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- With the British Nationality and New Zealand Citizenship Act 1948, all British subjects who were living in New Zealand at the time, and almost everyone born in New Zealand after the act came into force, became New Zealand citizens as well as British subjects.
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Jul 9, 2020 · The British Nationality and New Zealand Citizenship Act 1948 (the order of the terms showed their relative importance) gave New Zealand citizenship to all current residents who had been either born British subjects or later naturalised (granted citizenship).
- Citizenship and Naturalisation
- British Subjects, Māori, and Aliens
- Citizenship of Women and Children
- Discouraging ‘Undesirables’
- Chinese Immigrants
A country’s citizens possess full legal, social and political rights and obligations within its borders; non-citizens, no matter how long their residence, do not. Nearly all babies born in New Zealand, whatever the nationality of their parents, automatically become New Zealand citizens. People who have arrived as migrants often want to take the fur...
When New Zealand became a British colony in 1840, people living in New Zealand became British subjects. British law came into force, and anyone born within the British Empire gained the same legal rights in New Zealand as they already possessed in Britain (as did their New Zealand-born descendants). Māori gained ‘all the Rights and Privileges of Br...
In the late 19th century married women and children had no independent citizenship rights. British women who married alien men automatically acquired their husband’s nationality and lost their status as British subjects. From 1866, alien women married to British subjects (including men who were naturalised British subjects) were deemed to be Britis...
‘Undesirable’ immigrants – including non-white British subjects – were mostly excluded by immigration restrictions introduced from the late 19th century. They were also discouraged from becoming naturalised citizens by a £1 naturalisation fee which was imposed on all applicants by the 1866 Aliens Act.
Chinese people had to continue to pay this fee after it was abolished for all other applicants in the 1890s. They were denied naturalisation (or even permanent residence) between 1908 and 1951. Through that period, Chinese residents in New Zealand had to apply periodically for permission to stay. Nevertheless, during the Second World War resident C...
The British Nationality and New Zealand Citizenship Act 1948 (Public Act no. 15 of 1948) [4] was an Act of the New Zealand Parliament passed into law in 1948 establishing New Zealand citizenship for New Zealanders, separate from their previous status as British subjects.
From 1840, when New Zealand became a British colony after the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, until 1948, when the British Nationality and New Zealand Citizenship Act was passed, most people living in New Zealand were officially British subjects.
Aug 23, 2024 · From 1949, naturalisation gave New Zealand citizenship. Māori were guaranteed British citizenship by the Treaty of Waitangi, confirmed by the Native Rights Act 1865 (though this Act was primarily concerned with bringing Māori under British law).
New Zealand enacted the British Nationality and New Zealand Citizenship Act 1948 to create its own citizenship, which came into force at the same time as the British Nationality Act 1948 throughout the Empire.
When New Zealand became a colony of Great Britain in 1840, people resident in New Zealand became British subjects. This included Māori, although in practice not all Māori had the full rights of citizens over the next 100 years.
