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font-weight: bold; font-weight:normal;background:transparent;text-align:center;"><div style="margin: 0 4em"><b><a href="/wiki/Long_title" class="mw-redirect" title="Long title">Long title</a></b></div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">An Act to make better provision with respect to the status of New Zealand citizenship, and to consolidate and amend the British Nationality and New Zealand Citizenship Act 1948 </div> </li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Citation</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1977/0061/latest/whole.html">1977 No 61</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Territorial extent</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Realm_of_New_Zealand" title="Realm of New Zealand">Realm of New Zealand</a> (includes <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Cook_Islands" title="Cook Islands">Cook Islands</a>, <a href="/wiki/Niue" title="Niue">Niue</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tokelau" title="Tokelau">Tokelau</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Ross_Dependency" title="Ross Dependency">Ross Dependency</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Enacted&#160;by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/38th_New_Zealand_Parliament" title="38th New Zealand Parliament">38th New Zealand Parliament</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Royal_assent" title="Royal assent">Royal assent</a></th><td class="infobox-data">1 December 1977<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECitizenship_Act_1977_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECitizenship_Act_1977-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Commenced</th><td class="infobox-data">1 January 1978<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECitizenship_Act_1977s._1(2)_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECitizenship_Act_1977s._1(2)-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Administered&#160;by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Internal_Affairs_(New_Zealand)" class="mw-redirect" title="Department of Internal Affairs (New Zealand)">Department of Internal Affairs</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECitizenship_Act_1977_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECitizenship_Act_1977-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Introduced by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Allan_Highet" title="Allan Highet">Allan Highet</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Internal_Affairs_(New_Zealand)" title="Minister of Internal Affairs (New Zealand)">Minister of Internal Affairs</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed"><a href="/wiki/Repeal" title="Repeal">Repeals</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/British_Nationality_and_New_Zealand_Citizenship_Act_1948" title="British Nationality and New Zealand Citizenship Act 1948">British Nationality and New Zealand Citizenship Act 1948</a> (1948 No 15)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="background-color:#FFFFCC;"><b>Status:</b> Amended</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>New Zealand nationality law</b> details the conditions by which a person is a <a href="/wiki/Nationality" title="Nationality">national</a> of <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a>. The primary law governing these requirements is the Citizenship Act 1977, which <a href="/wiki/Coming_into_force" class="mw-redirect" title="Coming into force">came into force</a> on 1 January 1978. Regulations apply to the entire <a href="/wiki/Realm_of_New_Zealand" title="Realm of New Zealand">Realm of New Zealand</a>, which includes the country of New Zealand itself, the <a href="/wiki/Cook_Islands" title="Cook Islands">Cook Islands</a>, <a href="/wiki/Niue" title="Niue">Niue</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tokelau" title="Tokelau">Tokelau</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Ross_Dependency" title="Ross Dependency">Ross Dependency</a>. </p><p>All persons born within the Realm before 2006 were automatically citizens at birth regardless of the nationalities of their parents. Individuals born in the Realm from that year on receive New Zealand citizenship at birth if at least one of their parents is a New Zealand citizen or otherwise entitled to live in New Zealand indefinitely (meaning New Zealand and Australian permanent residents, as well as <a href="/wiki/Australian_nationality_law" title="Australian nationality law">Australian citizens</a>). Foreign nationals may be granted citizenship if they are <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_permanent_residency" title="New Zealand permanent residency">permanent residents</a> and live in any part of the Realm. </p><p>New Zealand was previously a <a href="/wiki/Colony_of_New_Zealand" title="Colony of New Zealand">colony of the British Empire</a> and local residents were <a href="/wiki/British_subject" title="British subject">British subjects</a>. Over time, the colony was granted more autonomy and <a href="/wiki/Independence_of_New_Zealand" title="Independence of New Zealand">gradually became independent</a> from the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>. Although New Zealand citizens are no longer British, they continue to hold favoured status when residing in the UK; as <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_citizen" title="Commonwealth citizen">Commonwealth citizens</a>, New Zealanders are eligible to vote in UK elections and serve in public office there. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886046785">.mw-parser-output .toclimit-2 .toclevel-1 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-3 .toclevel-2 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-4 .toclevel-3 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-5 .toclevel-4 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-6 .toclevel-5 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-7 .toclevel-6 ul{display:none}</style><div class="toclimit-3"><meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Terminology">Terminology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_Zealand_nationality_law&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: Terminology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Although <a href="/wiki/Citizenship" title="Citizenship">citizenship</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nationality" title="Nationality">nationality</a> have distinct legal meanings,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFransman20114_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFransman20114-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> New Zealand nationals have been referred to as citizens in domestic nationality legislation since 1948.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilson1966_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilson1966-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Nationality refers to a person's legal belonging to a country and is the common term used in international treaties when referring to members of a state, while citizenship usually refers to the set of rights and duties a person has in that nation. This distinction is generally clearly defined in non-English speaking countries but not in the <a href="/wiki/Anglosphere" title="Anglosphere">Anglosphere</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKondo20012–3_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKondo20012–3-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In the New Zealand context, there is little distinction between the two terms and they are used interchangeably.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESpoonley2001163_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESpoonley2001163-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_Zealand_nationality_law&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Colonial-era_policy">Colonial-era policy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_Zealand_nationality_law&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Edit section: Colonial-era policy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Colony_of_New_Zealand" title="Colony of New Zealand">Colony of New Zealand</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_subject" title="British subject">British subject</a>, and <a href="/wiki/History_of_British_nationality_law" title="History of British nationality law">History of British nationality law</a></div> <p>New Zealand became a part of the <a href="/wiki/British_Empire" title="British Empire">British Empire</a> in 1840 after the signing of the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Waitangi" title="Treaty of Waitangi">Treaty of Waitangi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcMillanHood20163_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcMillanHood20163-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Accordingly, <a href="/wiki/British_nationality_law" title="British nationality law">British nationality law</a> applied to the colony. All New Zealanders were <a href="/wiki/British_subject" title="British subject">British subjects</a>, including the indigenous <a href="/wiki/M%C4%81ori_people" title="Māori people">Māori</a>, who were extended all rights as British subjects under the terms of the treaty.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcMillanHood20164_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcMillanHood20164-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Any person born in New Zealand, the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland" title="United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland">United Kingdom</a>, or anywhere else within <a href="/wiki/The_Crown" title="The Crown">Crown</a> dominions was a natural-born British subject.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKaratani200341–42_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKaratani200341–42-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Foreign_national" title="Foreign national">Foreign nationals</a> who were not British subjects had limited property rights and could not own land. French and German immigrants successfully lobbied the government for the ability to <a href="/wiki/Naturalization" title="Naturalization">naturalise</a> in 1844. Individuals intending to become British subjects needed to request for their names to be included in annual naturalisation ordinances or Acts passed by the <a href="/wiki/Governor-General_of_New_Zealand" title="Governor-General of New Zealand">governor</a> or <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Parliament" title="New Zealand Parliament">General Assembly</a> that regularly granted foreigners subject status.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcMillanHood20164_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcMillanHood20164-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>British nationality law during this time was uncodified and did not have a standard set of regulations,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGosewinkel200813_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGosewinkel200813-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> relying instead on past <a href="/wiki/Precedent" title="Precedent">precedent</a> and <a href="/wiki/Common_law" title="Common law">common law</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKaratani200341_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKaratani200341-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Until the mid-19th century, it was unclear whether rules for naturalisation in the United Kingdom were applicable elsewhere in the Empire. Each colony had wide discretion in developing their own procedures and requirements for naturalisation up to that point.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKaratani200355–56_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKaratani200355–56-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 1847, the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">Imperial Parliament</a> formalised a clear distinction between subjects who naturalised in the UK and those who did so in other territories. Individuals who naturalised in the UK were deemed to have received the status by imperial naturalisation, which was valid throughout the Empire. Those naturalising in colonies were said to have gone through local naturalisation and were given subject status valid only within the relevant territory;<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHistorical_background_information_on_nationality8_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHistorical_background_information_on_nationality8-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> a subject who locally naturalised in New Zealand was a British subject there, but not in <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> or <a href="/wiki/Colony_of_New_South_Wales" title="Colony of New South Wales">New South Wales</a>. When travelling outside of the Empire, British subjects who were locally naturalised in a colony were still entitled to imperial protection.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKaratani200356_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKaratani200356-15"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Naturalisation continued to be processed through annual personalised legislation until 1866, when the process was streamlined. Individuals living in or intending to reside in New Zealand who met a good character requirement and were able to pay a £1 fee could apply for naturalisation with the <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Internal_Affairs_(New_Zealand)" class="mw-redirect" title="Department of Internal Affairs (New Zealand)">Colonial Secretary's Office</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcMillanHood20164_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcMillanHood20164-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> There was no minimum residence requirement and applicants simply needed approval from the governor.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMercer201826_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMercer201826-16"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> British subjects who had already been naturalised in the United Kingdom or other parts of the Empire (except for its colonies in Asia) could apply to be naturalised again in New Zealand without swearing an <a href="/wiki/Oath_of_Allegiance_(New_Zealand)" title="Oath of Allegiance (New Zealand)">oath of allegiance</a> if they had previously taken one; they already would have owed allegiance to the Sovereign.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDawkins1978209_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDawkins1978209-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAliens_Act_1866s._9_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAliens_Act_1866s._9-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Foreign women who married British subjects were considered to have automatically naturalised under the new regulations.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMercer201824–25_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMercer201824–25-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> New Zealand was the first self-governing nation to grant the <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_suffrage_in_New_Zealand" title="Women&#39;s suffrage in New Zealand">right to vote to women</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERay1918471_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERay1918471-20"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> British subject women participated in their first <a href="/wiki/1893_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1893 New Zealand general election">elections in 1893</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMercer201829_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMercer201829-21"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Māori_conflicts_and_integration"><span id="M.C4.81ori_conflicts_and_integration"></span>Māori conflicts and integration</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_Zealand_nationality_law&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Edit section: Māori conflicts and integration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Wars" title="New Zealand Wars">New Zealand Wars</a></div> <p>Rising tensions over land sale disputes and settler incursions into Māori land led to a series of armed conflicts and mass land confiscations in the 1860s, as well as legislative efforts to <a href="/wiki/Cultural_assimilation" title="Cultural assimilation">assimilate the Māori</a> into colonial legal systems.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBourassaStrong2002233–234_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBourassaStrong2002233–234-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Ambiguous wording in the Treaty of Waitangi raised uncertainty as to whether they were actually granted subjecthood or merely the rights of that status; the Native Rights Act 1865 was enacted to affirm their British subject status<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcMillanHood20164_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcMillanHood20164-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and clarify the colonial judiciary's legal authority over them.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESeuffert2003194–195_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESeuffert2003194–195-23"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Voting_in_New_Zealand" class="mw-redirect" title="Voting in New Zealand">Franchise qualification</a> was dependent on an individual owning land, but Māori land was customarily held in <a href="/wiki/Communal_land" title="Communal land">communal title</a> rather than by <a href="/wiki/Freehold_(law)" title="Freehold (law)">freehold title</a> under a single person's ownership.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBourassaStrong2002233–235_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBourassaStrong2002233–235-24"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/M%C4%81ori_electorates" title="Māori electorates">Māori electorates</a> in the General Assembly were created in 1867 as a temporary measure while Māori land was gradually converted into titles recognisable in colonial law, and this special representation was later made permanent in 1876.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoseph20088–9_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoseph20088–9-25"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Male subjects of partial Māori descent were assigned to an electorate based on their ancestry; those who were more than half-Māori were assigned to the Māori electoral roll, and those who had more non-Māori lineage were assigned to the general roll. Men who were exactly half-Māori could vote in either or both electorates.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFleras1985555_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFleras1985555-26"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Discriminatory_policies_against_Chinese_migrants">Discriminatory policies against Chinese migrants</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_Zealand_nationality_law&amp;action=edit&amp;section=5" title="Edit section: Discriminatory policies against Chinese migrants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_head_tax" title="New Zealand head tax">New Zealand head tax</a></div> <p>Chinese immigration to New Zealand began in the 1860s during the <a href="/wiki/West_Coast_gold_rush" title="West Coast gold rush">West Coast gold rush</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFairburn200467_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFairburn200467-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Growing hostility and anti-Chinese sentiment along with the rise of colonial nationalism led to a concerted movement within the legislature to restrict Chinese immigration. At least 20 bills written to curb Chinese migration were introduced in the <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_House_of_Representatives" title="New Zealand House of Representatives">House of Representatives</a> from 1879 to 1920. The first of these to pass was the Chinese Immigrants Act 1881,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMoloughneyStenhouse199947_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMoloughneyStenhouse199947-28"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> which limited the number of Chinese migrants who could land in New Zealand to one per ten tons of cargo and imposed a £10 <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_head_tax" title="New Zealand head tax">head tax</a> on every Chinese person who entered the colony. These restrictions were tightened to one migrant per 100 tons in 1888,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBeaglehole2009115_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBeaglehole2009115-29"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> then to one per 200 tons in 1896.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilliams1980178–179_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilliams1980178–179-30"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Qing_dynasty" title="Qing dynasty">China</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_Hong_Kong" title="British Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_Mauritius" title="British Mauritius">Mauritius</a>, and the islands of modern <a href="/wiki/Indonesia" title="Indonesia">Indonesia</a> were declared to be "infected places" under the Public Health Act 1876; ships originating from or stopping in one of these territories, or those that allowed any person or cargo coming from or passing through those areas were subject to strict quarantine on their arrival in New Zealand.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELee1889223_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELee1889223-31"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The head tax was increased to £100 in 1896, and would not be abolished until 1944.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBeaglehole2009115_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBeaglehole2009115-29"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Chinese residents were completely prohibited from naturalising as British subjects from 1908 to 1952.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFairburn200468_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFairburn200468-32"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Territorial_acquisitions">Territorial acquisitions</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_Zealand_nationality_law&amp;action=edit&amp;section=6" title="Edit section: Territorial acquisitions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Cook_Islands" title="Cook Islands">Cook Islands</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tokelau" title="Tokelau">Tokelau</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Niue" title="Niue">Niue</a> respectively became <a href="/wiki/British_protectorate" title="British protectorate">British protectorates</a> in 1888, 1889, and 1901. Island residents became British subjects at the time when the United Kingdom acquired these territories. The United Kingdom then ceded administrative control over the Cook Islands and Niue to New Zealand in 1901, and for Tokelau in 1925. The transfers of the islands did not alter the national status of these islanders, and they continued to be British subjects under New Zealand administration.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcMillanHood201611–12_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcMillanHood201611–12-33"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Western_Samoa_Trust_Territory" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Samoa Trust Territory">Western Samoa</a> was a <a href="/wiki/German_Samoa" title="German Samoa">German territory</a> from 1900 until the <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">First World War</a>. After the war, it became a <a href="/wiki/League_of_Nations_mandate" title="League of Nations mandate">League of Nations mandate</a> under New Zealand control.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcMillanHood201612_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcMillanHood201612-34"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Following the recommendation of the <a href="/wiki/Permanent_Mandates_Commission" title="Permanent Mandates Commission">Permanent Mandates Commission</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEQuentin-Baxter1987363_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEQuentin-Baxter1987363-35"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Western Samoans did not automatically become British subjects when New Zealand assumed mandatory authority in 1920 but were treated as <a href="/wiki/British_protected_person" title="British protected person">British protected persons</a> instead.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMercer201831_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMercer201831-36"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Although Parliament amended nationality law in 1923 and 1928 to allow facilitated naturalisation to Western Samoans wanting to become British subjects,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcMillanHood201612_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcMillanHood201612-34"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> virtually none had taken this option. Only 50 Samoans naturalised between 1928 and 1948, while 82 individuals of European descent had completed the process in the territory during the same timeframe.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETagupa199434_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETagupa199434-37"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> All other Samoans who chose not to naturalise had an unclear status that was unresolved until after Western Samoan independence.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcMillanHood201612_34-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcMillanHood201612-34"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Imperial_common_code">Imperial common code</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_Zealand_nationality_law&amp;action=edit&amp;section=7" title="Edit section: Imperial common code"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Imperial Parliament brought regulations for British subject status into codified statute law for the first time with passage of the <a href="/wiki/British_Nationality_and_Status_of_Aliens_Act_1914" class="mw-redirect" title="British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act 1914">British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act 1914</a> (<a href="/wiki/4_%26_5_Geo._5" class="mw-redirect" title="4 &amp; 5 Geo. 5">4 &amp; 5 Geo. 5</a>. c. 17). British subject status was standardised as a common nationality across the Empire. <a href="/wiki/Dominion" title="Dominion">Dominions</a> that adopted this Act as part of local legislation were authorised to grant subject status to aliens by imperial naturalisation.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBaldwin2001527–528_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBaldwin2001527–528-38"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHistorical_background_information_on_nationality10_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHistorical_background_information_on_nationality10-39"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> New Zealand adopted most of this law (Parts I and III) in 1923, except for its provisions on imperial naturalisation (Part II), which it later enacted in 1928.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBaldwin2001526,_528–529_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBaldwin2001526,_528–529-40"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 1914 regulations codified the doctrine of <a href="/wiki/Coverture" title="Coverture">coverture</a> into imperial nationality law, where a woman's consent to marry a foreigner was also assumed to be intent to <a href="/wiki/Denaturalization" title="Denaturalization">denaturalise</a>; British women who married foreign men automatically lost their British nationality. There were two exceptions to this: a wife married to a husband who lost his British subject status was able to retain British nationality by declaration, and a British-born widow or divorcée who had lost her British nationality through marriage could reacquire that status without meeting residence requirements after the dissolution or termination of her marriage.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBaldwin2001526,_528–529_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBaldwin2001526,_528–529-40"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>A woman who married a foreigner could regain her British nationality if her husband naturalised as a British subject; she would then be automatically granted her husband's new nationality. New Zealand women who married Chinese men were severely affected by the coverture regulations, due to the naturalisation prohibition on all Chinese during this period. Any woman in such a marriage would have had no path to British nationality until her husband's death or divorce.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMercer201834–35_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMercer201834–35-41"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>By the end of the First World War, the Dominions had exercised increasing levels of autonomy in managing their own affairs and each by then had developed a distinct national identity. Britain formally recognised this at the <a href="/wiki/1926_Imperial_Conference" title="1926 Imperial Conference">1926 Imperial Conference</a>, jointly issuing the <a href="/wiki/Balfour_Declaration_of_1926" title="Balfour Declaration of 1926">Balfour Declaration</a> with all the Dominion heads of government, which stated that the United Kingdom and Dominions were autonomous and equal to each other within the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations" title="Commonwealth of Nations">British Commonwealth of Nations</a>. Full legislative independence was granted to the Dominions with passage of the <a href="/wiki/Statute_of_Westminster_1931" title="Statute of Westminster 1931">Statute of Westminster 1931</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKaratani200386–88_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKaratani200386–88-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Women's rights groups throughout the Empire pressured the imperial government during this time to amend nationality regulations that tied a married woman's status to that of her husband.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBaldwin2001522_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBaldwin2001522-43"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Because the British government could no longer enforce legislative supremacy over the Dominions after 1931 and wanted to maintain a strong constitutional link to them through the common nationality code, it was unwilling to make major changes without unanimous agreement among the Dominions on this issue, which it did not have.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBaldwin2001546–549_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBaldwin2001546–549-44"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Imperial legal uniformity was nevertheless eroded during the 1930s; New Zealand and Australia amended their laws in 1935 and 1936 to allow women denaturalised by marriage to retain their rights as British subjects, and Ireland changed its regulations in 1935 to cause no change to a woman's nationality after her marriage.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBaldwin2001552_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBaldwin2001552-45"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Changing_relationship_with_Britain">Changing relationship with Britain</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_Zealand_nationality_law&amp;action=edit&amp;section=8" title="Edit section: Changing relationship with Britain"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/British_Nationality_and_New_Zealand_Citizenship_Act_1948" title="British Nationality and New Zealand Citizenship Act 1948">British Nationality and New Zealand Citizenship Act 1948</a> and <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_citizen" title="Commonwealth citizen">Commonwealth citizen</a></div> <p>Diverging developments in Dominion nationality laws, as well as growing assertions of local national identity separate from that of Britain and the Empire, culminated with the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Citizenship_Act,_1946" title="Canadian Citizenship Act, 1946">creation of Canadian citizenship in 1946</a>, unilaterally breaking the system of a common imperial nationality. Combined with the approaching independence of <a href="/wiki/Dominion_of_India" title="Dominion of India">India</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dominion_of_Pakistan" title="Dominion of Pakistan">Pakistan</a> in 1947, comprehensive nationality law reform was necessary at this point to address ideas that were incompatible with the previous system.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKaratani2003114–115,_122–126_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKaratani2003114–115,_122–126-46"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Dominion governments agreed on the principle of equal standing for women in a reformed nationality system at the <a href="/wiki/1946_Commonwealth_Prime_Ministers%27_Conference" title="1946 Commonwealth Prime Ministers&#39; Conference">1946 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference</a> and New Zealand amended its law to grant equal nationality rights in that same year.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBaldwin2001553–554_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBaldwin2001553–554-47"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>New Zealand enacted the <a href="/wiki/British_Nationality_and_New_Zealand_Citizenship_Act_1948" title="British Nationality and New Zealand Citizenship Act 1948">British Nationality and New Zealand Citizenship Act 1948</a> to create its own citizenship, which came into force at the same time as the <a href="/wiki/British_Nationality_Act_1948" title="British Nationality Act 1948">British Nationality Act 1948</a> throughout the Empire.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcMillanHood20166_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcMillanHood20166-48"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWade194869_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWade194869-49"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> All British subjects who were born, naturalised, or resident for at least 12 months in New Zealand automatically acquired New Zealand citizenship on 1 January 1949. British subjects born to a father who himself was born or naturalised in New Zealand and British subject women who were married to someone qualifying as a New Zealand citizen also automatically acquired citizenship on that date.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcMillanHood20166_48-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcMillanHood20166-48"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Cook Islanders, Niueans, Tokelauans, and British subjects born in Western Samoa became New Zealand citizens automatically as well.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcMillanHood201611–12_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcMillanHood201611–12-33"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 1948 Act redefined the term British subject as any citizen of New Zealand or another Commonwealth country. <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_citizen" title="Commonwealth citizen">Commonwealth citizen</a> is defined in this Act to have the same meaning.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWade194870_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWade194870-50"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> British subject/Commonwealth citizen status co-existed with the citizenships of each Commonwealth country.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThwaites20172_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThwaites20172-51"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWade194873_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWade194873-52"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Irish citizens were treated as if they were British subjects, despite <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Ireland</a>'s exit from the Commonwealth in 1949.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMansergh1952278_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMansergh1952278-53"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> All Commonwealth and Irish citizens were eligible to become New Zealand citizens by registration, rather than naturalisation, after residing in New Zealand for at least three years.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPerham2011231_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPerham2011231-54"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Commonwealth and Irish women who were married to New Zealand citizens were eligible to acquire citizenship by registration with no further requirements.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBritish_Nationality_and_New_Zealand_Citizenship_Act_1948s._8(2)_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBritish_Nationality_and_New_Zealand_Citizenship_Act_1948s._8(2)-55"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Foreign wives and minor children of male New Zealand citizens were allowed to register as citizens<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcMillanHood20166_48-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcMillanHood20166-48"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> at the discretion of the <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Internal_Affairs_(New_Zealand)" title="Minister of Internal Affairs (New Zealand)">Minister of Internal Affairs</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWade194872_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWade194872-56"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> All other foreign nationals could acquire citizenship by naturalisation after at least five years of residence.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDawkins1978205_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDawkins1978205-57"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>All British subjects under the reformed system initially held an automatic right to settle in the United Kingdom and Ireland.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcKay2008_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcKay2008-58"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERyan2001862_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERyan2001862-59"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Non-white immigration into the UK was systemically discouraged, but strong economic conditions in Britain following the Second World War attracted an unprecedented wave of colonial migration.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHansen199990,_94–95_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHansen199990,_94–95-60"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In response, the British Parliament imposed immigration controls on any subjects originating from outside the UK and Ireland with the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_Immigrants_Act_1962" title="Commonwealth Immigrants Act 1962">Commonwealth Immigrants Act 1962</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEvans1972508–509_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEvans1972508–509-61"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Ireland had continued to allow all British subjects free movement despite independence in 1922 as part of the <a href="/wiki/Common_Travel_Area" title="Common Travel Area">Common Travel Area</a> arrangement, but moved to mirror Britain's restriction in 1962 by limiting this ability only to people born on the islands of <a href="/wiki/Great_Britain" title="Great Britain">Great Britain</a> or Ireland.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELloyd1998515–516_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELloyd1998515–516-62"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERyan2001862_59-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERyan2001862-59"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Britain somewhat relaxed these measures in 1971 for patrials, subjects whose parents or grandparents were born in the United Kingdom,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEvans1972508–509_61-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEvans1972508–509-61"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> which gave effective preferential treatment to white Commonwealth citizens.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPaul1997181_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPaul1997181-63"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>As a sign of New Zealand's changing relationship with Britain, <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_passport" title="New Zealand passport">New Zealand passports</a> were no longer labelled with the phrase "British passport" beginning in 1964<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and stopped listing national status as "British subject and New Zealand citizen" in 1974.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMelewarAlwi201570_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMelewarAlwi201570-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Voting rights were extended to all individuals permanently resident in the country for at least one year in 1975. Prior to that year, British subject status was required to participate in elections.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcMillan20153_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcMillan20153-66"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Political candidates of partial Māori or non-Māori backgrounds were permitted to stand for election in Māori electorates beginning in 1967<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFleras1985555_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFleras1985555-26"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and all Māori voters, irrespective of the degree of their ancestry, could participate in either Māori or general electorates from 1975.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFleras1985563_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFleras1985563-67"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Transition_to_national_citizenship">Transition to national citizenship</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_Zealand_nationality_law&amp;action=edit&amp;section=9" title="Edit section: Transition to national citizenship"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Independence_of_New_Zealand" title="Independence of New Zealand">Independence of New Zealand</a></div> <p>By the 1970s and 1980s, most colonies of the British Empire had become independent and remaining ties to the United Kingdom had been significantly weakened.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPaul1997182–183_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPaul1997182–183-68"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> New Zealand made further reforms to its nationality law in 1977 that abolished the preferences that were afforded to citizens from other Commonwealth countries and allowed citizenship to be transferrable by descent to children through mothers as well as fathers. Foreign nationals becoming New Zealand citizens are no longer naturalised, but receive "citizenship by grant".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcMillanHood20167_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcMillanHood20167-69"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Commonwealth and Irish citizens remain technically defined in New Zealand law as non-foreign, but there are no benefits provided to either group.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECitizenship_Act_1977s._2(1)_70-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECitizenship_Act_1977s._2(1)-70"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The UK itself updated its nationality law to reflect the more modest boundaries of its remaining territory and possessions with the <a href="/wiki/British_Nationality_Act_1981" title="British Nationality Act 1981">British Nationality Act 1981</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPaul1997182–183_68-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPaul1997182–183-68"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> which redefined British subject to no longer also mean Commonwealth citizen. New Zealand citizens continue to be Commonwealth citizens<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBloom2011640_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBloom2011640-71"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and are still eligible to vote and stand for public office in the UK.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBloom2011654_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBloom2011654-72"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Applicants who successfully apply for citizenship are required to take an <a href="/wiki/Oath_of_Allegiance_(New_Zealand)" title="Oath of Allegiance (New Zealand)">oath or affirmation of citizenship</a> pledging their loyalty to the <a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_New_Zealand" title="Monarchy of New Zealand">New Zealand monarch</a>, who is the same person as the <a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Monarchy of the United Kingdom">British sovereign</a>. Although there have been formal reviews of the oath and attempts to change it to mention allegiance to the country or people of New Zealand instead of (or in addition to) the monarch,<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> the oath remains unchanged.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Following a general trend in other common law jurisdictions, New Zealand ended unrestricted birthright citizenship in 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESawyer2013653–654_76-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESawyer2013653–654-76"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Children born in New Zealand beginning in 2006 are only granted citizenship by birth if at least one parent is a citizen or otherwise have permission to remain in New Zealand indefinitely.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcMillanHood201614_77-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcMillanHood201614-77"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Nationality_arrangements_for_former_territories">Nationality arrangements for former territories</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_Zealand_nationality_law&amp;action=edit&amp;section=10" title="Edit section: Nationality arrangements for former territories"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Western Samoa became independent in 1962. Legislation in the 1920s had allowed Samoans to become British subjects if they chose to but left the status of those who had not completed the formal naturalisation process unclear. Subsequent New Zealand legislation after Samoan independence caused a significant number of Samoans already living in New Zealand to become <a href="/wiki/Illegal_immigration" title="Illegal immigration">illegal immigrants</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcMillanHood201612_34-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcMillanHood201612-34"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 1982, the <a href="/wiki/Judicial_Committee_of_the_Privy_Council" title="Judicial Committee of the Privy Council">Judicial Committee of the Privy Council</a> ruled that all Western Samoans born between 1928 and 1948 were British subjects and automatically became New Zealand citizens in 1949. This decision would have granted New Zealand citizenship for an estimated 100,000 Samoans, out of a total population of 160,000 at the time.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEQuentin-Baxter1987364–365_78-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEQuentin-Baxter1987364–365-78"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Faced with the prospect of a potential <a href="/wiki/Brain_drain" class="mw-redirect" title="Brain drain">brain drain</a> if large numbers of its people exercised their newfound dual citizenship rights, Western Samoa signed the Protocol to the Treaty of Friendship with New Zealand on 21 August 1982. This treaty, and the subsequent Citizenship (Western Samoa) Act 1982, effectively nullified the Privy Council ruling.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEQuentin-Baxter1987365–366_79-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEQuentin-Baxter1987365–366-79"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This Act affirmed citizenship for Samoans who were already present in New Zealand before 15 September 1982, but required that those who enter the country after that date must first become permanent residents before acquiring citizenship.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETagupa199430–31,_33_80-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETagupa199430–31,_33-80"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Cook Islands became a self-governing state in <a href="/wiki/Associated_state" title="Associated state">free association</a> with New Zealand in 1965, and Niue gained independence under largely the same terms in 1974. New Zealand retained responsibility for defence and foreign affairs for the two nations and residents of both states remain New Zealand citizens.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcMillanHood201611–12_33-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcMillanHood201611–12-33"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Acquisition_and_loss_of_citizenship">Acquisition and loss of citizenship</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_Zealand_nationality_law&amp;action=edit&amp;section=11" title="Edit section: Acquisition and loss of citizenship"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Entitlement_by_birth,_descent,_or_adoption"><span id="Entitlement_by_birth.2C_descent.2C_or_adoption"></span>Entitlement by birth, descent, or adoption</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_Zealand_nationality_law&amp;action=edit&amp;section=12" title="Edit section: Entitlement by birth, descent, or adoption"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Nationality regulations apply to the entire <a href="/wiki/Realm_of_New_Zealand" title="Realm of New Zealand">Realm of New Zealand</a>, which includes New Zealand itself, the Cook Islands, Niue, Tokelau, and the Ross Dependency.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcMillanHood20163_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcMillanHood20163-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> New Zealand airspace, its internal and territorial waters, and New Zealand-registered ships and aircraft are treated as part of the Realm for nationality purposes.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDawkins1978202_81-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDawkins1978202-81"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>All persons born within the Realm before 2006 automatically received citizenship at birth regardless of the nationalities of their parents.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESawyer2013653–654_76-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESawyer2013653–654-76"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Individuals born in the Realm from that year on receive New Zealand citizenship at birth if at least one parent is a New Zealand citizen or otherwise entitled to be in New Zealand indefinitely.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcMillanHood20169_82-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcMillanHood20169-82"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Children born overseas are New Zealand citizens by descent if either parent is a citizen otherwise than by descent.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcMillanHood20168_83-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcMillanHood20168-83"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Adopted children are treated as if they were naturally born to the adopting parents at the time of adoption.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcMillanHood201615_84-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcMillanHood201615-84"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Voluntary_acquisition">Voluntary acquisition</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_Zealand_nationality_law&amp;action=edit&amp;section=13" title="Edit section: Voluntary acquisition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Citizenship_Ceremony,_Wellington.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Citizenship_Ceremony%2C_Wellington.jpg/220px-Citizenship_Ceremony%2C_Wellington.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Citizenship_Ceremony%2C_Wellington.jpg/330px-Citizenship_Ceremony%2C_Wellington.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Citizenship_Ceremony%2C_Wellington.jpg/440px-Citizenship_Ceremony%2C_Wellington.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>MP <a href="/wiki/Charles_Chauvel_(politician)" title="Charles Chauvel (politician)">Charles Chauvel</a> at a citizenship ceremony in <a href="/wiki/Wellington" title="Wellington">Wellington</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Foreigners over the age of 16 may become New Zealand citizens by grant after residing in the Realm for more than five years while possessing indefinite permission to remain.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcMillanHood201614_77-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcMillanHood201614-77"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This usually means holding <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_permanent_residency" title="New Zealand permanent residency">New Zealand permanent residency</a>, but <a href="/wiki/Australian_nationality_law" title="Australian nationality law">Australian citizens</a> and <a href="/wiki/Australian_permanent_resident" title="Australian permanent resident">permanent residents</a> also have an indefinite permission to remain.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Permanent residents of the Cook Islands, Niue, and Tokelau meet this requirement as well.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPerham2011232–233_86-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPerham2011232–233-86"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Applicants must demonstrate proficiency in the <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English language</a> and be physically present in the country for at least 1,350 days during that five-year period and at least 240 days in each of those five years.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcMillanHood201614_77-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcMillanHood201614-77"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Under exceptional circumstances, the physical presence requirement may be reduced to 450 days in a 20-month period.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcMillanHood201618_87-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcMillanHood201618-87"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Candidates who are overseas on <a href="/wiki/Crown_servant" title="Crown servant">Crown service</a> or accompanying New Zealand citizen spouses overseas on Crown service are treated as if they are present in New Zealand during that period of service.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECitizenship_Act_1977s._8(5)_88-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECitizenship_Act_1977s._8(5)-88"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Successful applicants aged 14 and older<sup id="cite_ref-CitizenshipCeremonies_89-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CitizenshipCeremonies-89"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> are required to take an <a href="/wiki/Oath_of_Citizenship_(New_Zealand)" title="Oath of Citizenship (New Zealand)">oath or affirmation of citizenship</a> in which they pledge loyalty to the New Zealand monarch;<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDawkins1978209_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDawkins1978209-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> these are usually administered by <a href="/wiki/Territorial_authorities_of_New_Zealand" title="Territorial authorities of New Zealand">local councils</a> at citizenship ceremonies that take place three to five months after approval.<sup id="cite_ref-CitizenshipCeremonies_89-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CitizenshipCeremonies-89"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>There is no effective differentiation or hierarchy between the different types of citizenship that can be obtained in New Zealand. The only major disadvantage applies to citizens by descent, who cannot pass citizenship to their children born abroad.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcMillanHood201615_84-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcMillanHood201615-84"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> These individuals may apply to become citizens by grant after fulfilling the five-year residence and physical presence requirement. Otherwise, they may apply for their children born overseas to receive citizenship by grant, at the discretion of the Minister of Internal Affairs.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDawkins1978204–205_90-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDawkins1978204–205-90"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> An average of 28,000 people per year were granted citizenship through the 2010s.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> As of the <a href="/wiki/2018_New_Zealand_census" title="2018 New Zealand census">2018 census</a>, about 1.27 million New Zealand citizens usually resident in the country were born overseas.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Samoan_nationality_law" title="Samoan nationality law">Samoan citizens</a> who enter New Zealand after 14 September 1982 and have indefinite permission to remain in the country are entitled to become New Zealand citizens by grant without a minimum residence requirement. Samoans who were already living in New Zealand on that date automatically became New Zealand citizens by grant.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEQuentin-Baxter1987366_93-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEQuentin-Baxter1987366-93"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Children born in Samoa to Tokelauan mothers seeking medical attention there are treated as if they are born in Tokelau and are New Zealand citizens at birth.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESawyer2013672_94-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESawyer2013672-94"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Relinquishment_and_deprivation">Relinquishment and deprivation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_Zealand_nationality_law&amp;action=edit&amp;section=14" title="Edit section: Relinquishment and deprivation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>New Zealand citizenship can be relinquished by making a declaration of renunciation, provided that the declarant already possesses another nationality. Renunciation may be denied if the applicant currently lives in New Zealand or the country is at war with another country. Citizenship may be involuntarily deprived from individuals who fraudulently acquired it, or from those who possess another nationality and willfully acted against the <a href="/wiki/National_interest" title="National interest">national interest</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcMillanHood201616–17_95-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcMillanHood201616–17-95"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_Zealand_nationality_law&amp;action=edit&amp;section=15" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Visa_policy_of_New_Zealand" title="Visa policy of New Zealand">Visa policy of New Zealand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Visa_requirements_for_New_Zealand_citizens" title="Visa requirements for New Zealand citizens">Visa requirements for New Zealand citizens</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_Zealand_nationality_law&amp;action=edit&amp;section=16" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Citations">Citations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_Zealand_nationality_law&amp;action=edit&amp;section=17" title="Edit section: Citations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output 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(1980). <span class="id-lock-subscription" title="Paid subscription required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/otago4&amp;div=20">"New Zealand Immigration Policies and the Law - A Perspective"</a></span>. <i><a href="/wiki/Immigration_and_Nationality_Law_Review" title="Immigration and Nationality Law Review">Immigration and Nationality Law Review</a></i>. <b>4</b>. William S. Hein &amp; Co.: 173–188. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210916110342/https://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals%2Fotago4&amp;div=20">Archived</a> from the original on 16 September 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">1 June</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=bookitem&amp;rft.atitle=Nationality&amp;rft.btitle=An+Encyclopaedia+of+New+Zealand&amp;rft.pub=R.E.+Owen%2C+Government+Printer&amp;rft.date=1966&amp;rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F1014037525&amp;rft.aulast=Wilson&amp;rft.aufirst=James+Oakley&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fteara.govt.nz%2Fen%2F1966%2Fnationality-and-naturalisation&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANew+Zealand+nationality+law" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Legislation_and_case_law">Legislation and case law</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_Zealand_nationality_law&amp;action=edit&amp;section=20" title="Edit section: Legislation and case law"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239549316"><div class="refbegin refbegin-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 35em"> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1041539562">.mw-parser-output .citation{word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}</style><cite class="citation wikicite" id="CITEREFAliens_Act_1866"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nzlii.org/nz/legis/hist_act/aa186630v1866n17195/">"Aliens Act 1866"</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Legal_Information_Institute" title="New Zealand Legal Information Institute">New Zealand Legal Information Institute</a></cite></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><cite class="citation wikicite" id="CITEREFBritish_Nationality_and_New_Zealand_Citizenship_Act_1948"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nzlii.org/nz/legis/hist_act/bnanzca19481948n15493/">"British Nationality and New Zealand Citizenship Act 1948"</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Legal_Information_Institute" title="New Zealand Legal Information Institute">New Zealand Legal Information Institute</a></cite></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><cite class="citation wikicite" id="CITEREFCitizenship_Act_1977"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1977/0061/latest/whole.html">"Citizenship Act 1977"</a>, <i>legislation.govt.nz</i>, <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Counsel_Office_(New_Zealand)" title="Parliamentary Counsel Office (New Zealand)">Parliamentary Counsel Office</a></cite></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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title="Malawian nationality law">Malawi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malian_nationality_law" title="Malian nationality law">Mali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mauritanian_nationality_law" title="Mauritanian nationality law">Mauritania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mauritian_nationality_law" title="Mauritian nationality law">Mauritius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moroccan_nationality_law" title="Moroccan nationality law">Morocco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mozambican_nationality_law" title="Mozambican nationality law">Mozambique</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Namibian_nationality_law" title="Namibian nationality law">Namibia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nigerien_nationality_law" title="Nigerien nationality law">Niger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nigerian_nationality_law" title="Nigerian nationality law">Nigeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rwandan_nationality_law" title="Rwandan nationality law">Rwanda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9an_nationality_law" title="São Toméan nationality 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nationality law">Tanzania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Togolese_nationality_law" title="Togolese nationality law">Togo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tunisian_nationality_law" title="Tunisian nationality law">Tunisia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ugandan_nationality_law" title="Ugandan nationality law">Uganda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sahrawi_citizenship_and_nationality" class="mw-redirect" title="Sahrawi citizenship and nationality">Western Sahara</a><sup><small>3</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zambian_nationality_law" title="Zambian nationality law">Zambia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zimbabwean_nationality_law" title="Zimbabwean nationality law">Zimbabwe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height:1.3em; text-align:center;">Americas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height:1.3em; text-align:center;">North</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Antiguan_and_Barbudian_nationality_law" class="mw-redirect" title="Antiguan and Barbudian nationality law">Antigua and Barbuda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bahamian_nationality_law" title="Bahamian nationality law">Bahamas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbadian_nationality_law" title="Barbadian nationality law">Barbados</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belizean_nationality_law" title="Belizean nationality law">Belize</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_nationality_law" title="Canadian nationality law">Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Costa_Rican_nationality_law" title="Costa Rican nationality law">Costa Rica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuban_nationality_law" title="Cuban nationality law">Cuba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominican_nationality_law" title="Dominican nationality law">Dominica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominican_Republic_nationality_law" title="Dominican Republic nationality law">Dominican Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salvadoran_nationality_law" title="Salvadoran nationality law">El Salvador</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danish_nationality_law" title="Danish nationality law">Greenland <small>(Kingdom of Denmark)</small></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grenadian_nationality_law" title="Grenadian nationality law">Grenada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guatemalan_nationality_law" title="Guatemalan nationality law">Guatemala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Haitian_nationality_and_citizenship" title="History of Haitian nationality and citizenship">Haiti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Honduran_nationality_law" title="Honduran nationality law">Honduras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamaican_nationality_law" title="Jamaican nationality law">Jamaica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mexican_nationality_law" title="Mexican nationality law">Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicaraguan_nationality_law" title="Nicaraguan nationality law">Nicaragua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panamanian_nationality_law" title="Panamanian nationality law">Panama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kittitian_and_Nevisian_nationality_law" title="Kittitian and Nevisian nationality law">St. Kitts and Nevis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Lucian_nationality_law" title="Saint Lucian nationality law">St. Lucia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vincentian_nationality_law" title="Vincentian nationality law">St. Vincent and the Grenadines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trinidadian_and_Tobagonian_nationality_law" title="Trinidadian and Tobagonian nationality law">Trinidad and Tobago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_nationality_law" title="United States nationality law">United States</a> (<a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rican_citizenship_and_nationality" title="Puerto Rican citizenship and nationality">Puerto Rico</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Virgin_Islander_citizenship_and_nationality" title="United States Virgin Islander citizenship and nationality">US Virgin Islands</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height:1.3em; text-align:center;">South</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Argentine_nationality_law" title="Argentine nationality law">Argentina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bolivian_nationality_law" title="Bolivian nationality law">Bolivia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brazilian_nationality_law" title="Brazilian nationality law">Brazil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chilean_nationality_law" title="Chilean nationality law">Chile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colombian_nationality_law" title="Colombian nationality law">Colombia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ecuadorian_nationality_law" title="Ecuadorian nationality law">Ecuador</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guyanese_nationality_law" title="Guyanese nationality law">Guyana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paraguayan_nationality_law" title="Paraguayan nationality law">Paraguay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peruvian_nationality_law" title="Peruvian nationality law">Peru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surinamese_nationality_law" title="Surinamese nationality law">Suriname</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uruguayan_nationality_law" title="Uruguayan nationality law">Uruguay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venezuelan_nationality_law" title="Venezuelan nationality law">Venezuela</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height:1.3em; text-align:center;">Asia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Afghan_nationality_law" title="Afghan nationality law">Afghanistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bahraini_nationality_law" title="Bahraini nationality law">Bahrain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangladeshi_nationality_law" title="Bangladeshi nationality law">Bangladesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhutanese_nationality_law" title="Bhutanese nationality law">Bhutan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruneian_nationality_law" title="Bruneian nationality law">Brunei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cambodian_nationality_law" title="Cambodian nationality law">Cambodia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_nationality_law" title="Chinese nationality law">China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Timorese_nationality_law" title="East Timorese nationality law">East Timor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_nationality_law" title="Indian nationality law">India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indonesian_nationality_law" title="Indonesian nationality law">Indonesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_nationality_law" title="Iranian nationality law">Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iraqi_nationality_law" title="Iraqi nationality law">Iraq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Israeli_citizenship_law" title="Israeli citizenship law">Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_nationality_law" title="Japanese nationality law">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jordanian_nationality_law" title="Jordanian nationality law">Jordan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kazakhstani_nationality_law" title="Kazakhstani nationality law">Kazakhstan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kyrgyzstani_nationality_law&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Kyrgyzstani nationality law (page does not exist)">Kyrgyzstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuwaiti_nationality_law" title="Kuwaiti nationality law">Kuwait</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Laotian_nationality_law&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Laotian nationality law (page does not exist)">Laos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lebanese_nationality_law" title="Lebanese nationality law">Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malaysian_nationality_law" title="Malaysian nationality law">Malaysia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mongolian_nationality_law" title="Mongolian nationality law">Mongolia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myanmar_nationality_law" title="Myanmar nationality law">Myanmar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nepali_nationality_law" title="Nepali nationality law">Nepal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Korean_nationality_law" title="North Korean nationality law">North Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Omani_nationality_law" title="Omani nationality law">Oman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistani_nationality_law" title="Pakistani nationality law">Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Palestinian_nationality" title="History of Palestinian nationality">Palestine</a><sup><small></small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philippine_nationality_law" title="Philippine nationality law">Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qatari_nationality_law" title="Qatari nationality law">Qatar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabian_nationality_law" title="Saudi Arabian nationality law">Saudi Arabia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Singaporean_nationality_law" title="Singaporean nationality law">Singapore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Korean_nationality_law" title="South Korean nationality law">South Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_nationality_law" title="Sri Lankan nationality law">Sri Lanka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syrian_nationality_law" title="Syrian nationality law">Syria</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tajikistani_nationality_law&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Tajikistani nationality law (page does not exist)">Tajikistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taiwanese_nationality_law" title="Taiwanese nationality law">Taiwan</a><sup><small>3</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thai_nationality_law" title="Thai nationality law">Thailand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkish_nationality_law" title="Turkish nationality law">Turkey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkmen_nationality_law" class="mw-redirect" title="Turkmen nationality law">Turkmenistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emirati_nationality_law" title="Emirati nationality law">United Arab Emirates</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Uzbek_nationality_law&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Uzbek nationality law (page does not exist)">Uzbekistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vietnamese_passport" title="Vietnamese passport">Vietnam</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yemeni_nationality_law&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Yemeni nationality law (page does not exist)">Yemen</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height:1.3em; text-align:center;">Europe</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height:1.3em; text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Citizenship_of_the_European_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="Citizenship of the European Union">European Union</a><br /> and <a href="/wiki/Schengen_Area" title="Schengen Area">Schengen Area</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Austrian_nationality_law" title="Austrian nationality law">Austria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belgian_nationality_law" title="Belgian nationality law">Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_nationality_law" title="Bulgarian nationality law">Bulgaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Croatian_nationality_law" title="Croatian nationality law">Croatia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cypriot_nationality_law" title="Cypriot nationality law">Cyprus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Czech_nationality_law" title="Czech nationality law">Czech Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danish_nationality_law" title="Danish nationality law">Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Estonian_nationality_law" title="Estonian nationality law">Estonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finnish_nationality_law" title="Finnish nationality law">Finland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_nationality_law" title="French nationality law">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_nationality_law" title="German nationality law">Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_nationality_law" title="Greek nationality law">Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hungarian_nationality_law" title="Hungarian nationality law">Hungary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Icelandic_nationality_law" title="Icelandic nationality law">Iceland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_nationality_law" title="Irish nationality law">Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_nationality_law" title="Italian nationality law">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latvian_nationality_law" title="Latvian nationality law">Latvia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liechtensteiner_nationality_law" title="Liechtensteiner nationality law">Liechtenstein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lithuanian_nationality_law" title="Lithuanian nationality law">Lithuania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luxembourg_nationality_law" title="Luxembourg nationality law">Luxembourg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maltese_nationality_law" title="Maltese nationality law">Malta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dutch_nationality_law" title="Dutch nationality law">Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norwegian_nationality_law" title="Norwegian nationality law">Norway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polish_nationality_law" title="Polish nationality law">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_nationality_law" title="Portuguese nationality law">Portugal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romanian_nationality_law" title="Romanian nationality law">Romania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slovak_nationality_law" title="Slovak nationality law">Slovakia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slovenian_nationality_law" title="Slovenian nationality law">Slovenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_nationality_law" title="Spanish nationality law">Spain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swedish_nationality_law" title="Swedish nationality law">Sweden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swiss_nationality_law" title="Swiss nationality law">Switzerland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height:1.3em; text-align:center;">Rest of Europe</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_nationality_law" title="Albanian nationality law">Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_nationality_law" title="Armenian nationality law">Armenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andorran_nationality_law" title="Andorran nationality law">Andorra</a><sup><small>2</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_nationality_law" title="Azerbaijani nationality law">Azerbaijan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belarusian_citizenship" class="mw-redirect" title="Belarusian citizenship">Belarus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina_nationality_law" title="Bosnia and Herzegovina nationality law">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgian_nationality_law" title="Georgian nationality law">Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosovan_nationality_law" class="mw-redirect" title="Kosovan nationality law">Kosovo</a><sup><small>3</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moldovan_nationality_law" title="Moldovan nationality law">Moldova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mon%C3%A9gasque_nationality_law" title="Monégasque nationality law">Monaco</a><sup><small>2</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montenegrin_nationality_law" title="Montenegrin nationality law">Montenegro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nationality_law_of_North_Macedonia" title="Nationality law of North Macedonia">North Macedonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Cyprus_citizenship" title="Northern Cyprus citizenship">Northern Cyprus</a><sup><small>3</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_citizenship_law" title="Russian citizenship law">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Marino_nationality_law" title="San Marino nationality law">San Marino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serbian_nationality_law" title="Serbian nationality law">Serbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkish_nationality_law" title="Turkish nationality law">Turkey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_nationality_law" title="Ukrainian nationality law">Ukraine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_nationality_law" title="British nationality law">United Kingdom</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height:1.3em; text-align:center;">Oceania</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australian_nationality_law" title="Australian nationality law">Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Micronesian_nationality_law" title="Micronesian nationality law">Federated States of Micronesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fijian_nationality_law" title="Fijian nationality law">Fiji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nauruan_nationality_law" title="Nauruan nationality law">Nauru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/I-Kiribati_nationality_law" class="mw-redirect" title="I-Kiribati nationality law">Kiribati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshallese_nationality_law" title="Marshallese nationality law">Marshall Islands</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">New Zealand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palauan_nationality_law" title="Palauan nationality law">Palau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papua_New_Guinean_nationality_law" title="Papua New Guinean nationality law">Papua New Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samoan_nationality_law" title="Samoan nationality law">Samoa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solomon_Islands_nationality_law" title="Solomon Islands nationality law">Solomon Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tongan_nationality_law" title="Tongan nationality law">Tonga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tuvaluan_nationality_law" title="Tuvaluan nationality law">Tuvalu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_nationality_law" title="United States nationality law">United States</a> (<a href="/wiki/American_Samoan_citizenship_and_nationality" title="American Samoan citizenship and nationality">American Samoa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northern_Mariana_citizenship_and_nationality" title="Northern Mariana citizenship and nationality">Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guamanian_citizenship_and_nationality" title="Guamanian citizenship and nationality">Guam</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ni-Vanuatu_nationality_law" class="mw-redirect" title="Ni-Vanuatu nationality law">Vanuatu</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height:1.3em; text-align:center;">International<br />organizations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_citizen" title="Commonwealth citizen">Commonwealth of Nations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Union_citizenship" title="European Union citizenship">European Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Citizenship_of_the_Mercosur" title="Citizenship of the Mercosur">Mercosur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nordic_Passport_Union" title="Nordic Passport Union">Nordic Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CARICOM_Single_Market_and_Economy" title="CARICOM Single Market and Economy">Caribbean Community</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African_Union#Migration" title="African Union">African Union</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By procedure</th><td 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