Oranga Tamariki holds 1 record about Will Street Whare from 1997. They should also hold personal records on young people who stayed at Will Street Whare and whom Oranga Tamariki was involved with.
Gender and age: Mixed; aged 13-17
Capacity: 5 beds
Controlling agency: Oranga Tamariki.
Further info: From Dec 2022 Community-based remand Homes evaluation prepared for Oranga Tamariki:
Will Street Whare operated by Oranga Tamariki was initially established in 2017 and has since undergone a few changes, following reviews into community-based remand homes processes and practices.
Will Street is a five bedroom home run by house parents and up to 10 kaimahi.
There is a partnership between Te Hau Ora Whānau Services (a community-based whānau driven kaupapa Māori provider, offering a range of services including, youth development, mentoring, whānau ora, and Te Awhi Mai Day Programme) and Adventure Development Ltd (a not-for-profit organisation that provides mentoring and counselling supporting young people to live fulfilling lives) to deliver educational and transition services.
At the time of the evaluation, Will Street was implementing several changes after a reset to delivery.
The goals of Will Street are to:
According to a Stuff article published Feb 2026, Te Kāika took over the running of the site from OT in August 2023. Will Street Whare has been empty since an investigation in 2025.
Evaluation report with further details about the Home (particularly pages 51-61) and a photo of the land and building (page 52): Pipi, K., Spee, L., Were. L., Porima, L., Hamilton, K., Marama, M., and Hamilton, A. (2022).
Evaluation of Community based Remand Homes. Prepared for Oranga Tamariki
Stuff article 5 Aug 2022: Oranga Tamariki putting children in care with young offenders when options run out
Stuff article 12 February 2026 ‘Emotional, physical, psychological harm’ at taxpayer-funded youth home
Information provided by Oranga Tamariki to the Crown Response to the Abuse in Care Inquiry on 14 March 2024
Oranga Tamariki website page on Community-based remand Homes: https://www.orangatamariki.govt.nz/about-us/research/our-research/community-based-remand-homes/
Pipi, K., Spee, L., Were. L., Porima, L., Hamilton, K., Marama, M., and Hamilton, A. (2022). Evaluation of Communitybased Remand Homes. Prepared for Oranga Tamariki. (Used as a source for a description of the Home and its capacity): https://ot.govt.nz/assets/Uploads/About-us/Research/Latest-research/Community-based-remand-homes/CBRH-evaluation-final-Dec22.pdf
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