Strangers in their own land: how a new citizenship category could avoid a trap for Indigenous children born overseas

Strangers in their own land: how a new citizenship category could avoid a trap for Indigenous children born overseas

John Bryers Ruddock was born in Australia but is a New Zealand citizen by descent through his Māori mother. However, his children are not citizens under the current law because they were born in the United States. John Bryers Ruddock, CC BY-SAOutdated laws mean Indigenous children in Aotearoa New Zealand and Australia can currently be denied citizenship on the lands of their ancestors. The issue came to the fore last month, when the Waitangi Tri…