Couple forced to adopt their own US-born surrogate child to bring him to NZ

Ric StevensOpen Justice reporter·NZ Herald·5 Jul, 2026 12:00 AM4 mins to read‌Legislation is before Parliament to change the rules that children of international surrogacy arrangements must be adopted to establish parentage under New Zealand law. Photo / 123RFA same-sex couple living in the United States have been forced to adopt their own surrogate-born child to allow them to bring him to New Zealand.The two men are recognised as the boy’s legal parents in the US, and both their names are on his birth certificate.

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