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.
Short term residential educational facility for children with particularly challenging behaviour (recorded as for "disturbed children and their families").
Gender: mixed
Capacity:
Controlling organisation: Auckland Presbyterian Social Services (now Presbyterian Support Northern).
Third-party provider to State, faith-based.
Further information:
1982: The department welcomed the opening of 'Glenburn', a 32 bed facility for "disturbed younger children" to be operated by the P.S.S.A. Auckland.
Now Westbridge Residential School - a Residential Special School
Specified Institution repealed 2015.
Find out how to request Archives New Zealand records.
ERO reports in digital archive - see series 27073 (search Glenburn) 1995, 1997, 2003.
Held in Wgtn:
Held in Auckland:
Residential Care for Children Provided by Voluntary Organisations as at 31 July 1984, Department of Social Welfare, SSC 362.732 RES
31 September 2020 Affidavit of Anita Ngaire Easton for Oranga Tamariki - Ministry for Children to the Abuse in Care Inquiry
Presbyterian Support Northern website page Our History https://www.psn.org.nz/about-us/our-story/our-history
Information provided by Presbyterian Support Northern to the Crown Response Unit on 14 October 2024
Education (Specified Institutions) Order 2015 (LI 2015/78), Part 1, Items repealed
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