Reacquiring Lost Citizenship in New Zealand

What happened to the New Zealand citizenship you want back?

New Zealand has no general resumption route. The main exception is the 2024 Act restoring citizenship removed from Samoans in 1982. If you are unsure what happened, Internal Affairs can tell you from your citizenship record.

My claim comes from a birth in Samoa before 1949 I formally renounced it It was taken from me, or lost some other way I never held it; a parent or grandparent did