TY  - BOOK
ED  - New Zealand Parliament
TI  - Briefing on matters related to forced adoptions : : report of the Social Services and Community Committee
PY  - 2020///
PB  - New Zealand Parliament, 
KW  - ADOPTION
KW  - Adoption Act 1955
KW  - CHILDREN
KW  - GOVERNMENT POLICY
KW  - INSTITUTIONAL ABUSE
KW  - LAW REFORM
KW  - LEGISLATION
KW  - MOTHERS
KW  - SOCIAL POLICY
KW  - WHĀNGAI
KW  - NEW ZEALAND
N1  - Published August 2020
N2  - In 2016, Maggie Wilkinson petitioned the House to undertake a broad and full inquiry into the practice of forced adoption in New Zealand during the 1950s to the 1980s. The report from
the 51st Parliament’s Social Services Committee on the petition can be read on the Parliament website. The report did not recommend an inquiry.[1]

Maggie Wilkinson and other supporter s, including Barbara Sumner and Christine Hamilton, have continued to call for an inquiry into forced adoptions. We initiated this briefing to hear
evidence from these women and determine an appropriate response to their concerns. We were interested in what outcomes they hoped an inquiry into forced adoption would achieve and what has changed in regards to this issue since Maggie Wilkinson’s petition in 2016. (From the Briefing paper). Follow links for related documents and current work on New Zealand's adoption law. Report #7936
UR  - https://www.parliament.nz/resource/en-NZ/SCR_99965/5c375991b5e115098d0e138fbb6f430d75cda1dc
UR  - https://www.justice.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Publications/Government-Response-to-the-Report-of-the-SSCC-combined-docs.pdf
UR  - https://www.justice.govt.nz/justice-sector-policy/key-initiatives/adoption-law-reform/
UR  - https://www.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/reports/document/SCR_74410/petition-20140080-of-maggie-wilkinson
ER  -