From Hocken reference guide: Presbyterian Support Southland holds limited records
Gender and age: Mixed
Capacity: 12 beds
Controlling organisation: Presbyterian Social Services Association (Southland). Third-party provider to State, faith-based
Operational period: 1948-1980. Registered 22/3/1943.
1982: Flagged as currently out of operation and closed in 1980.
This home opened in 1948 as a replacement for Invercargill’s Cameron Home. It was inititally located in a two-storied property, formerly the home of the MacGibbon family, in Huron Street, East Gore.
In 1964 this was replaced by a more modern building in Ardwick Street, Gore.
The home closed in 1980 and the building was then leased to the NZ Society for the Intellectually Handicapped.
Presbyteran Support Southland webpage 'Celebrating 100 years' for history information and some photos (as at 6 July 2026 the page has been removed). The book 'For Young & Old 100 Years On' has more extensive information on their Homes and there are photos.
'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
Orphanages and Children's Homes in Otago and Southland Reference Guide - Hocken Collections; University of Otago Library - retrieved from https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0031/249682/orphanages-758382.pdf
Presbyterian Support Southland website page on history: https://pss.org.nz/about/history/ (as at 6 July 2026 webpage has been removed)
Information provided by Presbyterian Support Southland to the Crown Response Unit on 10 September 2024.
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