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New Zealand nationality law details the conditions by which a person is a national of New Zealand.The primary law governing these requirements is the Citizenship Act 1977, which came into force on 1 January 1978.
Individuals ineligible for New Zealand citizenship under this pathway include any descendant born in Samoa on or after 1 January 1949, and a child of a person who has received New Zealand citizenship under the bill if it becomes law, who is born or adopted outside New Zealand after their parent receives citizenship.
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 the government on a range of ...
In contrast to a New Zealand permanent resident, a New Zealand citizen. is entitled to hold and travel on a New Zealand passport; must never be deported from New Zealand; can stand for public office; does not need a visa for their return to New Zealand; is entitled to New Zealand consular protection; may represent New Zealand at international ...
[8] [65] There were no provisions in the Western Samoa Act 1961 for Samoans to cease to be New Zealand nationals at independence. [57] [65] The Citizenship Act 1972, reiterated provisions in the 1959 Ordinance, but provided that if one had dual nationality, and exercised any rights of New Zealand citizenship, Western Samoan nationality could be ...
In the case of Lesa v Attorney-General of New Zealand the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, then the highest court of appeal in New Zealand, ruled that Samoans born between 1924 and 1948 were British subjects, and following the passing of the Act in 1948, they and their descendants became New Zealand citizens from 1 January 1949.
Under the Immigration Act 2009, a visa is an authority for an individual to travel to, or stay in New Zealand (under the Immigration Act 1987 a visa only allowed you to travel to New Zealand and a permit allowed you to stay). A visa has conditions that indicate what the holder of the visa may do. [26] [27]
"I [name] solemnly and sincerely affirm that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to His Majesty King Charles the Third, King of New Zealand, His heirs and successors according to the law, and that I will faithfully observe the laws of New Zealand and fulfil my duties as a New Zealand citizen." [2]