Department of Internal Affairs
Topics
- Prime Minister's press secretary resignationQuiet since 17 Jun 2025
- Michael Forbes police investigationQuiet since 5 Sep 2025
- Auckland child abuse images sentencing caseQuiet since 16 Oct 2025
- Jevon McSkimming police scandalQuiet since 19 Dec 2025
- Kaipara and Whangārei mayoral elections 2025Quiet since 3 Nov 2025
- Under-16 social media ban billQuiet since 29 Aug
All stories
October 2026
- New mega-ministry proposes cutting 400 roles in restructure
- California man sentenced to life for child sexual abuse
September 2026
- Police and DIA investigators search Christchurch pub and executive home
- Around 10,000 public servants to strike over pay next week
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August 2026
- Proposed bill could allow High Court to block social media sites
- Auckland security operator fined for working without a licence
December 2025
- Hastings man jailed after planning mass stabbing attack
- Nelson man jailed for extreme child abuse and animal cruelty images
- Former youth justice worker pleads guilty to assaulting teenager
- Government to merge housing, transport and environment ministries
+1 - Kiwis urged to renew passports as 1.3 million expire by 2027
- Hamilton IT manager jailed for sharing child sexual exploitation material
- Nine suspected illegal gambling venues raided across Auckland
- Christchurch man jailed for possessing and distributing child exploitation material+1
November 2025
October 2025
- Man jailed for possessing and distributing child abuse images
- Greazy Dogs gang members fined for running illegal raffle
- Northland man jailed for possessing child sexual exploitation material
- Kaipara councillors vote to lodge election process complaint
- Two men sentenced for possessing child sexual exploitation material
- Review finds failings in vetting and reporting of Michael Forbes scandal+3
- Christchurch Casino fined $5 million for anti-money laundering breaches
September 2025
- Four influencers and gambling organisation fined for promoting offshore gambling
- Auckland man sentenced to home detention for possessing child exploitation material
- Auckland man jailed for possessing thousands of child abuse images
- Police launch escape, hide, tell campaign for crowded places
- Taxpayers spent $44,000 on prime ministers' Queenstown helicopter trip
August 2025
- Internal Affairs investigation into Michael Forbes has largely concluded
- Nelson man pleads guilty to 50 charges of child abuse material+1
- Christchurch Casino faces $5 million penalty for anti-money laundering breaches
July 2025
- English to appear above te reo Māori in New Zealand passport redesign
- Papakura man jailed for possessing and distributing child exploitation material
June 2025
- Aroha and Ariki remain most popular Māori baby names
- Findings of Michael Forbes investigation to be released in August
- Police pressured over failure to report investigation into press secretary
- Former deputy press secretary resigns following failure to disclose information
May 2025
March 2025
- Authorities crack down on influencers promoting offshore online casinos
- Auckland man sentenced for fraudulent gambling grant applications
February 2025
January 2025
- Mother of three ordered to repay $32,500 to Inland Revenue
- Noah and Isla named New Zealand's most popular baby names for 2024