The citizenship tweak to allow long-term Kiwi residents to become Australians is evidence the trans-Tasman relationship is bearing fruit, New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins says.
And those New Zealanders applying for Australian passports - as many as 400,000 by some estimates - are being invited to thank his party at the ballot box as Labour asks Kiwis for a third term this month.
As of Wednesday, overseas New Zealanders are able to vote in the October 14 election.
