internal Affairs , accessed July 26, 2018 .  
7. ↑ Timeline . Department of Internal Affairs , accessed July 26, 2018 .