Talk:New Zealand nationality law

Restored content
I have restored the content which 121.98.140.36 and User:Jonathon T. Brown have deleted from this article for two reasons: I have invited the two users to post their own comments on this talk page should they wish to make any fundamental changes to the article so that other people can be given the opportunity to express their own views before such edits take place. Bonus bon (talk) 20:25, 2 November 2011 (UTC)
 * They should have consulted other people on this talk page before removing so much of the article's content.
 * The content which they deleted was impartial, factual and relevant, citing references from a variety of reliable and respected sources - hence appropriate information to be included in the article.

Renounce citizenship
The commentary on renouncing citizenship uses an example to claim there is a catch-22 type situation. The example used is Singapore and there is a reference to the Singapore ICA website. Reading the website shows the example is incorrect, since the renunciation of the NZ citizenship in order to take up Singapore citizenship would be done at the NZ High Commission in Singapore and not in New Zealand; thus the refusal of the NZ Minister would not occur since that is only possible on the grounds that the person is in New Zealand. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Spmcg (talk • contribs) 07:57, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
 * The example in the article of a NZ citizen (who has no other nationality) trying to obtain Singaporean citizenship is correct. This is because a New Zealand citizen must possess the nationality of another country at the time of renunciation, regardless of whether the renunciation is made in New Zealand or overseas - see Section 15 of the Citizenship Act 1977 . The Minister can refuse the application for renunciation of citizenship on the basis that the NZ citizen is in NZ and/or on the basis that the NZ citizen does not already have another nationality. Bonus bon (talk) 15:11, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

New Zealand citizenship by descent
The article suggests that a New Zealand citizenship by descent is required to reclaim their citizenship.

i.e. (a) The following persons born or adopted outside New Zealand qualify to become New Zealand citizens by descent: (b) In order to claim their New Zealand citizenship, these people must register their citizenship by descent at the Citizenship Office.

I believe this is only relevant when proof of citizenship is required, especially registering as an NZ citizen by descent to get a NZ passport.

If a person satisfies the criteria listed, they are automatically a citizen without any need to 'qualify' or 'claim' their citizenship. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:8003:2F6A:9400:C1C2:B4BD:E50:A96C (talk) 06:53, 14 August 2017 (UTC)

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Raraunga Aotearoa
removed "Raraunga Aotearoa in Māori" from the lead of the article with the edit summary "Raraunga does not mean nationality law". Since this has been in the article since it was substantially expanded by in August 2011, and New Zealand citizen is a redirect to this article, and the online Māori dictionary I use says Raraunga means citizenship, I think it is worth having a discussion about this. Unfortunately my own understanding of Te Reo is not sufficient for me to comment more substantially than this.- gadfium 21:05, 22 May 2018 (UTC)