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Question 7115 (2026)
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Teanau Tuiono
List MP · Green Party
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How many people, if any, have applied for citizenship under section 7A of the Citizenship (Western Samoa) Act 1982?
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Hon Brooke van Velden
Member for Tāmaki · ACT Party · Minister of Internal Affairs
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I am advised by the Department of Internal Affairs that a total of 2,382 individuals have applied for a grant of citizenship under section 7A of the Citizenship (Western Samoa) Act 1982 for the period 26 November 2024, when the amendment to the Act came into force, to 3 March 2026.