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23-589: Creative New Zealand started out as the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council which was set up in 1963. Prior to that in the 1940s because of centennial celebrations the government set up a cultural office within the Department of Internal Affairs , the New Zealand Film Unit and a national orchestra. A literary fund was also established. The Māori and South Pacific Arts Council (MASPAC) was part of

46-760: A history of the department, The Mother of All Departments , the title of which reflects this status. The department's role has changed over time as new departments and ministries have been formed. The Colonial Secretary was the chief aide of the governor of New Zealand . Until 1848 his office dealt with all correspondence between the governor and his employees, and between officials and the public. Other early functions included inspecting sheep, running prisons, supervising government printing, licensing auctioneers, registering births, deaths and marriages, collecting statistics, and responsibility for gambling, fire brigades, constitutional matters (including running elections) and citizenship. Some of these functions are still duties of

69-434: A letter from a third party. Those under 16 need a guardian or parent to apply on their behalf. The Births, Deaths, Marriages and Relationship Registration Act 2021 also added the option of a 'non-binary' marker for birth certificates, so non-binary individuals do not have to identify themselves as male or female. In mid-April 2024, the department experienced a backlog in processing New Zealand passport applications due to

92-580: Is allocated to Toi Uru Kahikatea Arts Development and Toi Tōtara Haemata Leadership Investments. In the 2023 - 2025 cycle this is a total of NZ$ 104 million over three-years between 81 organisations, with all also sourcing income from other places. Funding is available for artists, community groups and arts organisations. Creative New Zealand funds projects and organisations across many art-forms, including theatre , dance , music , literature , visual art , craft object art, Māori arts, Pacific arts, Inter-arts and Multi-disciplinary. Creative New Zealand funding

115-455: Is distributed under four programmes: Creative New Zealand funds Toi Ake that seeks to protect, develop and retain the heritage of Māori arts / ngā toi Māori . The Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa is the governing board of Creative New Zealand. In the 2015 report the Council consisted of 13 members. Creative New Zealand is a crown entity and works within a legislative framework formed by

138-478: Is from Lotto it fluctuates dependent on numbers of lotto and instant kiwi tickets sold. In 2011/2012 Creative New Zealand received NZ$ 27.5 million of lottery funding and with NZ$ 15.7 million from the Arts Culture and Heritage budget. Between 2010 and 2019 Creative New Zealand's crown funding was static with NZ$ 15.89 million annually. In the 2014/2015 the breakdown was approximately 30% central government funding and

161-615: The Colonial Secretary's Office , which from the time New Zealand became a British colony , in 1840, was responsible for almost all central government duties. The department was the first government department to be established in New Zealand, and it became the home for a diverse range of government functions providing services to New Zealanders and advice to Ministers of the Crown. A former Minister of Internal Affairs, Michael Bassett , wrote

184-467: The Department of Justice in 1950 before becoming an independent Electoral Commission in 2010. The Ministry of Industries and Commerce took over the statistics function in 1931; an independent Department of Statistics was created in 1957. The Department of Conservation was established in 1987 by merging the department's wildlife service with other smaller entities. The National Library of New Zealand and Archives New Zealand were separated from

207-591: 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. The Department of Internal Affairs traces its roots back to

230-640: The Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa Act 2014 and the Crown Entities Act 2004 . Department of Internal Affairs 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

253-562: The Births, Deaths, Marriages and Relationships Registration Act 2021 (BDMR) . As a result of this bill, on June 15, 2023, the ability of people to change their sex on their birth certificate changed. Previously people were required to go through the Family Courts in order to do this, and provide information alongside their application with the Court that they had taken medical treatment that aligned with

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276-689: The Colonial Secretary's Office coordinated the relationship between central government and provincial government and, when the provinces were abolished in 1876, took on responsibility for the new system of local government. Over the twentieth century the department's functions would include cultural affairs, civil defence, a translation service, conservation, tourism, sport and recreation, support for ethnic communities, and support services for government ministers. Several new government departments have been formed by establishing new agencies around former Internal Affairs services. The electoral office moved to

299-720: The Dunedin Multicultural Weavers Association so cultures could exchange their artforms and Indigenous stories, and in the same year Emily Schuster became the convener of a steering committee to look at the needs of weavers around New Zealand. In 1993 the Arts Council restructured with separate general and Māori arts boards. In 1994 the crown entity of Creative New Zealand replaced the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council. In 2012, Creative New Zealand introduced Toi Uru Kahikatea Arts Development and Toi Tōtara Haemata Leadership Investments to replace

322-449: The Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council. They were set up in 1978 to 'encourage, promote and develop the practice and appreciation of the arts and crafts of the Māori and South Pacific people in New Zealand.' One of the things they did in the early 1980s was acknowledge weaving as an artform which had been a desire of Ngoi Pēwhairangi . In 1983 MASPAC awarded funding to Misa Emma Kesha to establish

345-632: The Recurrently Funded Organisations funding. Arts Development Investments provide funding for three years for established artists, arts practitioners, groups and arts organisations. Since the 1980s Creative New Zealand's funding came also from the Lottery Grants Board (now the Lotto New Zealand ). In 2006/2007 Creative New Zealand received NZ$ 15.45 million in base funding. Since the majority of Creative New Zealand's income

368-486: The department holds concurrent roles as Chief Executive, Secretary for Internal Affairs, Secretary for Local Government and Government Chief Digital Officer. As at 7 July 2022: The department provides secretariat support for several entities including: The department serves 7 portfolios and 5 ministers. In addition, the department also has responsibilities to the Minister of Finance in relation to community trusts and to

391-467: The department in the late 1990s but merged back in 2011. A standalone Ministry of Cultural Affairs (now the Ministry for Culture and Heritage , which in the present day also has responsibility for the sport and recreation portfolio) was established in 1991. The department briefly held responsibility for tourism from 1998 until 2000, when this was combined with other former Ministry of Commerce functions in

414-511: The installation of computer system upgrades in March 2024 and increased seasonal demand. Standard passport processing took eight weeks while urgent passport processing took three days. The number of passports processed dropped from 38,000 in February 2024 to half that number in March 2024. On 14 May 2024, the department apologised for delays in wait times for processing passport applications. The head of

437-430: The modern department, which gained its present name in 1907, but other functions eventually grew into standalone government agencies. As the department's functions have changed over time, there has become a growing acknowledgement that it carries responsibility for all government functions which are not substantial enough to justify a standalone organisation or do not fit well into any other existing departments. From 1853

460-558: The new Ministry for Ethnic Communities in 2021. The department has also gained responsibilities that previously belonged to other agencies. In 2009 the department took responsibility for government technology services from the State Services Commission . The Office for the Community and Voluntary Sector was transferred to the department from the Ministry of Social Development in 2011. In December 2021, Parliament passed

483-471: The new Ministry of Economic Development , now the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment . The National Emergency Management Agency , which had been a business unit within the department since before World War II , was transferred to the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet in 2009. The Office of Ethnic Communities, originally a single part-time position within the department, became

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506-476: The remaining from Lotto. In 2015/2016 there was NZ$ 30 million in Lotto funds, in 2018/2019 it was NZ$ 39 million in Lotto funds and in 2019/2022 it was NZ$ 47 million. In the 2022 budget Creative New Zealand received NZ$ 16.68 million baseline funding. Crown funding for the arts through Creative New Zealand has not expanded with population growth of almost 1 million people between 2006 and 2022. Approximately 55% of funds

529-579: The sex they wished to change on their birth certificate. With the BDMR bill, the process moved under the Department of Internal Affairs. It now only requires a statutory declaration in front of a qualified individual, and either a photo ID or an identity referee declaration, which is then sent to the Registrar-General and given approval. Children 16-17 can also apply, with their guardians consent, or alternatively

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