Generally, records about the health camp itself are held:
The Ministry of Education should have health camp school records.
From Auckland Council Libraries entry on Pakuranga Health Camp: "King George V Memorial Health Camp is officially opened at Camp Bay (formerly known as Hancock's Bay, today known as Half Moon Bay). The site had been selected in 1940 for its natural beauty and rural isolation. The first intake of children occurs in January 1950. The facility becomes known as the Pakuranga Children's Health Camp". Gender and age:mixed, 5-12 years. Capacity: 32 beds. Controlling organisation:From 1950-c.2000: Responsibility shared between Government Department of Education and Department of Health c.2000-present: Health Camp operated by Stand Tū Māia. State control Operation period: Pakuranga Children's Health Camp/Children's Village: 1950-present; Pakuranga Children's Health Camp School: 1950-2012
New Zealand Geographic article from issue 30 Apr-Jun 1996 about Pakuranga Children's Health Camp: https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/out-in-the-cold/ Photo of Pakuranga Children's Health Camp (May 1966) - aerial shot of land and buildings on Auckland Council Libraries website: https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/41134/
Find out how to request Archives New Zealand records. MoE Records: MoE Files: ERO: 1995, 1996, 1998 3 ERO Inspection Reports: 1957-1986 1 Auckland Education Board Meeting Minutes: School Committee 1951-1988 3 Auckland Education Board Special Education Files: Health Camps - Pakuranga Health Camp 1965-1980 4 DoE - Auckland Staff: Staffing 1961-1979 2 MoE - National Office Students: Student Rolls 1950-1953 3 Auckland Education Board Digital repository: R25651826, R25651830, R25651834, R25651838, R25651842 & R25651846 ERO Reports - Pakuranga Health Camp School - 1995, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2002 & 2006. Held in Wellington: R22502485 Health Camps - Administration - Children's Health Camps Board - Pakuranga Works and Maintenance 1976-1977. R7220877 Buildings and Sites - Auckland District - Pakuranga Health Camp 1978-1982; R7212617 to R7212619 Teachers - Staffing and Appointments - Departmental Teachers - Pakuranga Health Camp 1961-1979; R18772510 & R18772511 Health Camps Board - Pakuranga - General 1978-1982; R16660073 Health Camps - Pakuranga Health Camp - General 1982-1986; R20960580, R20960581, R20960756, R20960788, R20960587 Auckland Central Council (Health Camps) - Auckland Health Camp - Pakuranga 1942-1967; R22154147 PICTORIAL PARADE NO.!!& [includes] FOR HEALTH AND HAPPINESS - The story of a boy's recovery at the Pakuranga Health Camp 1961. Also see general files relating to Health Camps below. Held in Auckland: R6902064 & R6902065 Health Camps - Pakuranga Health Camp 1956-1973; R6903081 Health Camps - Pakuranga Health Camp - Admissions and Discharges 1975-1978; R6902067 Health Camps - Pakuranga Health Camp 1953-1955; R6902068 & R6902069 Health Camps - Pakuranga Health Camp 1940-1958; R23454067 [re appraisal of files by National Archives) Pakuranga Children's Health Camp 1992-1994; R22455617 & R22455618 [re land and buildings] Hospitals, Reserves and Domains - Pakuranga Health Camp 1941-1991; R1921313 Family Health - Child Hygiene - Health Camps - Admission - Pakuranga 1951-1967; R23985327 to R23985331 Special Education - Health Camps - Pakuranga Health Camp 1949-1980; R22130532 to R22130534 Pakuranga Health Camp School class list 1950, 1952 [nil return], 1953; R7203088 School Committee District and Fund - Pakuranga Health Camp 1977-1988; R7205107 Inspectors Reports - Pakuranga Health Camp 1957-1986; R7198174 School Site - Pakuranga Health Camp 1974-1982; R7199948 School Accommodation - Pakuranga Health Camp 1952-1982; R7201324 Residences - Pakuranga Health Camp 1960; R7203087 School Committee District and Fund - Pakuranga - King George V Memorial Health Camp 1951-1976
Information about Health Camp Schools provided by the Ministry of Education Submission to the Redress Hearing of the Abuse in Care Inquiry by Dr Fiona Inkpen of Stand Children's Services Tū Māia Whānau from September 2020: https://www.abuseincare.org.nz/our-progress/library/v/147/statement-of-stand-childrens-services-tu-maia-whanau-for-state-redress-hearing Stand Tū Māia website about current Auckland Children's Village: https://www.standforchildren.org.nz/auckland Auckland Council Libraries entry on Pakuranga Health Camp: https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/manukau/id/6986/ Whanaketia - Final Report of the Abuse in Care Inquiry, Part 2 paras 524-527 on health camps: https://www.abuseincare.org.nz/reports/whanaketia/part-2/chapter-10/
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