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Growing pains: Our outdated adoption laws
Podcast episode — 13 July 2022Our almost 70-year-old adoption laws are under review and there are calls for changes to make it easier for adopted children to reconnect with their biological family.
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Same-sex adoption, religious freedoms, and child-abuse petitions before Parliament
Podcast episode — 17 April 2021Calls to force witnesses to child abuse to speak, reforming adoption law for same-sex couples, and better protections for religious freedoms have been made at Parliament
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Growing pains: Our outdated adoption laws
Our almost 70-year-old adoption laws are under review and there are calls for changes to make it easier for adopted children to reconnect with their biological family. Audio
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Same-sex adoption, religious freedoms, and child-abuse petitions before Parliament
Calls to force witnesses to child abuse to speak, reforming adoption law for same-sex couples, and better protections for religious freedoms have been made at Parliament
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Ministry of Justice unveils options for adoption law reform
The country's 67-year-old adoption laws are set for an overhaul.
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Same-sex adoption, religious freedoms, and child-abuse petitions before Parliament
Calls to force witnesses to child abuse to speak, reforming adoption law for same-sex couples, and better protections for religious freedoms have been made at Parliament Audio
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Adoption in New Zealand
Around 300 couples and individuals are waiting, hoping to be able to adopt a baby in New Zealand at any one time. But in the past year the number available for adoption is down to around 20. Audio
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Child slavery cases prompt move on intercountry adoption laws
Fears over child slavery and abuse have prompted the New Zealand government to make a move on inter-country adoption laws.
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Adoption law reform "long overdue"
The country's outdated adoption legislation is set for an overhaul by the Ministry of Justice, which admits the law hasn't kept up with modern life and families. Improving access to birth families… Audio
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Growing pains: Our outdated adoption laws
Our almost 70-year-old adoption laws are under review and there are calls for changes to make it easier for adopted children to reconnect with their biological family.
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Madonna loses bid to adopt second Malawian child
Pop icon Madonna has failed in her bid to adopt a second child from Malawi after a court rejected her application, warning that the case could open the door to trafficking in children.
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'No evidence' govt responsible for forced adoption - Tolley
The Minister for Children is standing by a decision not to hold an inquiry into forced adoption during the 1950s to 1980s.
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Adoption law 'outdated, discriminatory'
New Zealand's adoption law discriminates based on sex, marital status, disability and age, an independent tribunal has found.
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Russian-born man who was adopted as child loses ACC appeal
A child who was assaulted in Russia before his adoption into New Zealand has been declined cover for mental injury by ACC in the Court of Appeal.
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Solomon Islands tightens its child adoption laws
The Solomon Islands parliament has tightened the conditions for non-residents who want to adopt local children.
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Birth parents win case against whāngai in court
The Court of Appeal backs a decision to leave a child with her birth parents rather than her whāngai adoptive parents.
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Adopted Russian child sent back from US alone
Russia is considering suspending the adoption of Russian children by people in the United States, after a seven-year-old boy was sent back because his adoptive family rejected him.
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Same-sex adoption, religious freedoms, and child-abuse petitions before Parliament
The House: Calls to force witnesses to child abuse to speak, reforming adoption law for same-sex couples, and better protections for religious freedoms have been made by petitions to Parliament. Audio
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Victory for same-sex couples wanting to adopt
An Auckland same-sex de facto couple has won an historic court ruling allowing them to apply to jointly adopt children. Audio
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Building a Family
Audio 8 Nov 2018It's not as simple to adopt as it used to be but RNZ's Katy Gosset finds that for the lucky few, the rewards are worth waiting for. Audio
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Irish adoption registrations 'a dark chapter'
Every adoption agency in Ireland has been involved in illegal child registrations, according to the head of children's charity Barnardos.
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De facto couple's right to adopt upheld
The right of a de facto couple to adopt a child has been upheld by the High Court in a judgement delivered on Thursday.
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How closed adoption robbed Māori children of their identity
Under the 1955 Adoption Act, thousands of Māori babies were adopted into Pākehā families. Te Aniwa Hurihanganui investigates the impact on Māori who grew up desperate to re-connect. Audio
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Russian-born man who was adopted as child loses ACC appeal
A child who was assaulted in Russia before his adoption into New Zealand has been declined cover for mental injury by ACC in the Court of Appeal.
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Call for inquiry into forced adoptions
Maggie Wilkinson has been fighting a 30-year battle for the government to investigate the forced adoption of babies born to unwed mothers from the late 1950s to the mid 1970s. Audio
