Oranga Tamariki holds records from Allendale from 1963-1989. Oranga Tamariki 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.
GenderFemale
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
Research guide re child welfare that includes summary of records for Allendale and other homes
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