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Posted July 12, 2015 20:06 · last edited July 12, 2015 20:07

critter wrote:

Sorry but talking from experience one can be a permanent resident without being a NZ citizen and still have a NZ passport I was born not in NZ and have been here 63 years and have a NZ passport

Nope, you're a citizen if you have a passport. NZ does issue travel documents to residents who can't get passports from the country or countries they are citizens of (refugees for instance) but these are not technically New Zealand passports. 

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ConanTroutman edited July 12, 2015 20:07
critter wrote:

Sorry but talking from experience one can be a permanent resident without being a NZ citizen and still have a NZ passport I was born not in NZ and have been here 63 years and have a NZ passport

Nope, you're a citizen if you have a passport. NZ does is travel documents to residents who can't get passports from the country or countries they are citizens of (refugees for instance) but these are not technically New Zealand passports.