He mea whakatū ngā puni hauora ki Aotearoa i 1919 e Tākuta Elisabeth Gunn, MBE. I whakatauiratia ēnei i ngā puni hōia, he mea whakarite ki te āwhina i ngā Tamariki e whakatiki ana, e mata ana rānei i te mate kohi, mā te whai wāhi ki te hau, ki te kai ora, ki te hākinakina hoki.
Mō ngā tamariki maha, he wāhi whētuki, Tūkino hoki te puni hauora tamariki. E whakamihi ana mātau ki ngā mōrehu tokomaha i rongo i te tūkinotanga me te whakangongo i ngā puni hauora. Ka taea tea ko haere ngā kōrero me ngā wheako i te pūrongo whakamutunga a te Kōmihana Roeraopen_in_new.
He mea whakahaere ngā puni nei e ngā rōpū tūao. I ngā 1950s. ka riro mā te Kāwanatanag e whakahaere, e whāngai pūtea ki ngā puni hauora, ka whakatū hoki ia i te Poari Puni Hauora Tamariki. Ka hangā he kura ki ngā puni, ka whakahaeretia e ngā kaimahi nā te Tari Mātauranga.
I tukuna ngā tamariki ki ngā puni nei mā te pūnaha Nēhi Hauora Tūmatawhānui. Ka taea ngā tamriki te tuku atu ki ngā puni hauora nei mō ngā take maha, pēnei i:
I ngā tau 1970s me ngā 1980s, he rite tonu te tuku atu ki ngā puni hauora nei ngā tamariki e pīroiroi ana ō rātau hiahia.
I 2000, ka nekehia e te Kāwanatanga te whakahaeretanga o ngā puni hauora ki te rōpū mahi atawahi nei, ko STAND Children’s Services/Tū Māiaopen_in_new.
Ka waihanga hou a Stand Tū Māia i te hōtaka o ngā puni hauora hei kaupapa whānau mō ngā tamariki e 5-12 tau te pakeke, e noho mōrearea ana ngā hua ora ki a rātau me ō rātau whānau.
I tēnei wā, ko Oranga Tamariki kei te whāngai pūtea ki te hōtaka puni hauora.
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