Story: Adoption
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New Zealanders could adopt Russian children from 1992. Adoptions were facilitated by agencies accredited by the Russian Ministry of Education. This is Auckland woman Sarah Morton playing with her adopted Russian son Alexander (aged 20 months) in 2007.
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Anne Else, Adoption – Inter-country adoption, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/26066/russian-adoptions (accessed 17 February 2026).
Story by Anne Else, published 28 February 2011.