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Registered 13/5/1930
Gender and age: Male
Capacity:
Controlling agency: The Salvation Army. Third-party provider to State, faith-based.
1979: 25-acre farm. Mainly children who have "broken down in other care situations." Favours "children with problems" – open atmosphere.
From The Salvation Army: A nearby Salvation Army-run training farm was approx 1.5km from the Boys' Home and was known variously as Hodderville Training Farm, Hodderville Agricultural School, Putaruru Training Farm. The training farm operated 1920-1962.
The Boys' Home and farm were two separate entities. The farm trainees (young men who had left school) lived onsite at the farm. The English Farm Cadet programme operated from 1922 until about 1950-1952 in conjuction with government. immigration schemes.
Note: Oranga Tamariki had this home recorded as closing in 1989 but the Salvation Army's affidavit had it as closing in 1986. We have used the Salvation Army date.
A history of the Hodderville Boys' Home and Training Farm by Tihema, J.T. Christchurch, Page Plus, 1991. 109p.
Facebook group named Hoderville Boys Home (potentially a group for former residents of the Home?)
NZ Herald article account from Roy Takiaho, survivor of Hodderville Boys Home, 11 Dec 2020
Royal Commission account from Roy Takiaho, survivor of Hodderville Boys Home [11 Dec 2020] - part of vol 2 case studies of the RC's Puretumu Torowhānui Dec 2021 report
RNZ article account from Billy Puka Tanu, survivor of Hodderville Boys Home, 29 July 2021
Find out how to request Archives New Zealand records.
Held in Wellington: R19241545 to R19241548 Children's Homes - Te Hurahai Boys Home (Ex Hodderville Boys Home) 1928-1988
Held in Auckland: R271512 to R271515 social welfare files re Hodderville Salvation Army Hostel / Boys Home 1973-1987
'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
18 September 2020 Witness Statement of Murray Houston on behalf of The Salvation Army Information provided by The Salvation Army to the Crown Response Unit on 1 July 2024
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