Oranga Tamariki holds records about Hillcrest Home from 1981-2022. Oranga Tamariki should also hold personal records on young people who stayed at the institution and whom Department of Social Welfare (DSW) had involvement with.
Operational period:
Operational dates for the Hillcrest Youth Justice Remand Home have been provided by Oranga Tamariki as September 2010-current.
However, the dates of records held by Archives NZ and Oranga Tamariki suggest that there was another institution at Hillcrest earlier than this - back to at least 1981 for Oranga Tamariki records, potentially back to the 1960s/1970s for Archives NZ records.
Controlling organisation:Oranga Tamariki; State control
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Held in Wellington:
R10371441 Education - Schools: Hamilton - Hillcrest Child Welfare Home 1965-1966.
Held in Auckland:
R21473182 (3 Ministry of Works files) Legalisation - Department of Education - IHC Centre - Hillcrest, Hamilton East 1961-1976
R21473390 Legalisation - Department of Social Welfare - Family Home - Hillcrest 1967-1970
R25659644 Government Departments - Buildings - IHC Centre, Hillcrest 1976-1981
R271521 Tuakana Hostel - IHCS [Intellectually Handicapped Children Society} Hillcrest 1974-1980
R271524 Private Institutions - Hillcrest 1963-1975
Information provided by Oranga Tamariki to the Crown Response to the Abuse in Care Inquiry on 14 March 2024
Oranga Tamariki website page on Youth Justice Community Homes: https://www.orangatamariki.govt.nz/youth-justice/youth-justice-community-homes/
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