Oranga Tamariki holds records from Allendale from 1963-1989. They also holds records about 'Auckland Girls Home' from 1958-2005.
Oranga Tamariki and Archives NZ also hold some institutional records about this institution. If your personal records haven’t survived or there is specific information about the institution that you want to request that is not within your personal records or on this website, it’s possible that there could be information in these institutional records that could be useful.
Gender: Female
Age group: 11-14
Capacity:
Controlling organisation: Government, Department of Social Welfare; State control
CLAN website
Elizabeth Stanley (2016) The Road to Hell: State Violence against Children in Postwar New Zealand, Auckland, NZ: Auckland University Press. An excerpt from this book that mentions Allendale
Archives NZ Research guide re child welfare that includes summary of records for Allendale and other homes
Find out how to request Archives New Zealand records.
Held in Auckland:
4613 Photographs/posters/name stamp c. 1980
10095 Desk File c.1985
4611 Residential Workers Manual c.1980
4594 Diaries ?1961-c.1985
4589 Admission and discharge registers ?1971-1989
4609 Auxiliary Girls Home Diary c1971-c1972
4612 Subject files ?1971-1989; 4593 Secure Unit daily log books ?1972-?1989
4596 Night Staff log books ?1973-?1988
4592 Day Books c.1974-c1988; 4607 Property books c.1975-c1986
4591 Secure Care registers ?1977-1989
4601 Pocket money book ?1978-?1979
4605 Medical diaires ?1978-unknown
4610 Disposition register ?1978-?1980
4602 Addresses - Girls / Home leave ?1979
4600 Social Work manual ?1980
4606 Staff handbooks ?1980-?1986
4603 Principal's message / information book ?1980-c1986
4597 clothing books ?1982-1989
4590 Publications - handbooks & reports ?1983-?1989
4604 Directories of Residential Services c1983-c1987
4595 Appointment books ?1986-c1988; 4599 Food order book c.1986-c.1989
4608 Administration files ?1987-1989
4598 Punishment book ?1988
Held in Archives Wellington:
R19241385 to R19241388 Welfare -Management Functions - … Auckland - Allendale GH 1940-1975
R19217480 Archbishop Johnston papers - Allendale Girls Home 1982
R7211132 Special education - provision in Child Welfare institutions - Allendale Girls Home 1981-1987.
R23453712 (Archives NZ file) DSW - Allendale Girls Home - closure of home and transfer of records 1989
R21578043 (M of Works file) Social welfare - Girls receiving home 44 Allendale Road 1948-1975
Works file - R22459383 Schools - girls receiving home adjoining 44 Allendale Road 1970
R23681212 Residential Services institutions - Allendale Girls Home - Policy and General 1983-1985
R23681099 Allendale Girls Home manual 1980
R23985173 Special education - general - Allendale Road girls home class 1964-1988.
Also mentioned in R6740845 Directory of Residential Facilities for Children in the Department of Social Welfare and Voluntary Agencies 1983.
Most commonly used records in Archives NZ Daybooks 1974-1988 [BBHD 4592/1a-8a]: https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search#/item/aims-archive/4592
Diaries 1961-1985 [BBHD 4594/1a-9b]: https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search#/item/aims-archive/4594
Secure Care registers 1977-1989 [BBHD 4591/1a-1b]: https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search#/item/aims-archive/4591
Information provided by Oranga Tamariki to the Crown Response to the Abuse in Care Inquiry on 14 March 2024
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