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}}</ref> | }}</ref> [https://www.govt.nz/organisations/health-nz-te-whatu-ora/ Health New Zealand] does not fund non-therapeutic circumcision.<ref name="afsari2002">{{REFjournal | ||
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Four medical groups condemned the practice of non-therapeutic circumcision of children in 2002.<ref>{{REFnews | Four medical groups condemned the practice of non-therapeutic circumcision of children in 2002.<ref>{{REFnews | ||
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==Demographics and distribution== | ==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 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" /> | 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" /> | 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 | 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 | ||
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There is now an abundant majority of [[foreskinned]] males in New Zealand.<ref>{{REFweb | |||
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}}</ref> The [[World Health Organization]] reported in 2007 that fewer than 20 percent of males are [[circumcised]]. | |||
==Intactivist website== | |||
New Zealand is the home of [[Circumstitions - The Intactivism Pages]]. | |||
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* [[Australia]] | * [[Australia]] | ||
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* {{REFweb | |||
|url=https://intactamerica.org/cultures-that-reject-circumcision/ | |||
|title=Cultures That Reject Circumcision—And Why They’re Right | |||
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[[Category:Circumcision]] | [[Category:Circumcision]] | ||
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[[Category:New Zealand]] | [[Category:New Zealand]] | ||
[[Category:Statistics]] | [[Category:Statistics]] | ||