OIA responses
Responses to selected Official Information Act (OIA) requests received by the Ministry are published here.
These responses provide information released under the provisions of the OIA and indicate if information is withheld and why.
| Date | Details of the request | Download/View |
| 3 Apr 2019 |
Adoption statistics for 2018 financial year |
OIA Response (PDF 346KB) |
| 14 Nov 2018 |
Statistics on adoptions via surrogacy |
OIA Response (PDF 376KB) |
| 21 Sept 2018 |
Information about children achieving permanency (guardianship) and exiting care to guardianship or adoption |
OIA Response (PDF 620KB) |
| 30 Aug 2018 |
Information and statistics about adoption in New Zealand |
OIA Response (PDF 552KB) |
| 31 Jul 2018 |
Information about the legal processes involved in securing a home for life |
OIA Response (PDF 488KB) |
| 4 Jul 2018 |
National statistics on the number of children adopted and the number of prospective adopters approved for domestic adoption |
OIA Response (PDF 468KB) |
| 14 Jun 2018 |
Number of children in Home for Life and number of children who have achieved home for life |
OIA Response (PDF 256KB) |
| 12 Oct 2017 |
Data on domestic and inter-country adoptions |
OIA Response (PDF 16MB) |