Street view: How does it feel to be a New Zealand citizen?

Pupils from the Rotorua Seventh-Day Adventist School perform for the citizenship ceremony. Photo / Stephen Parker

Harpreet Kaur Bains

I just want to thank God and my husband for making this possible today.

Harpreet Kaur Bains
India

Yogeshni Devi

I just want to say thank you to New Zealand for letting us be citizens. We are blessed to have been here now for 13 years.

Yogeshni Devi
Fiji

Roshni Rangini Lata Kumar

It has been a wonderful time to live and work here, but we want to keep in touch with our own country and culture, Fijian and Kiwi.

Roshni Rangini Latar Kumar
Fiji

Wenie Iryn Alcuizar Ruiz

I moved to New Zealand in 2011, I came here for a better opportunity for work and now I've got a small family and we've just bought a house here.

Wenie Iryn Alcuizar Ruiz
Philippines