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New Zealand nationality law (''Raraunga Aotearoa'' in Māori) determines who is and who is not a New Zealand citizen. The status of New Zealand citizenship was created on 1 January 1949 by the ''British Nationality and New Zealand Citizenship Act 1948''. Prior to this date, New Zealanders were only British subjects and New Zealand had the same nationality legislation as the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries (see also British nationality law). The 1948 legislation was replaced by the ''Citizenship Act 1977'', which came into force on 1 January 1978. This was substantially amended in 2005 by the ''Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2005'', in force from 21 April 2005. The Citizenship Office of the Department of Internal Affairs is in charge of processing applications and enquiries relating to New Zealand citizenship. == History of New Zealand citizenship == In the mid-19th century, all 'aliens' (i.e. non-British subjects) were able to enter and live freely in the British Queen’s dominions (including New Zealand), although their property rights were restricted.〔 French and German settlers complained about their inability to acquire property in New Zealand, and so, from 1844, aliens in New Zealand were able to become ‘natural born subjects of Her Majesty (Victoria )’ through proclamations by the governor (which would later be confirmed by ordinances).〔 On 1 January 1978, the Citizenship Act 1977 came into force. New Zealand passports no longer contained the status of 'British subject and New Zealand citizen', but instead only stated 'New Zealand citizen'.〔 Foreign nationals who wanted to become New Zealand citizens were no longer ''naturalised'', but rather received New Zealand citizenship by ''grant''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「New Zealand nationality law」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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