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Barry Soper: Newstalk ZB senior political correspondent on the Government introducing the Adoption Amendment Bill under urgency

Barry Soper: Newstalk ZB senior political correspondent on the Government introducing the Adoption Amendment Bill under urgency

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New Zealanders will no longer be able to look to adopt children from overseas and bring them home from this week.

The Government's Adoption Amendment Bill's been introduced under urgency, and will suspend recognition of unsafe international adoptions to prevent harm.

It also restricts the Family Court from granting adoptions where the adoptive parent or child are overseas.

Newstalk ZB senior political correspondent Barry Soper unpacks the bill - and reveals why the changes are the way to go.

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