Presbyterian Support Northern have advised that they have not been able to locate any personal records from this Home which means that, unfortunately, it appears that records from this Home have not survived. The Privacy Policy and Records Managemet Policy of Presbyterian Support Northern provided for personal information to be destroyed 10 years after it was archived.
Gender and age: Mixed
Capacity:
Controlling organisation: Presbyterian Social Services Auckland as a third-party provider to State, faith-based
Operational period: Possibly operating around 1952. Unclear when it closed, but was not operating by 1974.
Other information: From Presbyterian Support Northern Website: "1952 Miss Laura Cribb bequeathed the Cribb Farm in the Waikato for a residential home for needy children and a training place for older boys and girls in farm management.
The farm was sold in 2000 and the proceeds were used to set up the Laura Cribb Children’s Fund which supports our services for children and families."
29/7/1992 - Application made to vary the terms of the will for Cribb Memorial Home
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Land file only: R21479533 Rivers and drainage - Legalisation - Presbyterian Social Services - Cribb Memorial Property - 1983-1986
Directory of residential facilities for disturbed children in New Zealand, Department of Social Welfare, 1979. https://natlib.govt.nz/records/40422924
Presbyterian Support Northern Website, retrieved on 15 February 2024, https://www.psn.org.nz/about-us/our-history
Notice of Application for Approval of a Scheme Under Part III of the Charitable Trusts Act 1957, NZ Gazette No. 126
Information provided by Presbyterian Support Northern to the Crown Response Unit on 14 October 2024
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