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[[File:Flag of New Zealand.svg|thumb|150px|Flag of New Zealand]]'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is also known by the Maori name of '''Aotearoa'''. ==Circumcision in New Zealand==

The incidence of male neonatal non-therapeutic medically unnecessary [[circumcision ]] in New Zealand among white New Zealanders rose to about 95 percent in the 1940s. The incidence of male neonatal non-therapeutic circumcision started to decline about 1950. It was reported at 0.35 percent among white New Zealanders in 1995.<ref>McGrathThe decline seems to have been triggered by the publication of [[Douglas Gairdner]]'s classic 1949 paper, Ken, and Hugh Young, [https''The Fate of the Foreskin://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4757-3351-8_8| A Review Study of Circumcision in New Zealand]. ''Understanding Circumcision'', George C. Denniston, Frederick Mansfield Hodges, and Marilyn Fayre Milos, eds. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York, 2001, 129-146.<ref name="gairdner1949">{{GairdnerDM 1949}}</ref>

The males Dr Phil Silva reported that 40.3 percent of boys born in 1972-3 in New Zealand who are circumcised are mostly older menthe [https://dunedinstudy.otago.ac. The percentage of males who are circumcised is gradually declining as older males die off nz/ Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and are replaced by younger intact males. Almost no one under 25-years-of-age is Development Study] were [[circumcised]].

The Maori people who constitute about 17 incidence of circumcision was reported at 0.35 percent among New Zealander boys in 1995.<ref name="mcgrath-young2001">{{REFbook |last=McGrath |first=Ken |init= |author-link=Ken McGrath |last2=Young |first2=Hugh |init2= |author2-link=Hugh Young |year=2001 |chapter=Review of the population do not circumciseCircumcision in New Zealand |url=https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4757-3351-8_8 A |work= |editors=[[George C. Denniston]], [[Frederick M.Hodges]], [[Marilyn Fayre Milos]] |edition= |volume= |title=Understanding Circumcision: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to a Multi-Dimensional Problem |pages=129-146 |location=New York |publisher=Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers |isbn=978-0306467011 |quote= |accessdate=2019-09-27 |note=}}</ref>

It is said The [http://www.nzma.org.nz/ New Zealand Medical Association] estimated in 2001 that the small about one percent of Caucasian boys were being [[circumcised]], but nearly 100 percent of Tongan, Samoan, and Jewish population have boys are being [[circumcised]].<ref name="bone2001">{{REFnews |title=The First Cut |url=http://www.cirp.org/news/listener11-17-01/ |last=Bone |first=Alistair |coauthors= |publisher=The Listener |website= |date=2001-11-17 |accessdate=2020-01-24 |quote=}}</ref> The New Zealand Public Health System does not fund non-therapeutic circumcision.<ref name="afsari2002">{{REFjournal |last=Afsari |first=Mahnaz |init= |author-link= |last2=Beasley |first2=Spencer W. |init2= |author2-link= |last3=Moate |first3=Kiki |init3= |author3-link= |last4=Hecket |first4=Karen |init4= |author4-link= |etal=no |title=Attitudes of Pacific parents to fly in a ''mohel'' if they want to have a son circumcisedcircumcision of boys |trans-title= |language= |journal=Pac Health Dialog |location= |date=2002-03 |volume=9 |issue=1 |article= |page= |pages=29-31 |url=http://pacifichealthdialog.nz/pre-2013-archive/Volume209/No20120_20Emergency20Health20In20The20Pacific/Original20Papers/Attitudes20of20Pacific20Island20parents20to20circumcision20of20boys.pdf |archived= |quote= |pubmedID=12737414 |pubmedCID= |DOI= |accessdate=2021-11-08}}</ref>

Four medical groups condemned the practice of non-therapeutic circumcision of children in 2002.<ref>{{REFnews |title=Quick snip' an unkind cut |url=http://www.cirp.org/news/dominionpost08-30-02/ |last=Anonymous |first= |coauthors= |publisher=The Dominion Post |website= |date=2002-08-30 |accessdate=2019-10-28 |quote=}}</ref> The [[Royal Australasian College of Physicians]] (RACP) has issued a statement on non-therapeutic child circumcision. (''Australasia'' includes New Zealand.) The statement (2010) states:<blockquote>After reviewing the currently available evidence, the [[RACP]] believes that the frequency of diseases modifiable by circumcision, the level of protection offered by circumcision and the complication rates of circumcision do not warrant routine infant circumcision in Australia and New Zealand. However it is reasonable for parents to weigh the benefits and risks of circumcision and to make the decision whether or not to circumcise their sons.</blockquote>But the statement also says:<blockquote>The option of leaving circumcision until later, when the boy is old enough to make a decision for himself does need to be raised with parents and considered. This option has recently been recommended by the [[Royal Dutch Medical Association]]. The ethical merit of this option is that it seeks to respect the child’s [[physical integrity]], and capacity for autonomy by leaving the options open for him to make his own autonomous choice in the future. However, deferring the decision may not always be the best option. As noted earlier, the psychosocial benefits of circumcision (e.g. full inclusion in a religious community) may only be obtained if circumcision is done in infancy. Waiting until the boy is twelve years old or more (i.e. old enough to make his own decision) may mean losing benefits that circumcision was intended to produce.<ref name="racp2010">{{REFdocument |title=Circumcision of Infant Males |url=https://www.racp.edu.au//docs/default-source/advocacy-library/circumcision-of-infant-males.pdf?sfvrsn=eaa32f1a_10 |contribution= |last= |first= |publisher=[[Royal Australasian College of Physicians]] |format=PDF |date=2010-09-01 |accessdate=2019-10-29}}</ref></blockquote> ==Demographics and distribution== The males in New Zealand who are [[circumcised]] are mostly older men. The percentage of males who are circumcised is gradually declining as older circumcised males die off and are replaced by younger [[intact]] males. Almost no white males under 35-years-of-age are circumcised. The Maori people who constitute about 17 percent of the population do not circumcise.<ref name="mcgrath-young2001" /> It is said that the small Jewish population have to fly in a ''[[mohel]]'' if they want to have a son [[circumcised]].<ref name="mcgrath-young2001" /> The Pacific Island people who constitute 8.1 percent of the population are an exception. The Pacific Islanders circumcise (actually a [[dorsal slit]]) as part of their culture.<ref name="afsari2002"/> <ref>{{REFnews |title=Foreskin lament for babies |url=http://www.cirp.org/news/thepress01-13-01/ |last=Martin |first=Yvonne |coauthors= |publisher=The Press |website= |date=2001-01-13 |accessdate=2019-10-28 |quote=}}</ref>  {{SEEALSO}}* [[Australia]]* [[Foreskin]]* [[Human rights]]* [[Royal Australasian College of Physicians]]* [[T.I.A.K.I. - Tamariki In Aotearoa Kept Intact]]

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