It is possible that some records from this Home are held by the Dingwall Trust which still operates, though this has not yet been confirmed with the Trust.
Contact details for the Dingwall Trust are:
Gender and age groups: Mixed
Capacity:
Controlling organisations (as third-party provider to State, faith-based):
Operational period: Built in 1930 as an orphanage. Registered 14/12/1937.
Further information:
Find out how to request Archives New Zealand records.
ERO review reports in digital repository for 1996, 2000, 2003, 2006 - search "Dingwall Trust School".
Also R19241529 to R19241536 Children's Home - Papatoetoe - Dingwall Trust 1929-1989 [held in Wellington].
Also land records in series 26719 (1929-1966).
R23521115 Man requesting access to his children at Dingwall 1931.
R19715829 The Dingwall Trust 1971-1972.
R19234456 Petition re death of son while under control of Dingwall Orphanage 1943.
Two civil proceedings taken by Dingwall Trust against commercial companies: R2351158 (1937) and R24032803 (1961).
Also land records in series 5632
Directory of residential facilities for disturbed children in New Zealand, Department of Social Welfare, 1979. https://natlib.govt.nz/records/40422924
31 September 2020 Affidavit of Anita Ngaire Easton for Oranga Tamariki - Ministry for Children to the Abuse in Care Inquiry
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