Story: Diverse families

More links and websites

• Putting the kids first: caring for children after separation

  This paper on the Ministry of Social Development website presents the findings of a study on post-separation parenting arrangements.

• Rainbow Families NZ

  Rainbow Families New Zealand supports lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered parents, prospective parents, and their children.

• Takatāpui

  A resource hub for Takatāpui and their whānau.

More suggestions and sources

• Fleming, Robin. The common purse: income sharing in New Zealand families. Auckland: Auckland University Press; Wellington: Bridget Williams Books, 1997.
• Fleming, Robin. Families of a different kind: life in the households of couples who have children from previous marriages or marriage-like relationships: a social research report. Waikanae: Families of Remarriage Project, 1999.
• Gunn, Alexandra C., and Nicola Surtees. We’re a family: How lesbians and gay men are creating and maintaining family in New Zealand. Welllington: Families Commission, 2009.
• Kerekere, Elizabeth. Growing up takatāpui: whānau journeys. Auckland: Rainbow Youth & Tīwhanawhana Trust, 2017.
• The Kiwi nest: 60 years of change in New Zealand families. Wellington: Families Commission, 2008.
• Rosier, Pat, and Myra Hauschild. Get used to it! Children of gay and lesbian parents. Christchurch: Canterbury University Press, 1999.
• Walker, Tai. Whānau is whānau. Wellington: Families Commission, 2006.