{"id":1272,"date":"2021-08-27T16:03:32","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T04:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/tetumuresearch\/?p=1272"},"modified":"2021-08-27T16:03:32","modified_gmt":"2021-08-27T04:03:32","slug":"just-a-few-days-to-make-a-submission-on-adoption-legislation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/tetumuresearch\/just-a-few-days-to-make-a-submission-on-adoption-legislation\/","title":{"rendered":"Just a few days to make a submission on adoption legislation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dr Erica Newman<\/p><\/div>\n

As you know Dr Erica Newman<\/strong><\/span> fronts a Marsden-funded research project, Journey Home: Descendants of M\u0101ori adoptees search for their t\u016brangawaewae.\u00a0 <\/em>Read more about it here.<\/a> She <\/em>has recently been communicating with the Ministry of Justice as they begin to review the 1955 Adoption Act<\/strong><\/span>, providing her expert insight regarding the effect of this Act on the identity of M\u0101ori adoptees and their descendants, especially if they have not been able to connect to their taha M\u0101ori.<\/p>\n

Erica writes, “New Zealand\u2019s 1955 Adoption Law has had a detrimental affect on the identity of many adoptees and their descendants. This antiquated piece of legislation is now under review and this is our chance to have a say about what we think this new Act should look like, to a focus on the child rather than the adoptive and\/or birth parents.<\/p>\n

“For instance, this could be the repeal of the current Act altogether with the intention that a system be developed whereby a child\u2019s identity is nurtured through continued connections with wh\u0101nau and their history and culture, to allow the child to truly understand who they are through the knowledge of where they are from and where they belong. Or, alternatively, significant changes could be made to the current Act such as not renaming the child when adopted, not having a veto on records, a requirement to maintain wh\u0101nau connections, and wh\u0101ngai becoming legally recognised (under the recognition of the child\u2019s hap\u016b and iwi).<\/p>\n

“If you have experienced the legal adoption system (personally or wh\u0101nau members) this is an opportunity to have a say. The more narratives the Ministry of Justice has, the more informed they will be in making change.”<\/p>\n

Below are links for more details, please note that submissions need to be in by 31 August 2021.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.justice.govt.nz\/justice-sector-policy\/key-initiatives\/adoption-law-reform\/<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/consultations.justice.govt.nz\/policy\/adoption-law-reform\/consultation\/?fbclid=IwAR0aKIj3Lbyw3xeiw6ovJfuDrkpBDncOJZ5AeRt9kLMh6ySbJHrBBgGASQA<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As you know Dr Erica Newman fronts a Marsden-funded research project, Journey Home: Descendants of M\u0101ori adoptees search for their t\u016brangawaewae.\u00a0 Read more about it here. She has recently been communicating with the Ministry of Justice as they begin to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15374,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47031],"tags":[67455,85018,17858],"class_list":["post-1272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-research-outreach","tag-adoption","tag-taurima","tag-whangai"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/tetumuresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/tetumuresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/tetumuresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/tetumuresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15374"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/tetumuresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/tetumuresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1272\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/tetumuresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/tetumuresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/tetumuresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}