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At the Bryant children's home

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At the Bryant children's home

In 1921 Dan Bryant, a wealthy Waikato farmer, set up the Bryant Trust, one of the few private philanthropic trusts in New Zealand at that time. Among other activities, it ran a home near Raglan for convalescent children. 'Uncle Dan' used to visit and entertain the children with tricks and games. This photograph was probably taken in the late 1930s.

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Auckland Council Libraries − Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero o Tāmaki Makaurau, Sir George Grey Special Collections

Reference: Auckland Weekly News, 20 January 1943, p. 13

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Margaret Tennant, Voluntary welfare organisations – Welfare services expand, 1890s–1930s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/29050/at-the-bryant-childrens-home (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Margaret Tennant, published 15 March 2013.