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Registrar-General, Births, Deaths and Marriages, PO BOX 10 526, Wellington, Aotearoa/New Zealand
http://www.dia.govt.nz/diawebsite.nsf/wpg_URL/Services-Births-Deaths-and-Marriages-Birth-Certificates-and-Adoption?OpenDocument

General Register Office (GRO) for England and Wales.
http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/

General Register of Scotland
http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/grosweb/grosweb.nsf/pages/home

Adoption Board in Ireland for any adoption (past or future) related
information.
http://www.adoptionboard.ie/

Voluntary contact register for Ireland
http://www.adoptionireland.com/

International Social Service
Tracing, contact, mediation and social work services for families separated across nations (correspondence regarding individual cases is sent via Child, Youth and Family as the NZ ISS affiliated Bureau)
http://www.iss-ssi.org/index.html

Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in respect of Intercountry Adoption
http://www.hcch.net/index_en.php?act=home.splash

China Centre of Adoption Affairs
(correspondence regarding individual cases is sent via Child, Youth and Family)
http://www.china-ccaa.org/ 

Central Adoption Resource Agency, India
(correspondence regarding individual cases is sent via Child, Youth and Family)
http://www.cara.nic.in/

India ratified the Hague Convention on 1 October 2003.

New Zealand legislation - consolidated
http://www.legislation.co.nz/

UNICEF - Innocenti Digest - Inter-country Adoption
http://ideas.repec.org/p/ucf/inndig/inndig99-2.html

Compassion for Orphans, (CFO)  -  A New Zealand non governmental organization accredited to facilitate intercountry adoptions for New Zealanders wishing to adopt from Chile.  (CFO is considering extending its services to include other countries)

http://www.cfo.org.nz/

InterCountry Adoption New Zealand, (ICANZ)  -  A New Zealand non governmental organization accredited to facilitate intercountry adoptions for New Zealanders wishing to adopt from various countries, including: India; Lithuania; the Philipinnes; and Thailand.  (ICANZ has applied for accreditation to operate in Russia and is awaiting the outcome of that application).

http://www.icanz.gen.nz/





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