Generally, records about the health camp itself are held:
The Ministry of Education should have health camp school records.
Gender and age: Mixed (5-12 age group) Capacity: 18 beds Controlling organisation: Government Department of Education State control Operational period: Te Kainga Whaiora Children's Health Camp aka East oast Children's Village: 1941-current Te Kainga Whaiora Children's Health Camp School: 1941-2010
Find out how to request Archives New Zealand records. Digital repository: R25651638, R25651641, R25651646, R25651651 and R25651654 ERO Reports - Te Kainga Whaiora Chldrens Health Camp 1998, 2000, 2001, 2004 and 2007. Possibly also R25651626, R25651630 & R25651634 Gisborne Health Camp School 1996 & 1997. Held in Wellington: R10379223 Health: Gisborne: Health Camp 1970-1984; R21964596 King George V Memorial Camp: Gisborne Health Camp: Management Committee 1962-1980; R22354828 Miscellaneous file - Gisborne Health Camp 1969-1988; R22353740 Photographs - Gisborne Health Camp [n.d.]; R7218854 Buildings and sites - Hawkes Bay District - Gisborne Health Camp 1979-1980; R445329 7 R445330 Design - Gisborne Health Camp State II & III 1975-1983; R18768098 Gisborne Health Camp, Stage II 1972; R18772284 & R18772285 Health Camps Board - Gisborne - General 1980-1983; R18772305 Health Camps - King George V Memorial Fund - Wellington Cnetral Council Secondary Camp - Gisborne 1974-1979; R22154108 PICTORIAL PARADE NO.78 [includes] HEALTH CAMPS - FOR TODAY AND TOMORROW - Youngsters at Gisborne's health camp finish their seven weeks' term. "All over New Zealand the camps are putting children back to the road to good health" 1958. See also general Health Camp files below. NB also: R19967081 Sport - Gisborne area officer - Presbyterian Health Camp - Ohope [n.d.]. MoE Records ERO: 1996, 1997, 1997, 1998 1 ERO Management Files: Gisborne Health Camp 1969-1988 1 Hawkes Bay Education Board
Information about Health Camp Schools provided by the Ministry of Education Submission to the Redress Hearing of the Abuse in Care Inquiry by Dr Fiona Inkpen of Stand Children's Services Tū Māia Whānau from September 2020: https://www.abuseincare.org.nz/our-progress/library/v/147/statement-of-stand-childrens-services-tu-maia-whanau-for-state-redress-hearing Whanaketia - Final Report of the Abuse in Care Inquiry, Part 2 paras 524-527 on health camps: https://www.abuseincare.org.nz/reports/whanaketia/part-2/chapter-10/ Stand Tū Māia page with information on current East Coast Children's Village: https://www.standforchildren.org.nz/east-coast
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