Sahitya Anand, formerly of India, has lived in New Zealand for seven years, and moved to Dunedin from Auckland four months ago.
She came to the country for work in the IT industry, but made the move south to study towards a master’s in business.
She said she wanted to ‘‘give back to the country’’, and had plans to start a non-profit to support women experiencing emotional distress once she had completed her studies.
Thirty-seven new citizens were sworn in at yesterday’s ceremony, which was presided over by Dunedin deputy mayor Christine Garey.
New citizens were given a book and a kowhai shrub when they received their citizenship certificates.
Other new citizens.— Judith Dianne Easton, Hugh Donald Fry, Grace Elizabeth Fry, Shantelle Jackson (Australia); Thomas Schweitzer (Austria); Weizhi Wu, Yiheng Wu, Xian Zhang (China); Margaret Elizabeth Black, Charlotte Thompson, Alan Adrian Edward Griffiths, Jacob Rohan Patel, Christopher Ian Pragnell, David Ian Steer, Susan Elizabeth Steer, Thomas Martin Sweeney (England); Sandra Judy French, Kannan Sudarsanam Jagannathan (India); Seth Pickersgill, Martin Schweitzer (New Zealand); Mian Mohammad Hashim Bacha, Rahat Ali Bacha Mian, Nazneen Rahat, Romaisa Rahat (Pakistan); Helen Lauren Agayo Capuyan, Jerome Dolocanog Largo, Renelyn Sistoza Parra (Philippines); Ekaterina Ivonina (Russia); Alphonso Louis Stowers (Samoa); Leonora Zuba, Samora Zuba, Mbali Entle Zuba, Mzwandile Steven Zuba (South Africa); Lesieli Heimoana Latu (Tonga); Malcolm Black, Michelle Anne Griffiths (United Kingdom).
