Originally Posted by
nzkarit
Also if you want to be an MP they don't like you being a dual citizen. Or did they change that after a bunch of MPs also had automatic NZ citizenship through parents?
My understanding is the non dual citizen requirement is only for Federal Parliament (both houses). But not for state or territory parliaments.
Wikipedia-->
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017%E...ibility_crisis
Most had UK links. The unluckiest was Larissa Waters born in Canada and left at ~11 months old. Apparently Canada changed its laws not long after, so if she had been born ~1 year later she would not have been considered a Canadian citizen.
Very likely were some former federal parliamentarians who were not eligible under section 44. But no one noticed at the time or checked.