Kia ora Pawan,

Thank you for your email.

We are handling your request under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 (LGOIMA). We have forwarded it to the appropriate Christchurch City Council staff, and we will provide a response or update within 20 working days of the date we received your request. Please note that the period between 20 December 2023 and 10 January 2024 do not count as working days. This timeframe will be taken into account in our response. If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will notify you of an extension of that timeframe.

If you have any queries, please feel free to contact me. If any additional factors come to light which are relevant to your request, please do not hesitate to contact me so that these can be taken into account.

Kind regards,
Ella

Ella Sullivan
Official Information Advisor
Office of the Mayor and Chief Executive

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Kia ora Pawan

I refer to your request regarding upcoming citizenship ceremony dates.

The date of the next citizenship ceremony is 26 February 2024. A date has not yet been confirmed for a ceremony in March or the months beyond.

You have the right to request the Ombudsman to review this decision. Complaints can be sent by email to [email address], by fax to (04) 471 2254, or by post to The Ombudsman, PO Box 10152, Wellington 6143.

Kind regards
Ella

Ella Sullivan
Official Information Advisor
Office of the Mayor and Chief Executive

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Good Morning Pawan,

 

The March date is set for the 25 March, no further dates have been set for
the months beyond.

 

While these ceremonies are organised by the Council, the Council is not
responsible for allocating candidates to ceremony dates. This is the
decision of the Department of Internal Affairs (DIA). As these ceremonies
are by invitation only, with Invitations sent to new citizens by the DIA,
you can find out when you will likely be assigned to a date by contacting
the DIA call centre: phone 0800 22 51 51.

 

I hope that this helps.

 

Thank you,

 

Jess Griffin
Information Coordinator
Official Information

 

 

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