Prime Minister responds to Toni Street’s adoption law concerns

Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern has responded to Toni Street’s instagram post regarding the adoption laws and regulations in New Zealand.

This comes a few days after Street posted a screenshot of a change.org petition she signed to simplify the adoption process.

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Ardern agreed with Street in the fact that the Adoption Act needed to be updated and said the government will be fixing it!

“The adoption act is well over 50 years old and definitely needs fixing. It’s on our work programme!”, said Ardern.

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Street mentioned in her post how difficult it is for loving parents to adopt vulnerable children.

She also talked about the struggles she has faced with the system. As Street’s six week old baby Lachie was born by surrogacy, he has to be legally adopted into the family although he is her biological son.

“I’ve also experienced first hand how outdated the process is for surrogacy… we are still waiting to legally adopt our biological son.”

Jacinda Ardern is currently in America for the UN Summit, and Street said she appreciated her speedy reply!