Oranga Tamariki holds records about Holdsworth School from 1984-1988 and for Otamatea Children's Centre from 1984-1988. Oranga Tamariki should also hold personal records on young people who stayed at the institution and whom DSW had involvement with.
Wellington Archives hold records for Holdsworth School from 1973-1984
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Operated as Holdsworth School June 1971-1983; then as Otamatea Children's Centre 1984 - 1988.
Controlling organisation: Government, Department of Social Welfare; State control
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A list of records from Holdsworth School, including students, staff, buildings and sites, and management, and some digitised plans and files, is here: https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en/web/arena/search#/?q=holdsworth+school
Digitised building and site file: https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R15969473/social-welfare-%3A-otamatea-children-centre?q=otamatea+children&source=aims-archive
Staff files 1984-1989: https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R1878633/staff-files---otamatea-childrens-centre?q=otamatea+children&source=aims-archive
Information provided by Oranga Tamariki to the Crown Response to the Abuse in Care Inquiry on 14 March 2024
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