Generally, records about the health camp itself are held:
The Ministry of Education should have health camp school records.
Gender and age : mixed, 5 - 12 years. Capacity: 19 beds. Organisation controlling: From 1932-c.2000: Responsibility shared between Government Department of Education and Department of Health From Historic Levin - In November 1942, the Wellington Hospital Board took over Otaki Health Camp as a hospital because of an influx of war-wounded patients. The Health Camp moved to the former Boys' Training School at Hokio Beach. In August 1944, the Boys' Training Centre was reopened - and presumably the Health Camp moved back to its original site. c.2000-closure: Health Camp operated by Stand Tū Māia Operating period: Ōtaki Children's Health Camp/Children's Village: 1932-2018 Ōtaki Children's Health Camp School: 1941-2012
Photos of Ōtaki Children's Health Camp (Former) on Heritage NZ page - includes two external photos of buildings (undated but in colour) and one photo of a Boys' dormitory with children in the photo (1945): https://www.heritage.org.nz/list-details/4098/Listing
Find out how to request Archives New Zealand records.
Otaki Health Camp files (1976 - 1980)
Digital Repository: R25633653 (1997), R25633646 (1995), R25633671 (2006), R25633666 (2002), R25633660 (1998)
Otaki Health Camp Schools records accessed by searching Agency Code "AGCI"
Held in Wellington:
MoE Records:Admission Registers: 1932-Board of Trustee & Principals' Reports: 1992-Daybooks: School Log 1958-1962 & 1982-1986ERO: 1995, 1997, 1998 3 EROInspection Reports: Primary Inspectorate - Wellington 1981-1985 2 DoE- Central Regional OfficeWellington - Inspectors 1986-1989 1 DoE - Head OfficeManagement Files: Primary Schools - Wellington 1965-1989 1 DoE- Central Regional OfficeSchool Log 1982-1986 1 MoE - Lower Hutt OfficeManagers Papers No Date 1 Wellington Education BoardMeeting Minutes:School Committee Projects 1988 1 MoE - National OfficeStaff: Staffing - School Files 1960-1989 2 Wellington Education Board
Information about Health Camp Schools provided by the Ministry of Education Page on Ōtaki Children's Health Camp (Former) on Heritage NZ website: https://www.heritage.org.nz/list-details/4098/Listing Submission to the Redress Hearing of the Abuse in Care Inquiry by Dr Fiona Inkpen of Stand Children's Services Tū Māia Whānau from September 2020: https://www.abuseincare.org.nz/our-progress/library/v/147/statement-of-stand-childrens-services-tu-maia-whanau-for-state-redress-hearing Whanaketia - Final Report of the Abuse in Care Inquiry, Part 2 paras 524-527 on health camps: https://www.abuseincare.org.nz/reports/whanaketia/part-2/chapter-10/
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