Dear Phil
 
Thank you for your enquiry.
 
It has been forwarded to the appropriate staff member, who will respond
within five working days.
 
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Citizenship Office - Raraunga
Department of Internal Affairs - Te Tari Taiwhenua
 
 
----- Original Message -----
> From: Phil Lyth [[2]mailto:[OIA #242 email]]
> Sent: Monday, 21 May 2012 3:28 p.m.
> To: Telephon Telephon
> Subject: Official Information Act request - Citizenship Ceremonies
>
>      Dear Department of Internal Affairs,
>
>      I'd like to ask:
>
>      1. Does DIA or the Minister keep records regarding citizenship
>      ceremonies conducted?
>
>      If yes, then
>      2. In the three months Jan - March 2012, please provide details of
>      all citizenship ceremonies conducted other than by territorial
>      local authorities (or the mayor/deputy mayor thereof).
>
>      3. Please include details for each of the date, the MP or other
>      person conducting, the number of new citizens, and their names.
>
>      If no, then
>      4. Please provide with some particularly details of how DIA knows
>      that citizenship requirements have been completed prior to, for
>      example, a passport being issued for a new citizen.
>
>      In either case,
>      5. Please advise details of the number of citizenship applications
>      approved by the Minister in 2011 where citizenship requirements
>      have not been subsequently completed at a ceremony. Please include
>      the numbers of adults and children in each such group, and the
>      names.
>
>      Yours faithfully,
>
>      Phil Lyth
>      Wellington
>
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Dear Phil

 

We are currently preparing a reponse to the questions you asked in your
email of 21 May 2012.  Can you please clarify what you require from
section 4, which states:

 

'Please provide with some particularly details of how DIA knows that
citizenship requirements have been completed prior to, for example, a
passport being issued for a new citizen'.

 

When we understand what you require we will repond to your request.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Jane Fookes

Business Support Officer

Citizenship Office

Department of Internal Affairs Te Tari Taiwhenua

PO Box 10 680

Wellington  6143

0800 22 51 51

 

 

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From: Phil Lyth [mailto:[OIA #242 email]]

Sent: Monday, 21 May 2012 3:28 p.m.

To: Telephon Telephon

Subject: Official Information Act request - Citizenship Ceremonies

 

     Dear Department of Internal Affairs,

    

     I'd like to ask:

    

     1. Does DIA or the Minister keep records regarding citizenship

     ceremonies conducted?

    

     If yes, then

     2. In the three months Jan - March 2012, please provide details of

     all citizenship ceremonies conducted other than by territorial

     local authorities (or the mayor/deputy mayor thereof).

    

     3. Please include details for each of the date, the MP or other

     person conducting, the number of new citizens, and their names.

    

     If no, then

     4. Please provide with some particularly details of how DIA knows

     that citizenship requirements have been completed prior to, for

     example, a passport being issued for a new citizen.

    

     In either case,

     5. Please advise details of the number of citizenship applications

     approved by the Minister in 2011 where citizenship requirements

     have not been subsequently completed at a ceremony. Please include

     the numbers of adults and children in each such group, and the

     names.

    

     Yours faithfully,

    

     Phil Lyth

     Wellington

    

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Dear Phil

 

I am following up on my email of 27 June 2012 (below).  Can you please
advise what information you require so I can respond to your request?

Yours sincerely

 

Jane Fookes

Business Support Officer

Citizenship Office

Department of Internal Affairs Te Tari Taiwhenua

PO Box 10 680

Wellington  6143

0800 22 51 51

 

 

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From: Jane Fookes
Sent: Wednesday, 27 June 2012 1:50 p.m.
To: '[email address]'
Subject: FW: New response to your OIA request - Citizenship Ceremonies

 

Dear Phil

 

I have been asked to clarify what information you require for your 5th
question, which was:

 

'Please advise details of the number of citizenship applications approved
by the Minister in 2011 where citizenship requirements have not been
subsequently completed at a

ceremony. Please include the numbers of adults and children in each such
group, and the names'.

 

Can you please advise if you require:

 

a) the details of people whose applications were approved in 2011 but did
not attend a citizenship ceremony (therefore the approvals lapsed); or

b) the details of people whose applications were approved in 2011 who did
not meet the requirements for the grant of citizenship at the time they
attended the ceremony; or

c) something else?

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

Jane Fookes

Business Support Officer

Citizenship Office

Department of Internal Affairs Te Tari Taiwhenua

PO Box 10 680

Wellington  6143

0800 22 51 51

 

 

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From: Jane Fookes
Sent: Tuesday, 26 June 2012 4:27 p.m.
To: '[email address]'
Subject: RE: New response to your OIA request - Citizenship Ceremonies

 

Dear Phil

 

I am just writing to let you know that I will be able to send you the
requested information on Thursday this week. 

 

Kind regards,

 

Jane Fookes

Business Support Officer

Citizenship Office

Department of Internal Affairs Te Tari Taiwhenua

PO Box 10 680

Wellington  6143

0800 22 51 51

 

 

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From: [email address] [mailto:[email address]]
Sent: Wednesday, 13 June 2012 4:55 p.m.
To: Jane Fookes
Subject: RE: New response to your OIA request - Citizenship Ceremonies

 

thanks

 

grateful if you could send either to the first email or to both.

 

Thanks

P.

 

 

On 13/06/2012 10:02, Jane Fookes wrote:

Dear Phil

 

Thank you for your email and for clarifying the request.  The original request came to me from the email address: [4][OIA #242 email], however I will send the response to [5][email address] unless I hear otherwise.

 

I expect to be able to provide a full response to you next week.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Jane Fookes

Business Support Officer

Citizenship Office

Department of Internal Affairs Te Tari Taiwhenua

PO Box 10 680

Wellington  6143

0800 22 51 51

 

 

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-----Original Message-----

From: [6][email address] [mailto:[7][email address]]

Sent: Tuesday, 12 June 2012 5:54 p.m.

To: Jane Fookes

Subject: Fwd: New response to your OIA request - Citizenship Ceremonies

 

Jane

 

 

Thanks for your response to my OIA request via the FYI site.  (I'd be

grateful if your substantive response if made by way of reply to the

originating email.)

 

 

To clarify:

 

-  it is my understanding that all grants of citizenship are conditional on

an oath of allegiance (or affirmation)  -  s11 of the Citizenship Act

-  and that in general this occurs at a public ceremony conducted by a

local authority?

-  and that sometimes an MP or other person is authorised to conduct the

ceremony and administer the oath/affirmation for one or a few persons, eg a

family group

 

 

So in my q4, I am asking how DIA knows that the oath/affirmation has been

administered and the ceremony completed?  Does the person conducting sign a

certificate which is then returned to DIA? Or does something else happen?

 

 

I'm available on 027 68 68 645 if you need more detail.  (But not Wed

9.10am - 12.30pm)

 

P.

 

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Subject: New response to your OIA request - Citizenship Ceremonies

Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2012 14:38:13 +1200

From: FYI administrator <[8][FYI contact email]>

To: Phil Lyth <[9][email address]>

 

You have a new response to the Official Information Act request

'Citizenship Ceremonies' that you made to Department of Internal

Affairs.

 

To view the response, click on the link below.

 

[10]http://fyi.org.nz/request/citizenship_ce...

 

When you get there, please update the status to say if the response

contains any useful information.

 

Although all responses are automatically published, we depend on

you, the original requester, to evaluate them.

 

-- the FYI team

 

 

 

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Dear Phil

Please see attached the Department's response to your query.

Yours sincerely

Jane Fookes
Business Support Officer
Citizenship Office
Department of Internal Affairs Te Tari Taiwhenua
PO Box 10 680
Wellington 6143
0800 22 51 51

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From: Phil Lyth [mailto:[OIA #242 email]]
Sent: Monday, 21 May 2012 3:28 p.m.
To: Telephon Telephon
Subject: Official Information Act request - Citizenship Ceremonies

Dear Department of Internal Affairs,

I'd like to ask:

1. Does DIA or the Minister keep records regarding citizenship
ceremonies conducted?

If yes, then
2. In the three months Jan - March 2012, please provide details of
all citizenship ceremonies conducted other than by territorial
local authorities (or the mayor/deputy mayor thereof).

3. Please include details for each of the date, the MP or other
person conducting, the number of new citizens, and their names.

If no, then
4. Please provide with some particularly details of how DIA knows
that citizenship requirements have been completed prior to, for
example, a passport being issued for a new citizen.

In either case,
5. Please advise details of the number of citizenship applications
approved by the Minister in 2011 where citizenship requirements
have not been subsequently completed at a ceremony. Please include
the numbers of adults and children in each such group, and the
names.

Yours faithfully,

Phil Lyth
Wellington

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