Archives NZ holds records about Weymouth and Northern Residential Centre, with Oranga Tamariki as the controlling organisation for restricted records.
Oranga Tamariki holds records about Weymouth and Northern Residential Centre.
Oranga Tamariki holds records about Whakatakapokai Care and Protection Residence from 2004-2016.
Oranga Tamariki should also hold personal records on young people who stayed at this institution and whom Oranga Tamariki was involved with.
This site has served many purposes over the years. The site continues to serve several purposes, with two separate residences (care and protection and youth justice) currently operating on the same site.
For now, information about all of the institutions/residences at this site have been included.
As Weymouth Residential Centre/Girls' Training School: National institution providing long term care for girls.
Years of operation: 1973-1990
Gender and age: Female, 13-17 years
Capacity: (As at 4/10/1989) 72 beds.
As Northern Residential Centre: 'to provide custodial care for those arrested or on remand; to provide placements as a result of Court recommendation; and to provide Care and Protection placement facilities.' (from MSD Social Welfare Residential Care report).
Years of operation: 1990-c.2003
Gender: Mixed
Capacity: (As of July 1990): 20 Youth Justice beds, 8 Care and Protection beds, and a 9 bed secure unit.
As Whakatakapokai Care and Protection Residence: Care and protection residence for children and young people requiring a residential setting.
Years of operation: 2006-?
Gener and age: Mixed, aged 10-17
Capacity: 8 beds
As Kahui Whetū: Care and protection service, including a secure hub of the Community Residential Services Auckland where children and young people are initially admitted before transitioning to one of the community homes.
Years of operation: ?-current
Gender and age: Mixed, aged 10-17
As Whakatakapokai Youth Justice Residence: Youth Justice Residence
Years of operation: April 2021-current
Gender and age: Mixed, generally ages 14-17.
Capacity: (as of 2024): 15 beds
Controlling organisation: Government Department of Social Welfare; Oranga Tamariki State control
Other information:
From the 2022 Children's Commissioner report: Whakatakapokai Youth Justice Residence operates on the same site as the Kaahui Whetuu Care and Protection hub (previously known as Whakatakapokai Care and Protection Residence) however the two cohorts are always kept separate.
From the 2022 Children's Commissioner report: Kaahui Whetuu is a care and protection service located in South Auckland. The service is made up of three residential placements:
Kaahui Whetuu ki te Pito, referred to as Kaahui Whetuu henceforth, is a secure hub that is subject to OPCAT requirements. Kaahui Whetuu has capacity for five children and/or young people to reside there.
Children and young people are initially admitted to the Community Residential Services Auckland (CRSA) at the Kaahui Whetuu hub before transitioning to one of the community homes.
The capacity of each the community homes is also five children and/or young people.
From Oranga Tamariki website page on youth justice residence: Care Services continue to be offered from a different facility on the same site.
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Held in Wellington:
R19790981 Weymuoth Northern Residential Centre 1994-1996;
R25068166 Weymouth Residential Centre - Proposal for consultancy services for energy conservation measures 1988;
R2147491 and R2147527 Maori Perspective Advisory Committee [Transcript of Tapes} - Weymouth Girls School, Auckland 1985;
R17424390 and R17242391 Girls' Training Centre, Weymouth 1962-1974;
R19241467 Welfare - Management Functions - National and Dependant Institutions - National Institution Management - Manurewa Weymouth Girls' School 1973-1980;
R19241468 Welfare - Management Functions - National and Dependant Institutions - National Institution Management - Manurewa Weymouth Girls' School - Admission Policy 1974-1976;
R17217484 Archbishop Johnston Papers - Weymouth Girls' School 1982;
R211144 Special Education - Provision in Child Welfare Institutions - Weymouth Girls' Training Centre 1973-1989;
R17941567 Girls Training Centre at Weymouth, 6 single storey buildings - Colson Builders Ltd 1971 .
Held in Auckland:
R25057643 and R25057644 (Ministry of Works) Schools - Weymouth Residential Centre - 1988-1990;
R23454000 (Archives NZ file re transfer of records) Department of Social Welfare Weymouth Residential Home Closure of Home 1992-1993;
R82182-R82190 Weymouth Residential Centre / Girls School plans c.1969-1987;
23 files in series 1484 relating to maintenance of Weymouth Girls Home 1978-1982 (search "Weymouth Girls");
R1179178 Schools - Welfare Reports - Weymouth Girls Home 1976-1977;
R23985194 Special Education - General - Weymouth Girls Home 1983-1989;
R21467663 Work for other districts - Weymouth Girls Training Centre 1966-1967;
R25053557 School sites - Weymouth Girls Training Institute 1962-1974;
Four Ministry of Works files R22460710 to R22460713 Schools - Weymouth Girls School - General - 1966-1979;
R23977278 Equipment - Social Welfare Institutions - Girls Training Centre, Weymouth 1971-1988.
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 March 2022
Whakatakapokai Youth Justice Residence - OPCAT Monitoring Report from the Office of the Children's Commissioner (PDF, 418KB) - used as a source for describing the different facilities currently operating on the Whakatakapokai site, capacity).
Oranga Tamariki website description of Whakatakapokai Youth Justice Residence - includes pictures of the land and buildings and a video of the opening
Volume II - Social Welfare Residential Care 1950-1994 (PDF, 9.1MB) Report prepared for the MSD Historic Claims Team, October 2006 (used as a source for history of Weymouth and Northern Residential Centre)
The Road to Hell by Elizabeth Stanley (2016), Auckland University Press.
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