Adoption Resources & Downloads

DVD

A DVD entitled "The Adoption Option" is available free of charge, although as we are a charity we would appreciate a $10.00 donation to cover costs (for payment details clik here). A pack 4 DVDs with accompanying posters and leaflets can also be ordered (a donation of $35 would be appreciated). They can be posted out to you (in plain packaging) anywhere in New Zealand. The mailing address is: Adoption Option Trust, PO Box 13434, Christchurch 8141. Alternatively download this form and send it to us.

The Adoption Option DVD Order Form Adobe Acrobat Document: 123 KB, 18 seconds @ 56kbps

Downloads

New Zealand research paper by Fergusson and Horwood "Adoption and adjustment in adolescence." Adoption & Fostering, 1998; 22: 24-30.

Adoption & Fostering, 1998, 22, 24-30 Adobe Acrobat Document: 44.0 KB, 6 seconds @ 56kbps

Statistics New Zealand 2003 report on Teenage Fertility.

Teenage Fertility in New Zealand Adobe Acrobat Document: 161 KB, 24 seconds @ 56kbps

 

Statistics New Zealand report chapter on 'Births' from Demographic Trends 2005 report.

Births Adobe Acrobat Document: 360 KB, 53 seconds @ 56kbps

Statistics New Zealand report chapter on 'Abortions' from Demographic Trends 2005 report.

Abortions Adobe Acrobat Document: 256 KB, 38 seconds @ 56kbps

True birth mum Adoption story by Gayna Halkett.

Gayna's story Adobe Acrobat Document: 1.20 MB, 2.9 minutes @ 56kbps

The New Zealand Law Commission Te Aka Matua O Te Ture produced a Report 65 (2000) "Adoption and its Alternatives: a different approach and a new framework". 

Adoption and its Alternatives Adobe Acrobat Document: 1.22 MB, 3 minutes @ 56kbps NZ Law Commission Te Aka Matua O Te Ture Report 65 "Adoption and its Alternatives: a different approach and a new framework".

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Key findings report from the Minnesota/Texas Adoption Project (MTARP).

MTARP key findings Adobe Acrobat Document: 42.9 KB, 6 seconds @ 56kbps