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The Dominion governments agreed on the principle of equal standing for women in a reformed nationality system at the 1946 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference and New Zealand amended its law to grant equal nationality rights in that same year. [47] New Zealand enacted the British Nationality and New Zealand Citizenship Act 1948 to create ...
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.
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By doing so it gained the ability to create New Zealand citizenship and issue passports without the approval of the British Government. [6] The impetus for New Zealand to pass the Act was Britain's parliament passing the British Nationality Act 1948 in July 1948, commencing from 1 January 1949.
An old New Zealand passport, 1949, bearing the title "British Passport" with "Dominion of New Zealand" underneath. In 1948, the New Zealand Parliament passed the British Nationality and New Zealand Citizenship Act 1948, altering the New Zealand nationality law. From 1 January 1949 all New Zealanders became New Zealand citizens.
A 32-year old man is arrested. [1] 3 January: A 32-year old man is charged with the murder of Nelson police officer Senior Sergeant Lyn Fleming. [2] Biosecurity New Zealand launches a major biosecurity operation after an oriental fruit fly is detected in South Auckland. [3] Thousands attend a vigil in Nelson for slain police officer Lyn Fleming ...
Auckland, New Zealand. New Zealand's capital Wellington and its largest city of Auckland -- both located on the country's North Island -- welcomed 2025 at 6 a.m. ET. Fireworks lit up the Auckland ...
New Zealand: [50] Since 1 January 2006, a person born in New Zealand acquires New Zealand citizenship by birth only if at least one parent was a New Zealand citizen or permanent resident (includes Australian citizens and Permanent Residents) (see New Zealand nationality law), or if to prevent being stateless.