Adoption in the Media

Print Media

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An article in the Sunday Star Times (May 2010) about how adoption has changed over the years.

A happy guinea pig for open adoption

An article in The Press August 2009 about Hannah Duckmanton, who had one of the earliest open adoptions in New Zealand.

Call to give birth parents contact rights under law

An article in the Herald talks aout the legal status of contact rights, including comments from one of the the Adoption Options trustees.

Legal Rights

Adoption advantageous

Letter to the Editor, The Press, July 2008.

Letter to The Press July 08
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Number of babies available for adoption falls sharply.

As the number of adoptions continues to fall, the work of the Adoption Option Trust is profiled in The Press, 13 May 2008

Mum, Dad - I'm pregnant.

Tearaway magazine looks at adoption (March 2008)

Tearaway Adoption piece March 2008

Pregnant, Now what are you going to do.

Cleo magazine reviews the options (May 2007)

Cleo May 2007

Realism, balance needed on adoption.

Stuart Nash, grandson of former prime minister, Sir Walter Nash, writes about his adoption in the New Zealand Herald (11th Feb 2005)

Stuart Nash - Herald 11-2-05

Radio

Trustee Sue Kingham is interviewed by Bill Ralston on RadioLive (14 May 2008). Click here to go to the website or download the MP3 file ((Note: this is 7MB)

RadioLive 14-5-08

Trustees and adoptive parents Sue and Simon Kingham are interviewed by Nic Pegg on Plains FM (13 May 2008). Click here to go to the website or download the MP3 file (Note: this is 17MB)

Plains FM 13-5-08

Trustee and GP Hilary Cleland is interviewed by Nic Pegg on PlainsFM (12 May 2008). Click here to go to the website or download the MP3 file (Note: this is 14 MB)

Plains FM 12-5-08

Film

Juno

To read about the hit film, Juno (released 2007), that focused on adoption click here

Television

Adoption Option

Why we place our babies for adoption

Quick quiz