Adoption

The country's outdated adoption legislation is set for an overhaul by the Ministry of Justice, which admits the law hasn't kept up with modern life and families.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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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

Justice Minister Kris Faafoi has released a discussion document on potential reform of New Zealand's adoption laws, including the Adoption Act, which hasn't been updated since 1955. There have been… Audio

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

Haddon is a Hawke's Bay artist who has been creating music with international beat makers and producers. The 19-year-old is a prolific songwriter with over 150 songs already under his belt. He joins… Audio

Filmmaker and journalist Barbara Sumner was adopted in 1960 and at the age of 23, embarked on a search to find her birth mother. The system made this all but impossible, and Sumner now campaigns for… Audio

Legal correspondent Simon Jefferson joins Kathryn to talk about why he believes adoption laws are long overdue for an overhaul. He says the outdated model hasn't kept pace with the evolution of… Audio

Anne Audain overcame incredible odds to become the world's winningest road racer, and in the process, earn hundreds of thousands of dollars through lucrative deals with the likes of Nike and Pepsi… Audio

Nineteen-year-old Jasmine Hubber has rescued nearly 200 cows and calves from a one-way trip to the meatworks with her not-for-profit cow sanctuary 'Til the Cows Come Home. Audio

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

In 1975, at the height of the Vietnam War, a very unusual mercy mission was launched. Dubbed 'Operation Babylift', it was designed to take hundreds of Vietnamese babies and children away from the… Audio, Gallery

Aucklander Alex Gilbert is on a mission to help people around the world who are adopted share their stories and potentially find their birth families. Alex, who is 27, was born in Russia and adopted… Audio

When 14-year-old George heard two Kunekune pigs were looking for a new home, he stepped up - adopting the porkers. It wasn't long before they became part of the family. Video, Audio

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

Paul Fronczak spent most of his life thinking he knew who is was. A boy from Chicago, albeit with a good backstory. He thought he was the child pictured in faded news clippings from 1964, stolen at a… Audio