Was short-term and long-term. In 1984 and 1986, was long-term.
Gender and age: Girls
Capacity:
Controlling organisation: Board of Governers: Kirkpatrick House (Masonic Lodge). Third-party provider to State, faith-based.
Operational period:
Opened 4 April 1926.
Registered 3/9/1929.
Legislation passed allowing the Home to be closed 1998.
Other information:
1974: Takes girls 10-16 years. Nominated by Masonic Lodges throughout New Zealand.
In 1991, the Home lost its annual grant from the Social Welfare Department, resulting in its closure.
After its closure, the House became a Backpackers' Hostel known as 'Club Nelson'. The house is now in private ownership.
'Directory of residential facilities for disturbed children in New Zealand', Department of Social Welfare, 1979.
31 September 2020 Affidavit of Anita Ngaire Easton for Oranga Tamariki - Ministry for Children to the Abuse in Care Inquiry
Kirkpatrick Masonic Trust Empowering Act 1998
Bryant, M. (2013). Kirkpatrick and the Canning Factory. Article from The Prow
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