New Zealand nationality law details the conditions by which a person may hold New Zealand nationality. Regulations apply to the Realm of New Zealand, which consists of the country of New Zealand itself, the Cook Islands, Niue, Tokelau, and the Ross Dependency. All persons born in the Realm before 2006 were automatically citizens at birth regardless of the nationalities of their parents. Since that year, individuals born in the Realm only receive citizenship at birth if at least one parent is already a citizen or entitled to live in New Zealand indefinitely (meaning permanent residents of New Zealand or of Australia, and citizens of Australia). Foreigners living in the Realm may be granted citizenship after becoming permanent residents. New Zealand is a former British colony and its residents were previously British subjects. While New Zealanders are no longer British, they continue to hold favoured status when living in the United Kingdom; they are eligible to vote in British elections and serve in public office there.
Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_nationality_law
_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1818:
Charles XIV John succeeded to the thrones of Sweden and Norway as the first monarch of the House of Bernadotte. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_XIV_John
1861:
In a speech before the U.S. Congress, Representative John Edward Bouligny refused to join his fellow Louisiana congressmen in heeding the state's secession convention and resigning. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Edward_Bouligny
1913:
Greek military aviators Michael Moutoussis and Aristeidis Moraitinis performed the first naval air mission in history, with a Farman MF.7 hydroplane. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristeidis_Moraitinis_%28aviator%29
2004:
Twenty-three cocklers were drowned by an incoming tide in Morecambe Bay, England, prompting the establishment of the British government's Gangmasters Licensing Authority. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morecambe_Bay_cockling_disaster
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
who would have thunk it: (colloquial, sometimes sarcastic) A rhetorical question used to express incredulity: who would have guessed it?; who would have thought that would happen? https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/who_would_have_thunk_it
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
There are those in our party who believe that as the presiding officer over the joint session of Congress, that I possessed unilateral authority to reject electoral college votes. And I heard this week, President Trump said I had the right to "overturn the election". But President Trump is wrong — I had no right to overturn the election. The presidency belongs to the American people, and the American people alone. And frankly there is no idea more un-American than the notion that any one person could choose the American president. Under the Constitution, I had no right to change the outcome of our election. --Mike Pence https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mike_Pence