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Kōrero: Diverse families

Lesbian mothers and their son

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Lesbian mothers and their son

Ruth Jackson and Marolyn Krasner used a known sperm donor because they wanted their child to have a relationship with his biological father. The father of their son, Manaaki, is Māori and Manaaki will have access to knowledge of his whakapapa as well as contact with his father as an important adult in his life.

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Rosemary Du Plessis rāua ko Candice Diggelmann, Diverse families – Families with lesbian or gay parents, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/31600/lesbian-mothers-and-their-son (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Rosemary Du Plessis rāua ko Candice Diggelmann, i tāngia i te 3 May 2011.