Street View: Why did you become a New Zealand citizen?

TAKING THE OATH..Twenty-five people were made New Zealand citizens at the Rotorua Lakes Council on Thursday. PHOTO/FILE

At yesterday's citizenship ceremony in Rotorua, people shared why they became citizens.

Rajeev Bajwa

One day my daughter said, "It's awkward travelling on a New Zealand passport and you're still using an Indian passport."

RAJEEV BAJWA

India

Hilda Lamont

I work at the Tamaki Maori Village, I thought it was about time I became a citizen.

HILDA LAMONT

Papua New Guinea

Margaret Mowbray

Our grandchildren are from here so I thought it was about time.

MARGARET MOWBRAY

England

Nazifa Mesic

I came to New Zealand with my family in 2007. I had a daughter, she's 3 now, so I thought it was time I did it.

NAZIFA MESIC

Sweden