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cappuccino Aug 14th 2013 9:23 am

Citizen at last!
 
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Today I officially became a New Zealand Citizen :thumbsup:

kiwigeordie Aug 14th 2013 9:36 am

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Congratulations!!!:thumbsup:
Pete

RobDon Aug 14th 2013 9:36 am

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:thumbsup: Congratulations! :thumbsup:

MrsFychan Aug 14th 2013 9:45 am

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http://www.saaustralia.org/public/st...atulations.gif

what did the day entail?

cappuccino Aug 14th 2013 9:52 am

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Originally Posted by MrsFychan (Post 10850084)

Thanks everyone :D

Ceremony involved swearing an oath of allegiance to the Queen (of New Zealand!), shaking hands with the Mayor, receiving certificate, receiving Kowhai tree, singing the National Anthem in both Maori and English. There were 184 new citizens from 34 countries!!

MrsFychan Aug 14th 2013 10:08 am

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Originally Posted by cappuccino (Post 10850097)
Thanks everyone :D

Ceremony involved swearing an oath of allegiance to the Queen (of New Zealand!), shaking hands with the Mayor, receiving certificate, receiving Kowhai tree, singing the National Anthem in both Maori and English. There were 184 new citizens from 34 countries!!

cool, did you know the National Anthem ?

cappuccino Aug 14th 2013 10:14 am

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Originally Posted by MrsFychan (Post 10850110)
cool, did you know the National Anthem ?

Yeh, I learnt it in both languages (but they also had the words printed on the programme).

anthony1972 Aug 14th 2013 3:00 pm

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Originally Posted by cappuccino (Post 10850115)
Yeh, I learnt it in both languages (but they also had the words printed on the programme).

Congratulations!!! :thumbsup:

Cheers! :drinkwine:

Persephone Aug 14th 2013 5:45 pm

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Many congratulations Capp:thumbsup:

Stormer999 Aug 14th 2013 9:34 pm

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Fantastic, only another 40 months to go...:thumbup:

scrubbedexpat094 Aug 14th 2013 9:58 pm

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Many congratulations to you Cappuccino. It's a really special day. Now to get your Black & Silver Passport :D

BEVS Aug 14th 2013 10:05 pm

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Originally Posted by cappuccino (Post 10850061)
Today I officially became a New Zealand Citizen :thumbsup:

Congrats Capp. You've finally made it Ms New Zealander. :D

I see you got a ribbon too. Nice touch is that.

Catchafire Aug 14th 2013 10:20 pm

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Originally Posted by cappuccino (Post 10850061)
Today I officially became a New Zealand Citizen :thumbsup:

Awesome!

pippalonghorn Aug 14th 2013 11:07 pm

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Originally Posted by cappuccino (Post 10850061)
Today I officially became a New Zealand Citizen :thumbsup:

Congratulations :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

cappuccino Aug 14th 2013 11:31 pm

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Originally Posted by BEVS (Post 10851204)
Congrats Capp. You've finally made it Ms New Zealander. :D

I see you got a ribbon too. Nice touch is that.

Thanks Bevs

Actually I bought the ribbon - they just gave us a tree ;-)


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