This change of jurisdiction from the Department of Justice to the Department of Education signalled a shift from residential schools as primarily punitive institutions to more reformative institutions. [i]
Footnotes
[i] go to main content Bronwyn Dalley, Family Matters, Wellington, 1998, p. 17.; Margaret Tennant, The Fabric of Welfare: Voluntary Organisations, Government, and Welfare in New Zealand, 1840–2005, 2007, p. 30.; Department of Social Welfare, Social Welfare Today, Wellington, 1980, p. 4.