17 March 2021
45 Pipitea Street, Wellington 6011
Phone +64 4 495 7200
dia.govt.nz
Alex Harris
fyi-request-14700-
[email address]
Dear Alex
OIA request 20/21 0452 Request for deprivation statistics
Thank you for your Official Information Act (Act) request received by the Department of Internal
Affairs (Department) on 17 February 2021.
You requested, in relation to the Citizenship Act 1977 –
•
How many times in the last five years has the Minister deprived a New Zealand citizen of
their citizenship under s16 of the Act
•
How many times in the last five years has the Minister deprived a New Zealand citizen of
their citizenship under s17 of the Act
You have also stipulated in your request that you would like the information broken down by
year.
I can confirm the information requested up until 2019 is available online at
www.dia.govt.nz.
You can locate the data by entering ‘citizenship statistics’ into the search bar up the top right of
the page, then by selecting the link ‘Citizenship Statistics – dia.govt.nz’ and scrolling down to the
bottom of the page.
I note the 2020 data is not currently available online however is expected to be published within
the next two months.
Your request is therefore refused pursuant to section 18(d) of the Act; that the information
requested is or will soon be publicly available.
I also note the data online does not specify which section the citizenship was deprived under
however, I can confirm these were all under section 17 of the Citizenship Act 1977.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision.
Information about how to make a complaint is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or
freephone 0800 802 602.
Yours sincerely
Julia Taylor
Manager Operational Policy and Official Correspondence
Service Delivery and Operations
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