Anglican Trust for Women and Children (ATWC) does not hold any records prior to 2000. The records held in the archives can have substantial gaps and often limited information. In most cases, there are no case records (e.g. from children's homes, St Mary's home, Hospital or adoption records) but usually records from an admission book, baptism or similar. The records are usually handwritten and often part of a register which requires information about others to be redacted. Any adoption records that were held by ATWC were transferred to the Adoption Information Services Unit in the mid-1990s (now under Oranga Tamariki).
Registered 16/7/1928
Short and long term Children's Home, accepts referrals from Anglican parishes, DSW and social work agencies.
Gender and age:Mixedc. 1969: 4+ years1974, 1976, 1977, 1978: over 3 years1979, 1984, 1986: School age
Capacity: c. 1969: 101974, 1976-1978: 6-12 children1979, 1984, 1986: 8 children1986 average occupancy: 4 children
Controlling organisation: Anglican Trust for Women and Children, Auckland. Third-party provider to State, faith-based.
1976: The organisation controlling these homes also arranges foster-home placements.
ATWC has documented its history including photos of some entities in the 'Threads of Caring' book which was commissioned by means of a bequest from the estate of Enid Cooper to celebrate the 160 plus years’ history of one of Auckland’s oldest non-government organisations. Drawing on archival and oral sources, Threads of Caring delves beneath the institution to the people at its heart and includes the stories of those who came for help, and the commitment and challenges faced by the ATWC’s Christian founders and those who followed them to meet those needs. https://atwc.org.nz/get-involved/threads-of-caring/
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R82177 Proposed Thomas Granger Home - Tutere Road, Papatoetoe (NB This is the address of the Margaret Granger Home).
Also mentioned in R6740845 Directory of Residential Facilities for Children in the Department of Social Welfare and Voluntary Agencies 1983.
Directory of residential facilities for disturbed children in New Zealand', Department of Social Welfare, 1979. https://natlib.govt.nz/records/40422924
31 September 2020 Affidavit of Anita Ngaire Easton for Oranga Tamariki - Ministry for Children to the Abuse in Care Inquiry
Information provided by the Anglican Church to the Crown Response Unit on 11 July 2024
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