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Te Puni Hauora Tamariki o Ōtaki
Huarahi o Puni Hauora, Takutai o Ōtaki
I whanake ake te kaupapa puni hauora o Aotearoa i ngā māharahara mō te āhua o te hauora me te manaaki i te tamariki i te tīmatanga o te rau tau rua tekau. I puta mai te mōhiotanga hou, he tokomaha ngā tamariki kāore i tino puta ki te hau pai, i whitikia e te rā, i kai rānei i te kai whaipainga.
Ko tēnei te Puni Hauora Tamariki tuatahi i tūwhera mai i 1932.
I toko ake te kaingākau o Dr Elizabeth Gunn, Āpiha Kura Tākuta i Wanganui, ki ngā puni mō ngā tamariki i muri mai o tōna wā i te ope taua(1916-18). Nāna i whakarite tētahi puni hauora angitū i raro tēneti i ia raumati mō ētahi tau tini i Turakina.
1929
- He mea whakatū te Wellington Children’s Health Camp Association e Dr Ida Paterson, Kaiwhakahaere o te Kura Tikanga Akuaku.
- Nā Byron Brown, kaipakihi, rakahinonga o Ōtaki, i takoha atu he whenua e whā eka(nō muri mai ka piki ake ki te 70 eka) pātata ana ki te Takutai o Ōtaki.
- Nō Mrs Christen Neilson o Norsewood te whakaaro kia whakaputaina he pane hauora hei tautoko i ngā puni. He mea hoko atu i ia tau, mai i 1929, ā, he nui hoki te wāriu o ētahi.
1932
- E rua ngā whare tapawaru i te Hōhipera o Rotorua i nekehia ki te wāhi i Ōtaki. E 60 moenga o ia whare. He mea kōwhiri ngā tamariki e ngā kaimahi kura tākuta, ā, i ahu mai rātou i Te Whanganui a Tara, i Ngāmotu me te matau a Māui. Tokomaha rawa i pohokore, nā te rawakore, nā te māuiui rānei. E ono wiki e noho ana ki reira, ā, i tino whai oranga nā te whaipainga o te kai, te nui o te moe, te tākaro ki te taha tai me ētahi hāora ruarua i ia rā ki te ako.
1941-45
- Ka riro i te Pōari Hōhipera o Te Whanganui a Tara, te puni nei hei hōhipera ohotata wā pakanga.
1945
- I tūwhera anō te puni hauora me tōna kaupapa hou e arotahi ana ki te taha hinengaro me te taha tinana. Ināianei, ko te katoa o te hauora e arohia ana, taha tikanga, taha hinengaro, taha tinana o ngā tamariki.
Children building a play hut, 1932. The ‘rotunda’ dormitories are in the background. Ōtaki Historical Society Inc. Collection.
Byron Brown, a businessman and entrepreneur from Ōtaki.
Black and white die proof of two penny blue Smiling Boy Health stamp, 1931
The 1931 red smiling boy health stamp, one of the best known and rarest of all health stamp issues.
One of the first health stamps, released in 1929 with a surcharge to support sanatoria or similar health projects.
Updated 5 November 2024