More links and websites
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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).
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Adoption: Oranga Tamariki – Ministry for Children
Information from Oranga Tamariki on adoption.
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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.
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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.
More suggestions and sources
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Couchman, J. ‘Intercountry adoption in New Zealand – a child rights perspective.’ Victoria University of Wellington Law Review 2, no. 3 (November 1997): 421–450.
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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.
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Else, Anne. A question of adoption: closed stranger adoption in New Zealand, 1944–1974. Wellington: Bridget Williams Books, 1991.
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Griffith, Keith C. The right to know who you are: reform of adoption law with honesty, openness and integrity. Ottawa: K. W. Kimbell, 1991.
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Shawyer, Joss. Death by adoption. Auckland: Cicada, 1979.