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IHC Kristina Home; new swimming pool; Heretaunga Rotary Club's first major project
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DescriptionPrinted in the October 20, 1971 'Leader'. The club had been formed a little over a year earlier.
The Kristina home was in Marlborough Street, Silverstream, and at this stage was a children's home.
The pool would be 27 by 14 feet, and 3 feet 6 inches deep (8.2 x 4.27 x 1.07 metres) and would cost $2500; the club had started excavation, and was hoping to get money from businesses, and to 'sell' pool development by the square foot.
The home had 13 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, 2 kitchens, huge lounge and dining rooms. It was built by IHC in 1970 as a short-stay facility for intellectually disabled sons and daughters, but by 1985 it had been decided that mixed ages didn't work, and it became an aged-care facility. When 8 of its 16 residents were assessed as needing hospital care, it was decided to close the facility.
Google street view in 2014 gave no clues to its current use.
Date TakenOctober 1971Geotag[1] The remains of the pool?
The Kristina home was in Marlborough Street, Silverstream, and at this stage was a children's home.
The pool would be 27 by 14 feet, and 3 feet 6 inches deep (8.2 x 4.27 x 1.07 metres) and would cost $2500; the club had started excavation, and was hoping to get money from businesses, and to 'sell' pool development by the square foot.
The home had 13 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, 2 kitchens, huge lounge and dining rooms. It was built by IHC in 1970 as a short-stay facility for intellectually disabled sons and daughters, but by 1985 it had been decided that mixed ages didn't work, and it became an aged-care facility. When 8 of its 16 residents were assessed as needing hospital care, it was decided to close the facility.
Google street view in 2014 gave no clues to its current use.
Date TakenOctober 1971Geotag[1] The remains of the pool?Depicts or relates to
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Reference1971 10 20 1FormatScanned from bound newspaperSize251 x 144 mm
FormatScanned from bound newspaperSize251 x 144 mmScanned byDon McLeod
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IHC Kristina Home; new swimming pool; Heretaunga Rotary Club's first major project. Upper Hutt City Library, accessed 05/04/2026, https://uhcl.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/27571