The Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) 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.
Neil Douglas Walter is a New Zealand diplomat,and a former Administrator of Tokelau,a territory of New Zealand. He served from February 1988 until 1990,and again from 1 March 2003 to 17 October 2006.
Derek Francis Quigley is a New Zealand former politician. He was a prominent member of the National Party during the late 1970s and early 1980s,and was known for his support of free-market economics and trade liberalisation. Quigley left the National Party after clashing with its leadership,and later co-founded the ACT New Zealand party.
The Public Service Commission,called the State Services Commission until 2020,is the central public service department of New Zealand charged with overseeing,managing,and improving the performance of the state sector of New Zealand and its organisations.
Sir Roderick Sheldon Deane is a New Zealand economist,public sector reformer,and businessman. He served as deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand,and as CEO and chairman of the country's largest telecommunications company,Telecom New Zealand.
Maurice John Belgrave was a senior public servant and Chief Ombudsman of New Zealand.
Mark Prebble is a former New Zealand civil servant. He was the State Services Commissioner,head of New Zealand's public service from May 2004 until 30 June 2008. On 25 January 2008,Prebble announced his retirement after 32 years in the Public Service.
Michael Charles Wintringham is a New Zealand public servant. He served as State Services Commissioner,head of New Zealand's public service,from 1997 to 2004.
Sir George Robert Laking was a New Zealand diplomat who served as High Commissioner to the United Kingdom,Ambassador to the United States,Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Chief Ombudsman.
Sir Jack Kent Hunn was a New Zealand civil servant. Hunn served as Secretary of Defence,Secretary of Maori Affairs,Secretary of Justice,and Chairman of the Fire Service Commission.
Sir Maarten Laurens Wevers is a New Zealand diplomat and public servant,who served as New Zealand's High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea and Ambassador to Japan. He was the Chief Executive of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet from 2004 to 2012.
Simon Peter Wallace Murdoch is a New Zealand diplomat and public servant. He was New Zealand's Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade and was previously New Zealand High Commissioner to Canberra,and Chief Executive of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet.
Sir Michael Edward Pitt DL is chair of the Legal Services Board which is the oversight regulator for the legal sector in England and Wales.
Iain Robert Rennie was appointed as the State Services Commissioner of the New Zealand public service in 2008 succeeding Mark Prebble. He was the Deputy State Services Commissioner from 2007 until June 2008. He was reappointed for a second term in July 2013.
Dame Margaret Clara Bazley is a New Zealand public servant. She began her career as a psychiatric nurse and rose through the ranks to senior leadership positions at psychiatric hospitals and district health boards. In 1978 she became the Director of Nursing at the Department of Health,the chief nursing position in New Zealand and at that time the most senior position in the public service held by a woman,and in 1984 became the first female State Services Commissioner. She subsequently held top positions at the Department of Transport and the Department of Social Welfare.
Martyn John Dunne,is a retired New Zealand Army officer,a diplomat and senior public servant. He was the chief executive of the Ministry for Primary Industries. From 2011 until 2013 he was New Zealand High Commissioner to Australia based in Canberra. He was Comptroller of Customs and Chief Executive of the New Zealand Customs Service (2004–2011) after a career as soldier in the New Zealand Army from 1970 ending his military career in 2004 as Commander Joint Forces New Zealand with the rank of major general. In September 1999,Dunne led the New Zealand Force East Timor during New Zealand's largest deployment since World War II,and as the Senior National Officer and,with the rank of brigadier,commanded the Dili Command,an operational formation in the International Force East Timor,until 2000.
Lynette Diana Provost is a New Zealand chartered accountant,who served as Controller and Auditor-General of New Zealand from 2009 until 2017.
Jo Cribb is a New Zealand civil servant who headed the Ministry for Women. She has given a talk at TEDxWellington and published work on volunteerism.
David Arthur Shand is a former New Zealand academic,politician and international civil servant.
