HealthInfo Canterbury
Considering adoption
Deciding to place your child for adoption or adopting a child are huge decisions. As well as getting good personal support, it's important to understand what will happen and what all your options are.
The websites listed below have information and resources to help guide you through this process.
HealthInfo recommends the following pages
- Family Doctor – Placing a child for adoption in New Zealand
This article answers questions such as "What is adoption?", "How can I be sure that my child will go to a good home?" and "Can I change my mind?"
- Oranga Tamariki – Ministry for Children – Adoption
Information about adoption for birth parents, adoptive parents, and people who have been adopted. It includes Placing your child for adoption, adopting a child in New Zealand or from overseas, and Surrogacy and adoption.
- Community Law – Pregnancy Rights
A booklet explaining your legal options before, during and after pregnancy. It covers sexual health, health care, education for people under 18, housing, work, caring for a child, legal aid and where to go for more support.
Written by HealthInfo clinical advisers. Last reviewed December 2021.
Review key: HIPRC-41255
