Newest citizens welcomed

Published on 26 July 2019

The latest citizens to be welcomed in Whanganui 

Whanganui Mayor Hamish McDouall and Whanganui District Council Chief Executive Kym Fell welcomed 25 new citizens in a ceremony in the Council Chamber this month. The new citizens were presented with their certificate of New Zealand citizenship.

Mayor McDouall says it was a privilege to welcome the group. “It doesn’t matter whether they have lived in Whanganui for a number of decades or a handful of years, the ceremonies are always meaningful and a time to celebrate.”

The new citizens and their original nationalities are: Jant Akkerman (Netherlands); Mehar Angez Begum Ali, Farook Ali (Fiji); Lovely Quipanes Brunola (Philippines); Timoci Bulitavu Kabakaba (Fiji); Natasha Nabihah Khan (Fiji); Jo Anne Cabug-Os Letigio (Philippines); Julian Ferdinand Pelser (South Africa); Jonathan Geoffrey Rowan Seagers (United Kingdom); Mohamed Belkouadssi (Morocco); Laisiana Tale Bulivou (Fiji); Susan Kathleen Hickey (Canada); Wendy Thelma Kelly (Australia); Nelson Fry Lebo III, Danielle Lija Lebo (United States of America); Gantugs Monkhor (Mongolia); Anne Elizabeth Ravn (England); Flemming Ravn (Denmark); Simrat Singh (India); Richard Nengyue Tang (China); Ian Taylor, Rachel Jane Taylor, Samuel Thomas Taylor, Joshua Luke Taylor (England); Rachel Heather Southgate (England)