Oranga Tamariki holds no institutional records for Tower Girls' Home. They should hold personal records on young people who stayed at this institution and who the Department of Social Welfare was involved with.
Gender: Mixed
Capacity:
Controlling organisation: Government - Department of Social Welfare. State control.
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Held in Wellington:
R19241399 Welfare - Management Functions - National and Dependant Institutions - Hamilton Tower Hill - Reception Centre - Ruakiwi Street 1947-1980;
R17422526 Hamilton Receiving Homes - 206 Korungoa Street, Later Transferred to Tower Hill e.g. Hospital, Ruakiwi Street 1945-1987;
R19239215 Administration Defalcation Forgery Report - Residential Homes and Training Centres - Tower Hill 1967-1987.
Held in Auckland:
R21473392 & R21473393 Government Departments - Legalisation - Department of Social Welfare - Tower Hill - Reception Centre for Girls 1969-1989;
R3368384 Tower Hill Reception Centre Fire Sprinklers 1978;
R25663641 Surplus Government Property - Tower Hill Properties Hunter Street, Ruakiwi Road Hamilton Welfare 1993-1997.
Also mentioned in R6740845 Directory of Residential Facilities for Children in the Department of Social Welfare and Voluntary Agencies 1983
Information provided by Oranga Tamariki to the Crown Response to the Abuse in Care Inquiry on 14 March 2024
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