Records for St Andrew's Home are not held by the Diocese of Nelson as they had their own independent Trust Board. Most of the limited records that the Diocese of Nelson holds is as a result of the Diocesan Manager's role as a secretary to the Trust. Those records include minutes and registers as well as records that were transferred when St Andrew's Home closed. The Diocese of Nelson does not hold comprehensive care records. The St Andrews Orphanage closed in the late 1960’s; after that the Trust built a home in Richmond and the care records associated with that home were the responsibility of the Open Home Foundation, which rented the property as a family home.
Gender and age:Mixed. 1965: 3-16; c. 1969-79: 0-16; 1984, 86: school age. Capacity: 1965: 12; 1967: 8; c. 1969: 9 beds; 1974, 76: 8; 1977-79: 9; 1984, 86: 6; 1986 average occupancy: 5. Registered 3/9/1929 Third-party provider to State, faith-based Controlling organisations: St Andrew's Home Society (Anglican) ; 1990s-2015: contracted to Open Home Foundation; Anglican and interdenominational from 1923. 974: This home also arranges fosterhome placements. (Church of England & Interdenominational from 1923) This institution had the following branches: - Waimea Road, 1887-1911 - Kawai Street 1911-1966 - Richmond 1967- date. For more information, see: • Ault, H.F. (1958) The Nelson narrative. Nelson, N.Z.: Diocese of Nelson, pp212-213 • St Andrews orphanage (1903, January 9) Colonist, p.2 http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=TC19030109.2.10 • Wilkins, W.F. (1987). St. Andrews home, 1887-1987. Unpublished typescript. Nelson Provincial Museum and Nelson Dio Archives It's possible that another name for this Home was 'St Andrew's Home for Girls' as there is a reference to an Anglican institution by this name in Whanaketia, the Abuse in Care Inquiry's Final Report in Part 4, para 288 (page 89). However, this institution was recorded as being mixed gender and no other uses of this name have been found anywhere in online research.
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