Samoa citizenship bill
Wellington, NEW ZEALAND — An historic bill to restore entitlement to New Zealand citizenship for people born in Western Samoa between 1924 and 1949 has passed its second reading in Parliament.
Green Party MP Teanau Tuiono's bill was supported by all parties, including National, which did not back...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The window for oral submissions has closed on the Samoa Citizenship Bill's first reading in Wellington.
It is now a step closer to becoming actualised following the end of public consultations on Green MP Teanau Tuiono's Members bill Restoring Citizenship Removed by...

![There was some surprise support from the opposite side of the chamber for Green MP Teanau Tuiono's Restoring Citizenship Removed by Citizenship (Western Samoa) Act 1982 Bill as it passed its first reading, April 10, 2024. [photo: Johnny Blades / VNP] Green MP Teanau Tuiono](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/green_mp_copy.jpg?itok=NYFCxXOR)
![The legislation aims to reinstate New Zealand citizenship to Samoans born between 1924 and 1949, whose citizenship was revoked by the Citizenship (Western Samoa) Act of 1982. [photo: RNZ Pacific / Grace Tinetali-Fiavaai] citizenship deliberations](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/citizenship_copy.jpg?itok=OdUnlgz2)