Training farm for boys at Weraroa, south of Levin. It was flourishing between ca 1906 and 1940. Renamed Kohitere in the late 1960s.
Weraroa Boys' Training Farm
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Williams, P C (Mrs) :Photographs of Weraroa training school and St Heliers Bay wharf
Date: ca 1912-ca 1914
By: Williams, P C (Mrs), active 1997
Reference: PAColl-5484
Description: The Weraroa Training School, Levin (Mr W. Williams, instructor), 1912-1914. The old St Heliers Bay wharf, taken 1916-1918. The donor's father-in-law is standing fourth from right, and the child in the foreground is her late husband. Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s).
Manuscript
General correspondence
Date: 1906-1909
From: Field family : Field and Hodgkins family papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0113-01/53
Description: Identified persons entered under Name. Also includes letter from Charles [?] Simms, Sandrock Cottage, Fittleworth, Sussex, letter from Epsom Auckland, and letter from T W [?] Mitchell. Quantity: 1 folder(s) 22 (pieces). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Manuscript
Local issues
Date: 1907-1909
From: Field, William Hughes, 1861-1944 : Papers
Reference: 73-128-125
Description: Identified persons entered under Name; also includes parts of letters, cases of phthisis at Weraroa Training School, proposed rifle range site near Otaki, telegrams from Gardner of Levin, Bell of Wanganui, Barnett of Christchurch, letters from [?] Kilgour of Wellington, Dorothea of Morrison's Bush, Greytown, papers relating to proposals in the new County Bill for Otaki and Te Horo ridings to be a separate county and other papers Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Manuscript
Local issues
Date: Mar-Apr 1906
From: Field, William Hughes, 1861-1944 : Papers
Reference: 73-128-120
Description: Identified persons entered under Name Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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Weraroa Boys Training Farm, Levin
Date: [ca 1913]
From: Williams, P C :Photographs of Levin, Weraroa and Auckland c1900s
Reference: PAColl-0434-06
Description: Boys tending a garden crop in front of Guy House at Weraroa Boys Training Farm on Kimberley Rd, Levin. The instructor in a white shirt and hat is Mr M W Williams. Mrs Anne Williams stands with son Raymond in the doorway to the house. The boys' dormitory is to the left of this family home. Photograph taken circa 1913 by an unidentified photographer. Inscription on back of photograph states that the house has been demolished. According to the Horowhenua Historical Society, this information is incorrect (see http://horowhenuahistory.library.org.nz/exhibit1/e10256a.htm). "Clematis Cottage" became the Nurses' Home at Kimberley Hospital and Training School and in 2001 was being used as the Staff Education Centre. Title supplied by Library Inscriptions: Verso - Weraroa Boys Training Farm at Kimberly Rd Levin about 1913. Instructor in white shirt + hat Mr W Williams. Mrs Williams + son Raymond in door-way. This is Clematis cottage now non-existant, where the Williams family lived + boys dormitary to the left of cottage. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 15.3 x 10.9 cm Processing information: Descriptive information was updated in October 2016, changing the name from 'Clematis Cottage' to 'Guy House', following information from Te Takere in Levin, which also confirmed that both Clematis Cottage and Guy House are still standing.