Richard O'Brien set to retire in NZ
Posted in: New Zealand Daily News
By
GayNZ.com Daily News staff - 2nd August 2010
http://www.gaynz.com/articles/publish/2/article_9136.phpRocky Horror creator Richard O'Brien appears to be a step closer to his dream of retiring in New Zealand.
His immigration consultant has told The Dominion Post that his client is almost certainly getting residency after Associate Immigration Minister Kate Wilkinson pledged to make an exception to the usual criteria.
O'Brien, 68, wants to settle down in the Bay of Plenty town of Katikati, where he owns property.
"All I wanted to do is belong. It's always been home," he told the newspaper. "I feel a big swell of love and generosity of spirit all around me in New Zealand. I'm a peculiar-looking person. I'm a ->-bleeped-<- – but I'm their ->-bleeped-<-."
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Rocky Horror creator to be granted NZ residency
By TOM HUNT - The Dominion Post
Last updated 05:00 02/08/2010
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/3979912/Rocky-Horror-Picture-Show-creator-to-be-granted-NZ-residencyThe Government has intervened to allow Riff Raff into the country.
Immigration adviser Dion Smart has confirmed his client – The Rocky Horror Picture Show creator Richard O'Brien – was almost certainly getting New Zealand residency after Associate Immigration Minister Kate Wilkinson pledged to make an exception to the usual criteria.
Speaking from his London home, O'Brien said he would prefer to have his citizenship – another step up the ladder to becoming an official New Zealander – "rubber-stamped".
