Archives NZ holds some records about Auckland Receiving Home, Market Road Receiving Home, and Cornwall Park Reception Centre, including an open access digitised plan showing the buildings of the Market Road Receiving Home from 1971.
Oranga Tamariki holds some records about Cornwall Park Reception Centre from 1980-2002 and for Auckland Receiving Home from 2006 (unclear why these dates are outside the dates of operation for the Homes). Oranga Tamariki may also hold records about young people who stayed at this institution and whom DSW was involved with.
There was a Receiving Home or Reception Centre in Epsom from 1966-1983.
Records from Oranga Tamariki and Archives NZ suggest that the institution was known as Auckland Receiving Home first until around1972, then known as Market Road Receiving Home. The MSD Historic Claims report suggests that it was known as Cornwall Park from 1982 until its closure.
Records from Oranga Tamariki indicate that, after closing in 1983, the Home became Cornwall Park Community Care Unit (we have no further information about what this unit was, it appears that it was not a Children's Home - should have been taken over by another organisation).
Capacity:
Controllling organisation: Government Child Welfare Division; State control
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Records for Cornwall Park Reception Centre:
4572 Residential workers manual ? 1990
4568 Doctors appointment book ?1967-?1983
4565 Day Books ?1971-unknown
4569 Night log books ?1981-?1983
4571 admission register ?1977-?1983
4570 family benefit application register ?1981-?1986
4566 diaries ?1982-?1983
4567 Medications record book ?1982
Records for Auckland Receiving Home:
Min of Works files - R22459320 to R22459325 Schools - Auckland receiving home 1918-1953.
Also possibly (in Wellington) R17423298 New receiving home, Auckland 1946-1972
R17424320 Girls' receiving home, Auckland 1959-1961
also other files in series 8300 (search "Auckland receiving home" - date from 1919 to 1961)
possibly R10989641 Schools - receiving home - Ponsonby Auckland 1945-54; R13032892 Police notices 1939 (includes one admission to the Auckland Receiving Home - Industrial School) 1939
Records for Market Road Receiving Home: A plan showing the positioning of the buildings of the receiving home is held at Archives NZ (digitised copy here: https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE67485246).
There is also a file about the proposal for the receiving home, listed here: https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en/web/arena/search#/?q=market+road+receiving+home
Held in Wellington:
R19240835, R19240836 Social Work -- administration - Residential services - Cornwall Park reception centre - general / annual report 1981-1984
R19240906 Social work - administration - project pilot schemes - Community care scheme - Cornwall Park Reception centre 1986-1988
R19241390 Welfare - management functnos - cornwall park reception centre
R22469167 Residential accommodation cornwall park centre 1978-1979
R82160 Cornwall Park Reception Centre site plan - back yard 1974 Held in Auckland: R17217842 Archbishop Johnston Papers - Cornwall Park reception centre 1978-1979
R11356811 Child welfare institutions - Auckland - proposed receiving home, Market Road 1959-1961
R1464508 Communty and welfare organisations - Community care, Cornwall Park reception centre 1984-1987
Admission Register 1977-1983 [BBHD 4571/1a]: https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search#/item/aims-archive/4571
Day Books 1971-1982 [BBHD 4565/1a-9d]: https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search#/item/aims-archive/4565
Night Log Books 1981-1983 [BBHD 4569/1a-1e]: https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search#/item/aims-archive/4569
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