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New Zealand Lottery Grants Board
The New Zealand Lottery Grants Board Te Puna Tahua is a business unit of the Department of Internal Affairs in New Zealand. The New Zealand Lottery Grants Board is governed by the Gambling Act 2003. Its purpose is to benefit the community by distributing the profits from state lotteries run by the New Zealand Lotteries Commission. It does this through a system of distribution agencies and committees that support a wide range of community purposes. Lottery grants may be given for projects that contribute to the building of strong sustainable communities enabling them to be self-reliant; to build their ability and to ensure their stability, to create opportunities for social, civil or cultural participation, to reduce or overcome barriers to such participation, and to encourage community or environmental health. The Department of Internal Affairs The Department of Internal Affairs (DIA; ) is the public service department of New Zealand charged with issuing passports; administ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin MacDonald (New Zealand) (1837–1919), Canadian merchant and politician
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Colin MacDonald may refer to: * Colin MacGilp MacDonald, British historian and author * Colin MacDonald (writer), Scottish writer * Colin MacDonald (musician) (born 1978), lead singer of The Trews * Colin MacDonald (politician) (1890–1975), Australian politician *Colin Macdonald, founder of FRED (disk magazine) See also * Colin McDonald (other) *Augustine Colin Macdonald Augustine Colin Macdonald (June 30, 1837 – July 16, 1919) was a Canadian merchant and political figure. He represented King's County (electoral district), King's County and later King's (Prince Edward Island electoral district), King's in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Department Of Internal Affairs (New Zealand)
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. 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. History 19th century The Department of Internal Affairs traces its roots back to 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 d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand Lotteries Commission
The New Zealand Lotteries Commission, trading as Lotto New Zealand since 2013, is a Crown entity that operates nationwide lottery, lotteries in New Zealand. It was established in 1987 and operates under the Gambling Act 2003. Its oldest and most popular game is ''Lotto'', which boasts a top prize pool of New Zealand dollar, NZ$1 million. Other games include the four-draws-daily ''Keno'', the daily ''Bullseye'', and a variety of scratchcards and online games known as ''Instant Kiwi''. Instant Kiwi may only be played by persons 18 years of age or older, under the Gambling Act 2003. ''Powerball'' and ''Lotto Strike'' are optional extras with every Lotto ticket. Powerball is a jackpotting game, with a maximum jackpot of $50 million - after which a Must Be Won draw must be called. Profits from the publicly regulated lotteries are passed to the New Zealand Lottery Grants Board to distribute as funding for recreation, arts, community projects and sports. Since its creation, Lotto NZ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand Department Of Internal Affairs
The Department of Internal Affairs (DIA; ) is the public service department of New Zealand charged with issuing New Zealand passport, passports; administering applications for New Zealand nationality law, citizenship and New Zealand Lottery Grants Board, lottery grants; enforcing Censorship in New Zealand, censorship and Gambling in New Zealand, gambling laws; registering births, deaths, marriages and Civil union in New Zealand, civil unions; supplying support services to Ministers of the New Zealand Government, ministers; and advising the New Zealand Government, 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. History 19th ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
