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  "path": "/news/national/judges-hands-forced-mans-bid-adopt-his-own-son",
  "publishedAt": "2026-02-07T04:07:06.000Z",
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  "textContent": "The man paid a Georgian fertility clinic to facilitate a surrogacy arrangement. Photo: Getty Images  \n\n  \n\nA New Zealand man will be allowed to adopt a child born to a surrogate mother overseas, despite concerns from a judge that he may have misled a fertility clinic overseas about his marital status.",
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