TWENTY-three new citizens were welcomed into the country at a ceremony at the Gisborne District Council chambers yesterday.
NEW CITIZENS WELCOMED: From Britain were Deborah Anne Barrow, Stephen Edward Barrow, Bonita Cathrine Childs, Richard John Childs, Joshua David Boswell-Childs, Elliot Oliver Childs, Tristan Brook Cowper, Bernandette Stander, Nadia Arista Stander and Dr Nicholas Samuel Wright, who is Australian/British. From South Africa, Vere Dixon-Smith, Thomas Dixon-Smith, Jack Dixon-Smith, Hannelie Fourie, Anton Heyns and Bonetha Heyns. From Tonga are Mikaele Tupou Kaitapu and Silivia Kaitapu and from Russia is Aleksandra Molyanova. From Samoa is Tavita Samuelu from Italy Giuseppe Martelli and Tom Jose Julia Zwinnen from Belgium. Picture by Liam Clayton