Wrapped in plastic (Gladwrap).

Written on back of plastic covering with blue ballpoint pen: “G. Sinkinson” ?[donor ]

White board (with writting refering to Acc. #2000.453) used for protection.

Boys Training Farm, Kimberley Road, Levin c.1900. ( Later Kimberley Hospital and Training School, and Kimberley Centre)

This photogpaph shows the main building (no longer at this site 2001), a small cottage to the left (a disused administration building still onsite 2001),and the two storied farm house to the right (no longer on site 2001)

1 B&W photo print – fragile, damaged

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Laser copy. Negative held by Alexander Turnbull Library.

Shipwrecked ship “The Hydrabad” at Waitarere beach, looking from south to north on the seaward side.

1 B&W photocopy

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Laser copy. Negative held by Alexander Turnbull Library.

A group of twenty – four boys from the Weraroa Training Farm standing at edge of river. They are all dressed in shorts and some appear to be going through the motions of washing themselves.

1 B&W photocopy

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Laser copy. Negative held by Alexander Turnbull Library.

Six unidentified boys from the Boys Training Farm at Weraroa stand in an old Maori canoe dressed as “warriors” during a camp held at the Ohau River near the beach.

Caption reads: ” Boys Training Farm – Wereroa -Camp Ohau Beach”

1 B&W photocopy

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Laser copy. Negative held by Alexander Turnbull Library

Fringed counterpanes cover 15 iron beds in a dormitory at the Weraroa Boys Training farm. The interior of the room is lined with tongue in groove wood and there are four sash windows visable.

Caption reads: “Boys Training Farm – Wereroa – Dormitory”

1 B&W photocopy

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Laser copy. Negative held by Alexander Turnbull Library

Five unidentified men, possibly Weraroa Training Farm Staff pose outside a corrugated iron building. The three men in the front row, seated on a wooden form are in military uniform, while the two men who stand behind them are in civillian clothing.

1 B&W photocopy

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Laser copy. Negative held by Aexander Turnbull Library.

Six unidentified women in nurses’ uniform stand in the dining hall at the Boys Training Farm at Weraroa, after it has been prepared for Christmas celebrations. There are flowers and bottles of drink on each table and at the end of each table is a board with a knife for carving meat. Paper decorations, flags, greenery, flowers and two banners proclaiming “A Merry Christmas” make up the decorations. The interior of the building is wood which has been painted. A patterned linoleum covers the floor.

Caption reads: “Boys Training Farm – Wereroa – Dining Hall”

1 B&W photocopy

Christmas celebration preperations.

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Laser copy. Negative held by Alexander Turnbull Library.

Visit of Navel ratings (Bluejackets) to Levin. The ratings are in ranks facing the Levin Railway Station which is situated at Weraroa, and a large crowd forms a square around them taking up the width of the road. There is a group of mounted servicemen on horseback, some civilians on horseback, two women in a horsedrawn gig and a number of people appear to have travelled to the occasion on bicycles. It is possible that the boys from the Training Farm are the group who are standing facing the ratings.

Caption reads: “Boys Training Farm Wereroa – Visit of Bluejackets Levin Station”

1 B&W photocopy

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Laser copy. Negative held by Alexander Turnbull Library.

Boys Training Farm Day School Football Team, ?1910. 16 Unidentified boys make up this team photograph, in which the players are dressed in hooped jerseys of three colours, white shorts which reach their knees, long black socks and leather boots. The boy in the centre of the photograph is holding an oval leather ball which indicates that this is a rugby team. A banner held by two of the boys reads: “Boys Training Farm – Weraroa – Day School Football – Institution 1909 – Institution 1910.”

1 B&W photocopy

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Laser copy. Negative held by Alexander Turnbull Library.

Students from the Weraroa Training Farm take part in supervised shooting on range. Ten young men are lying on the ground taking aim at targets in the centre background. One of the officers in charge is wearing a flat top cap and the sergant and two other supervisors have lemon-squeezer hats on. all fourteen people in the photograph are in military uniform.

1 B&W photocopy

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Laser copy. Negative held by Alexander Turnbull Library.

Ab group of 5 unidentified boys from the Boys Training Farm at weraroa wade in the Ohau river during a camp. The river bank is covered in boulders, and native bush dominates the background.

Caption reads: “Boys Training farm – Wereroa -Camp Ohau Beach”

1 B&W photocopy

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Laser copy. Negative held by Alexander Turnbull Library.

Weraroa Training Farm buildings, Kimberley Road, Levin. (Later Kimberley Hospital and Training School, and Kimberley Centre).

The small square building to the centre is the only building in this photograph which remains on this site (2001).

1 B&W photocopy

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