Adoption
Runaway Kunekune pigs find new home
When 14-year-old George heard two Kunekune pigs were looking for a new home, he stepped up - adopting the porkers. It wasn't long before they became part of the family. Video, Audio
Adoption in New Zealand
Around 300 couples and individuals are waiting, hoping to be able to adopt a baby in New Zealand at any one time. But in the past year the number available for adoption is down to around 20. Audio
Birth parents win case against whāngai in court
The Court of Appeal backs a decision to leave a child with her birth parents rather than her whāngai adoptive parents.
Who is the real Paul Fronczak?
Paul Fronczak spent most of his life thinking he knew who is was. A boy from Chicago, albeit with a good backstory. He thought he was the child pictured in faded news clippings from 1964, stolen at a… Audio
A professional model of surrogacy
Dr Ruth Walker and Dr Liezl van Zyl from the University of Waikato have written a book, "Towards a Professional Model of Surrogate Motherhood" in which they outline a model for surrogacy they say is… Audio
'No evidence' govt responsible for forced adoption - Tolley
The Minister for Children is standing by a decision not to hold an inquiry into forced adoption during the 1950s to 1980s.
Call for inquiry into forced adoption
A teenage woman whose newborn was taken for adoption in 1964 has told MPs she wants an inquiry into forced adoption in New Zealand.
Jeanette Winterson: the disguised written self
Kim Hill talks to the British novelist who has published over a dozen works of fiction since her 1985 debut novel, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit; her latest is The Gap of Time, a "cover version" of… Audio
Government under pressure to update adoption law
The Government is coming under increasing pressure to reform its more than than 60-year old adoption law, which has now been labelled discriminatory against people based on sex, marital status… Audio
Adoption law 'outdated, discriminatory'
New Zealand's adoption law discriminates based on sex, marital status, disability and age, an independent tribunal has found.
Johanna Emeney: medical humanities
Kim Hill talks to Johanna Emeney a poet whose doctoral thesis in creative writing explores the emerging field of medical humanities, investigating the work of New Zealand poets on medical themes… Audio
Victory for same-sex couples wanting to adopt
An Auckland same-sex de facto couple has won an historic court ruling allowing them to apply to jointly adopt children. Audio
Court judgment allows same-sex defactos to jointly adopt
An Auckland same-sex de facto couple has won an historic court ruling allowing them to jointly adopt children. Audio
Robert Dessaix: adoption, love and writing
Hobart-based writer, whose books include the memoirs A Mother's Disgrace and What Days Are For: a Collection of Musings. He is a guest at Writer's Week at the 2016 New Zealand Festival. Audio
Adopting from Overseas
Adoption First Steps is a new agency that can assist New Zealand parents to adopt children from orphanages overseas, with AFS chairperson Sue Peacock and executive director Gilli Sinclair. Audio
Gabriela Misca: the psychology of inter country adoptions
Dr Gabriela Misca is a developmental psychologist and senior lecturer in psychology in the Institute of Health and Society at the University of Worcester in the UK. She is an international expert on… Audio
Forced adoption in New Zealand
Earlier this year the Australian Federal Government apologised for its historical practice of forcibly taking babies born out of wedlock from their mothers. Should the New Zealand Government do the… Audio
