At today's citizenship ceremony, new citizens shared what their lives are like in Rotorua.
![Geraldine Atchico. Citizenship ceremony. 20 March 2018 Daily Post photograph by Stephen Parker](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/VWOUMXXBYF4U5RJPB2IKHYURIU.jpg?auth=4abbe2f6ea73f8036644cfbed8a22cca5e698ba91ed1779bbce9015c5ae629cf&width=16&height=22&quality=70&smart=true)
I'm at Rotorua Girls High School, I'm in my second to last year. I want to study med, and be a surgeon.
GERALDINE ATCHICO Philippines
![Peter Auge](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/CQKWPV3ZAPBRHPP4RSJNRJLUSQ.jpg?auth=ee69c1c193902c48057dd461858834a46b4ada5056dc8042a9ec9cbde4999c47&width=16&height=23&quality=70&smart=true)
Estelle Hayes.
At today's citizenship ceremony, new citizens shared what their lives are like in Rotorua.
I'm at Rotorua Girls High School, I'm in my second to last year. I want to study med, and be a surgeon.
GERALDINE ATCHICO Philippines
We've been in New Zealand for six years, I'm a forestry consultant.
PETER AUGE South Africa
I came to New Zealand five years ago. I'm a full-time mum.
YELENA BRADFORD Kazakhstan
I came to New Zealand in 2003 as a student at Auckland University. I'm in the roading industry. I worked in Timaru but it was too cold, so I came to Rotorua.
EASHWAR BALASUBRAMANIYAN India
The collection where her portrait is displayed is seen by 'millions' of visitors a year.