Department of Internal Affairs news stories

New Zealand cloud provider Catalyst Cloud has been awarded an All-of-Government Cloud Framework Agreement with Te Tari Taiwhenua Department of Internal Affairs. 

Managed service company Katana has announced that its managed Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting, and Conformance (DMARC) implementation service has been released on the Department of Internal Affairs Marketplace.

The nuisance spam has decreased markedly in 2021, but in 2007, a widely-disseminated factoid, of unknown origin, suggested that up to 85% of email sent in that year was unwanted spam.

Intelligence systems meant to back up investigations into identity fraud, money laundering and other threats became so degraded at the Department of Internal Affairs that most staff avoided using them.

The Department of Internal Affairs has given up on running a single investigation and intelligence system after years of trying to set one up.

Grow Digital aims to help disabled small business owners improve their digital business presence and growth.

“This course will give people the tools to understand and improve digital accessibility, whatever sector they’re in.”

The ‘digital divide’ is still very much present in New Zealand society, with those in social housing and those with disabilities feeling the most impacted by inadequate internet access.

The information-sharing agreement aims to prevent and minimise behaviours that threaten a safe, secure and trusted .nz online environment.

“This is an excellent opportunity for today’s best and brightest graduates to help shape a new way of working for and with government.”

“It demonstrates the collaboration and collective strength that agency chief executives aspired to when we developed the Government ICT Strategy."

"NZ was the first in the world to bring together hidden content from across galleries, libraries & museums into a comprehensive national service."

The New Zealand Government is set to save $5 million over a five-year period, after a partnership with SAP New Zealand was signed last week.

Since the start of the year nearly every month has seen an increase in the number of passport applications made online.

The agreement, which closely aligns with the Government’s ICT Strategy, allows NZ's government agencies to make use of Oracle's Cloud services.

Enforcement agencies from around the world including New Zealand have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to fight against spam.

The Department of Internal Affairs making changes to how it manages government website domain names.

The warning comes after several Government contact centre operators received calls from overseas callers pestering them for information about staff.

The 50,000th online birth registration has been recorded by the Department on Internal Affairs since online registration went live a year ago.

"New Zealanders have become used to information, services and products being available online, on demand, anywhere, any time."

“The new agreement lifts the already close cooperation between New Zealand and Australia on spam and cyber security matters to a new level."

The victim received a letter that appeared to be from the Minister of Internal Affairs and the DIA threatening extradition if payment wasn't received.

“Our goal is to provide information that’s easy to find, access and use. The user experience is at the centre of everything we do.”

New Zealand students are accessing ‘inappropriate content’, namely pornography, on school computers more than ever before.