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                    [0] => Files containing correspondence between the New Zealand Government and applicants for naturalisation and/or citizenship.
                )

            [id] => 8375
            [idSort] => 8375
            [name] => Naturalisation files
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                    [custom5] => Paper files
                )

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                            [0] => 17419
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            [authenticityNote] => This series description was compiled as part of a project to capture the finding aids created prior to 1987 into the GAIMS system. The date of this series are based on the dates of holdings.
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                    [normalizedValue] => 1966-01-01T00:00:00.0Z
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                    [normalizedValue] => 1977-01-01T00:00:00.0Z
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                            [0] => approximate
                            [1] => yearOnly
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            [history] => 
Naturalisation was the name given to the process of becoming a New Zealand citizen. The files in this series contain correspondence between the New Zealand Government and applicants for naturalisation and/or citizenship. Each applicant had a separate file. A successful application for naturalisation resulted in the issue of Letters of Naturalisation, later known as Certificates of Citizenship [see series 8377]. 



There are controlling registers and indexes for these items in series 8376. Please note that naturalisation files 174-299 which relate to the 'Registers of Certificates of Citizenship' in series 8376, are not individually listed. 



Prior to 1966, files were registered in Record Group series IA1, the main correspondence system of the Internal Affairs Department [series 8333]. In particular, files which were created between 1938-1966 were filed in sub-series 115 of this series.
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                            [name] => Wellington repository
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            [ricClassificationDescription] => Alphanumeric.  Files are arranged with an alpha-prefix R,  a numerical running number 167, then page number eg R167,  p.108.  This  refers to page 108 of register number 167.
            [seriesAccessContacts] => 
Requests for access to restricted records should be made in writing to the following:
New Zealand Citizenship Office 

PO Box 10-680 

Wellington 6143.
            [seriesRestrictionReason] => 
All files in this series are restricted for 100 years from the date of birth, or 40 years from the date of death of the person the file documents.
To gain access to these records proof confirming a date of birth or death outside the stated restriction periods, or written permission from the access contact, will be required.
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