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: Hastings welcomes 30 new New Zealanders
11 December 2006
A Citizenship Ceremony will be held on Wednesday, 13 December 2006 at 7.00pm in the Council Chamber. There will be 30 candidates who will officially become citizens of New Zealand that evening, made up of the following nationalities:
Indian (5)
British (8)
Samoan (14)
Fijian (1)
Somalian (1)
South African (1)
Kaumatua, Mr Tiemi (Jim) Whaanga will welcome those present on behalf of tangata whenua.
Entertainment will be provided by the “Hastings Girls High School – Barber Shop Quartet”.
A copy of “Town and Country – The history of Hastings and district” by Matthew Wright will be presented to each family by Mayor Lawrence Yule. The candidates will also receive a Kowhai tree grown at the Hastings District Council’s Nursery, which symbolises “putting down roots”.
Representation from the 7th Wellington (City of Wellington’s Own) and Hawke’s Bay Regiment will attend the Mayor.
For more information
Jessica Soutar Barron
Communications Officer
(06) 878 0510 ex. 8629
027 275 5205
