These boys were residents of a Department of Social Welfare family home in Cannons Creek, Porirua. These homes were owned by the department and run by couples who lived in them rent-free in return for looking after the children. Family homes remain part of the foster-care system in the 2010s.
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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PAColl-7327)
Reference:
EP/1977/1867/3
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