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Kōrero: Adoption

Russian adoptions

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Russian adoptions

New Zealanders could adopt Russian children from 1992. Adoptions were facilitated by agencies accredited by the Russian Ministry of Education. This is Auckland woman Sarah Morton playing with her adopted Russian son Alexander (aged 20 months) in 2007.

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New Zealand Herald

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by Greg Bowker

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Anne Else, Adoption – Inter-country adoption, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/26066/russian-adoptions (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Anne Else, i tāngia i te 28 February 2011.