Frustrated prospective parents say using the current system feels like taking part in a lottery, reports Charles Anderson.
Adoptions have dropped to an all-time low as thousands of children remain in state care and the list of prospective parents continues to grow.
Just 21 children were adopted to people outside the family in the 2011/12 year – the lowest number on record.
Child Youth and Family is increasingly looking to other options to keep vulnerable children in stable homes, and some are calling it the end of adoption.