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Covid turmoil stops parents reaching overseas surrogate babies
Families with surrogate babies being born overseas are struggling to collect them because of international border restrictions and pandemic turmoil.
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Trauma Cleaner Sandra Pankhurst
Australian cleaning specialist Sandra Pankhurst has undertaken some of the toughest jobs imaginable. Violent crime scenes, meth labs, and hoarder's houses are all in a day's work for Specialised… Audio
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Lawyer ‘preyed on vulnerable women’ - Marshall Islands AG
Multiple guilty pleas by an American lawyer to illegal baby adoption-related criminal charges in the US have been hailed by the Marshall Islands attorney general as an example of results achieved…
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Calls to change 'outdated' adoption law in New Zealand
There are renewed calls to change New Zealand's "outdated" adoption law which has been described as "discriminatory and not fit for purpose".
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Trump makes history at anti-abortion rally
Donald Trump became the first US president to attend the annual March for Life in Washington, showing his support for opponents of abortion rights.
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'I was in disbelief' - Abuse survivor says govt agency failed to protect her
An abuse survivor is asking the Royal Commission of Inquiry to investigate why a government agency failed to protect her when made aware of allegations she was being raped while in care.
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The history of shame in Aotearoa
What is shame? What's a scandal? And how have those forces adapted to the New Zealand cultural landscape? Audio
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Survivor raped multiple times in care despite concerns raised
A woman has told the Royal Commission investigating abuse in care she was moved between at least a dozen care homes and raped multiple times - all before she turned 16.
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US official charged with human smuggling and sale of Marshallese children
An elected official in the United States has been charged with human smuggling and the sale of Marshall Islands children.
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Anti-abortion charities received $300k taxpayer money
Internal Affairs has approved hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of community grants to anti-abortion pregnancy counselling organisations over the past 15 years. Susan Strongman reports.
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Same sex couples want equal access to IVF public funding
A same-sex couple wanting to have their first child want to see IVF treatment publicly funded for couples in their situation. Ryan and Jerome Curran-Pacquing have launched a give a little page to… Audio
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Birth of new climate action: Women decide against kids
A "no-brainer", a "form of protest" and a "bitter pill to swallow": New Zealand women discuss not having kids due to concerns about climate change.
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Legality and 'disconnection' between Māori kids and whānau
A law that allows state caregivers to become 'special guardians' of a child, and decide how much access they have to their parents, has come under fire from Māori lawyers.
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Mediawatch Midweek: Critical cricket and more
Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Lately. Colin Peacock talks to Karyn Hay some up-close coverage of the fallout from 'Taken by the State' - and how the media dealt with what the hell happened at… Video, Audio
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How closed adoption robbed Māori children of their identity
Under the 1955 Adoption Act, thousands of Māori babies were adopted into Pākehā families. Te Aniwa Hurihanganui investigates the impact on Māori who grew up desperate to re-connect. Audio
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Nanfu Wang: the untold history of China's one child policy
Filmmaker Nanfu Wang uncovers the untold history of China's one-child policy and the generations of parents and children forever shaped by it. Her documentary One Child Nation won the Sundance Grand… Video, Audio
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Mother’s Day playlist: music to melt mum’s heart
Every songwriter has a mother, and most of them have written at least one song about them, or written songs about being a mother themselves. Here are some of our favourites. Video
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Marshall Islands lays first charges to combat baby traffickers
Three people have been charged with offences relating to the illegal adoption of Marshallese babies.
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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
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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.
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Man adopted in Australia as child threatened with deportation
"The Australian Passport Office routinely issued Australian passports to person who were not Australian citizens in error," the Home Affairs Department told Eddie McHugh in May. Audio
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Building a Family
Audio 8 Nov 2018It's not as simple to adopt as it used to be but RNZ's Katy Gosset finds that for the lucky few, the rewards are worth waiting for. Audio
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Rights and Ownership Over the Female Body
From crotch-less bloomers and women’s fashion in the late 19th century to contraception, menstruation and abortion. Episode Four of Beyond Kate explores the politics and double standards around the… Audio
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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
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Mother of kidnapped baby: 'I believe she has no remorse'
Nadene Manukau-Togiavalu held her cousin as he bled to death after a Grey Lynn street fight. Less than three years later she faked a pregnancy and kidnapped a baby. Video
