Short-term stays only.
Gender and age: Mixed.
Capacity:
Controlling organisations:
Third-party provider to State, faith-based
Operational period: Registered 1956. Closed in 1985.
1978: Average stay three months
Property included the Birch Hill Cemetery Memorial.
The home closed in 1985 and the homestead became a private home once again in c.1990.
In 1980 the Hurunui District Council took over the management of the cemetery, which is now vested with the Waimakariri District Council and operates as a public burial place.
Further information about the Sunlight League of New Zealand and its founder, Cora Hilda Blanche Wilding, from Te Ara: https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/4w17/wilding-cora-hilda-blanche
'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
McEwan, Dr Ann. 7 April 2019, Waimakariri District Council Historic Heritage Item Record Form for Birch Hill Cemetery (PDF)
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