Archives NZ holds some records about Te Oranga Reformatory, Girls' Home Burwood, Girls' Training Centre Burwood, and Kingslea, with Oranga Tamariki as the controlling organisation for any restricted records. Oranga Tamariki holds records from Burwood Training Centre/Girls' Home (1968-2000), from Kingslea, and from Te Oranga Care and Protection Residence (from 2005-2011). Oranga Tamariki should also hold records about young people who stayed at this institution and whom DSW/CYF/Oranga Tamariki was involved with.
Gender and age
CapacityCapacity at 1957 and 1970 not recordedCirca 1984: 75 beds plus 13 secure beds (the latter shared with the Girls Home)As at 1988: 52 beds plus 16 secure beds.Because there were now fewer residents, some of the buildings were leased to other organisations (from Social Welfare Residential Care MSD Report). As at 4/10/1989: 20 beds plus 10 secure bedsFrom 2005 to present (as Te Oranga Care and Protection Residence): 10 beds.
By 1994 Kingslea had a secure unit for up to six residents under 17 years who had been sentenced to a term of imprisonment, a 20 bed Youth Justice unit, and seven Care and Protection beds.
Survivor account from Gwyneth Beard to the Abuse in Care Inquiry on 6 May 2021 (includes time at Kingslea): https://www.abuseincare.org.nz/our-progress/library/v/241/statement-of-gwyneth-beard-for-abuse-in-state-childrens-residential-care-hearing
Survivor account from Joanna Oldham to the Abuse in Care Inquiry on 21 July 2021 (includes time at Kingslea): https://www.abuseincare.org.nz/our-progress/library/v/328/witness-statement-of-joanna-oldham-for-tulou-our-pacific-voices-tatala-e-pulonga-hearing
Further information about Kingslea from Volume II - Social Welfare Residential Care 1950-1994 Report prepared for the MSD Historic Claims Team, October 2006 (from p209): https://www.msd.govt.nz/documents/about-msd-and-our-work/contact-us/complaints/social-welfare-residential-care-1950-1994-volume-2-part2.pdf
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Kingslea:Brief administrative history, with links to related series
Te Oranga Home Roll/Kingslea Admission Registers 1900-1987 (many years missing) CH504 See Collections search for individual items; Kingslea/Burwood Girls’ Home, Press Clippings, Memoranda and Memorabilia Relating to Girls’ Home 1908-1942 CH867 /2i; Miscellaneous Photographs and Slides from the Kingslea Girls’ Home c.1930-1987 CH867 See Collections search for individual items; Kingslea Girls’ Home Files, Diaries and Dutybooks 1931-1987 CH378 See Collections search for individual items; The Wellington archive holds further items relating to this institution, some of which are restricted, see Collections search for details. Te Oranga Care and Protection Residence: Speech about the opening of the Centre: https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R24989750/opening-te-oranga.care-and-protection-facility-3-oct?q=te+oranga+care&source=aims-archive
Information provided by Oranga Tamariki Brief Administrative History of Kingslea on Archives NZ
Archives NZ Research Guide for Charitable aid and welfare records - Christchurch Further information about Kingslea from Volume II - Social Welfare Residential Care 1950-1994 Report prepared for the MSD Historic Claims Team, October 2006 (from p209)
Child, Youth and Family Residential Care Regulations Inspection Report: 2014
Kingslea School website
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