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Medical groups condemned the practice of non-therapeutic circumcision of children in 2002.<ref>{{REFnews | |||
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==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 males die off and are replaced by younger intact males. Almost no one under 35-years-of-age is 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 males die off and are replaced by younger intact males. Almost no one under 35-years-of-age is circumcised. | ||