Generally, records about the health camp itself are held:
The Ministry of Education should have health camp school records.
Files from the Otaki Health Camp were recently discovered and added to the Ministry of Education’s collection. If you requested records about Otaki Health Camp before August 2025 and did not receive much information, you may receive more information if you make a new request now.
Stand Tū Māia receives redress claims relating to the health camp.
The Ministry of Education receives redress claims relating to the health camp school.
Gender and age: mixed, 5 - 12 years.
Capacity: 19 beds.
Organisation controlling:
Operating period:
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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