A new trust has been launched which experts hope will give adoption in New Zealand a much-needed image make-over.
New Zealand has one of the highest teen pregnancy rates in the western world, yet adoption rates are among the lowest.
There are five children in the McEwan's busy household.
Two are fostered, while Olivia was adopted eight years ago under the open adoption system.
Mum Priscilla McEwan was herself adopted in the 60s when adoptions numbered in the thousands.
Now there are less than 70 per year nationwide.
Her daughter Olivia has had contact with her birth whanau.
"The idea of having an extended family is quite cool," says McEwan.
"She's always got access to a family beyond what she knows immediately and that's a fantastic thing."
Sue Kingham from the Adoption Option Trust says adoptions need a higher profile.
"We've heard time and time again from GPs who say, oh I didn't know that adoptions still happened...and GPs would be the first place a woman would go to find out that she was pregnant."
A DVD has been launched to help educate, inform and provide support for birth mothers facing tough choices.
Those behind the launch of the trust say it's about 10 years overdue and that women facing an unplanned pregnancy need to know there is a third option, aside from keeping the baby or facing a termination.
Dr Sue Bagshaw, a teenage health doctor, says people should be told adoption can be a positive thing.
"Adoption has had some bad press in terms of people who it hasn't worked for," she says.
"The stories have been blazoned around. We never hear the stories of the people who it has worked for."
