Related Content Big name in the US, Peter Thiel is quietly at home in NZ, a place he considers the 'secret of a good life' Fran O'Sullivan: Fast-track Kiwi? In a personal letter Thiel, who also held German and United States citizenship at the time of his application, was effusive about New Zealand. • 30 June 2011: Thiel's citizenship application is signed off by then Internal Affairs minister Nathan Guy. • 12 August 2011: Private citizenship ceremony take place for Thiel in Santa Monica. • 25 Jan 2017: News of Citizen Thiel breaks in the New Zealand Herald.

Source: New Zealand Herald February 01, 2017 17:03 UTC