Generally, records about the health camp itself are held:
The Ministry of Education should have health camp school records.
Stand Tū Māia receives redress claims related to the health camp.
The Ministry of Education receives redress claims related to the health camp school.
Responsibility for funding of health camps transferred from the Ministry of Health (Health Funding Authority) to MSD on 1 July 2007.
Note about opening dates:
Different sources suggest different potential opening dates for Roxburgh Children's Health Camp:
Gender and age: Mixed, 5-12 years.
Capacity: 25 beds.
Controlling organisations:
Operational period:
Redeveloped/re-branded to Roxburgh Children's Village c.2013-2018.
1945 film clip about the Roxburgh Health Camp (from Te Ara website but using film from Archives NZ)
Note: children attending the camp are shown in the film, including some close ups of their faces): https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/29057/childrens-health-camp
Find out how to request Archives New Zealand records.
Digital repository: R25650644, R25650637, R25650640, R25650648 Health Camp School (Otago-Southland) InstitutionAccountability/Effective reports/reviews 2003, 1996, 1998, Education Review (Primary) 2005.
MoE Records:
Information about Health Camp Schools provided by the Ministry of Education
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
Stand Tū Māia website post on closing of residential services at Roxburgh
Whanaketia - Final Report of the Abuse in Care Inquiry, Part 2 paras 524-527 on health camps
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