Mrs van Eunen said when she was 18 months old her family came to New Zealand and fell in love with the country and wanted to move here.
They eventually came back and settled in 2005.
Her parents had an interior design business in the Netherlands and when they arrived in New Zealand her father returned to his trade as an interior painter.
Her father, who was originally from England, became a New Zealand citizen in Christchurch last month and yesterday was her turn.
Watched by her New Zealander husband John van Eunen and their two young daughters Mrs van Eunen was presented with her citizenship certificate by Dunedin Mayor Jules Radich.
Being married to a New Zealander meant she could have dual citizenship, Mrs van Eunen said.
Although he had a Dutch name her husband was born in New Zealand.
From almost every corner of the world more than 60 people came together at the Glenroy Auditorium, in Dunedin, to be sworn in as New Zealand citizens.
Some pledged in te reo Māori, others in English.
All wore big smiles as they received their certificate and a native tree, which symbolised their planting of new roots in their new country, Mr Radich said.
New citizens
Zhaleh Adhamijamnani (Iran), Eve Maria Aitken (United Kingdom), Rama Mustafa Allo (Syria), Rania Mustafa Allo (Syria), Rawaa Mustafa Allo (Syria), Sabah Omran Alloulou (Syria), Bilal Mohamad Lababidi (Syria), Mohamad Abdullah Lababidi (Syria), Shakul Bedi (India), Jesse Michael Bering (United States), Juan Carlos Quiles Cardenas (Mexico), Estibaliz Arantzazu Blazquez Basarrate (Spain), David Simon Koskuba (United Kingdom), Mihnea Bostina (Romania), Elena Bostina (Germany), Laura-Nicoleta Burga (Romania), Jacques Brown (South Africa), Yolande Brown (South Africa), Jessica Brown (South Africa), Divya Chauhan (India), Pei-Yun Chu (Taiwan), Hamish Morrison Clapp (United Kingdom), Angelina Cockerill (Russia), Nicole Marie Critelli (United States), Mitchell Ian Albert Derrick (United Kingdom), Vilashni Sanghya Devi (Fiji), Daniel Dias Dos Santos (Brazil), Nada Nassif Iskandar Guirguis (Egypt), Kathy Harpur ((South Africa), Seunghyung Hong (South Korea), Josefin Jephson Sandstrom (Sweden), Elizabeth Jones (United Kingdom), Ramesh Kumar Kachroo (India), Yunsung Kal (South Korea), Abdul Wahid Khan (Fiji), Sean Michael Terrence Labrooy (Sri Lanka), Cyril Ken Banog Lawas (Philippines), Chyler Yumi Delfin Lawas (Philippines), Althea Delfin Lawas (Philippines), Biruk Legesse (Ethiopia), Saw Hay Mar (Myanmar), Nigel Gary McCoubrey (United Kingdom), Rachel Anne McCoubrey (United Kingdom), Philippa Jane Murrell (United Kingdom), Nova Llagas Ochigue (Philippines), Nina Benedikte Onarheim-Smith (Norway), George Ryan Parker (United Kingdom), Elizaveta Permina (Russia), Gaudencio Jr Rufon Robiso (Philippines), Thea Janelle Enaje Robiso (Philippines), Maria Theresa Enaje Robiso (Philippines), Gaudencio III Enaje Robiso (Philippines), Wendy Jane Shanks (United Kingdom), Pascal Jean Bruno Sirguey (France), Lisa Marie Smith (Canada), Ian Oswald Smith (Australia), Tofatuimoana Solia (Samoa), David Summers (United Kingdom), Mukhtiar Singh Sunner (India), Jeffrey Gaitan Talabucon (Philippines), Kristinn Marie Regalado Talabucon (Philippines), Iris Avriele Regalado Talabucon (Philippines), Maee Tauvaga-Tanuvasa Nuu (Samoa), Claire Louise Treweek (United Kingdom), Alycon Francisca van Eunen (Netherlands), Hana Vojechovsa (Czech Republic), Brynmor David Workman (United Kingdom).
