Adoption and its alternatives: a different approach and a new framework

A 2000 report from the Law Commission about the history of adoption and adoption law in New Zealand (PDF, 1.22 MB).

Adoption: Oranga Tamariki – Ministry for Children

Information from Oranga Tamariki on adoption.

Convention on jurisdiction, applicable law and recognition of decrees relating to adoptions

The Hague Convention on the protection of children and co-operation in respect of inter-country adoptions.

Adoption New Zealand

Adoption New Zealand provides support and resources for people affected by adoption, as well as raising awareness about adoption practices and legislation.

Couchman, J. ‘Intercountry adoption in New Zealand – a child rights perspective.’ Victoria University of Wellington Law Review 2, no. 3 (November 1997): 421–450.

Dalley, Bronwyn. ‘Ex-nuptial births, adoption, foster care and child abuse.’ In Family matters: child welfare in twentieth-century New Zealand. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 1998, 216–258.

Else, Anne. A question of adoption: closed stranger adoption in New Zealand, 1944–1974. Wellington: Bridget Williams Books, 1991.

Griffith, Keith C. The right to know who you are: reform of adoption law with honesty, openness and integrity. Ottawa: K. W. Kimbell, 1991.

Shawyer, Joss. Death by adoption. Auckland: Cicada, 1979.