Oranga Tamariki holds records about: - 'Epuni Boys' Home' or 'Epuni Residential Centre' from 1963-2003. - 'Epuni Care and Protection Residence' from 2003-2015. Archives NZ (Wellington) also holds records about Epuni, particularly from 1954-1974, with Oranga Tamariki as the controlling agency for restricted records.
Opened as Lower Hutt Boys' Home in 1956Currently operating as Epuni Care and Protection Residence Gender: Until 1990: Male 12-16 years of age, From 1990 onwards: Mixed aged 10-17Capacity: As at 1959, 40 beds. Around 1970, 46 beds plus 4 secure bedsAround 1984, 42 beds plus 4 secure bedsAs at 4/10/1989, 15 bedsAs at 2020: capacity for 10 children and young people (20 beds across two units, but only 10 children and young people stay there at a time) Controlling organisation: Government Education Department 1972, Department of Social Welfare 1972-1981,Oranga Tamariki; State controlA former resident wrote a book 'Little criminals' about the experiences of residents and staff at the home (published 2011), which inspired a documentary of the same name in 2015.
From Oranga Tamariki: This institution was known initially has Boys Home Lower Hutt, then:Epuni Boys Home from 1959,Epuni Residential Centre from 1990 (where it became a mixed institution), andEpuni Care and Protection Residence from c. 2000
Information provided by Archives NZ to the Crown Response to the Abuse in Care Inquiry on 14 March 2024Office of the Children's Commissioner OPCAT monitoring visit report for Epuni Care and Protection Residence (2 March 2021): https://www.manamokopuna.org.nz/documents/284/Oranga-Tamariki-Residence-Visit-2020.pdfhttps://www.abuseincare.org.nz/search?query=epuni
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