Rotoroa Island
Encyclopedia
Rotoroa Island is an island to the east of Waiheke Island
in the Hauraki Gulf
of New Zealand
. It covers 82 hectares (202.6 acre). The Salvation Army
purchased it for £400 in 1908 from the Ruthe family to expand their alcohol and drug rehabilitation
facility at nearby Pakatoa Island
. Men were treated at Home Bay at Rotoroa, while women were treated as Pakatoa. This treatment facility was closed in 2005.
The island was leased from the Salvation Army in February 2008 by Neal and Annette Plowman, who formed a trust to create a conservation park on the island. They have begun a revegetation project which will eventually include 400,000 native plants. The chapel, schoolhouse and jail are being restored and a visitor centre will be built. They gifted the island to Auckland in February 2010 and it was opened on 26 February 2011.
Waiheke Island
Waiheke Island is an island in the Hauraki Gulf of New Zealand, located about from Auckland.The island is the second-largest in the Hauraki Gulf after Great Barrier Island. It is the most populated, with nearly 8,000 permanent residents plus another estimated 3,400 who have second or holiday homes...
in the Hauraki Gulf
Hauraki Gulf
The Hauraki Gulf is a coastal feature of the North Island of New Zealand. It has a total area of 4000 km², and lies between the Auckland Region, the Hauraki Plains, the Coromandel Peninsula and Great Barrier Island...
of New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
. It covers 82 hectares (202.6 acre). The Salvation Army
The Salvation Army
The Salvation Army is a Protestant Christian church known for its thrift stores and charity work. It is an international movement that currently works in over a hundred countries....
purchased it for £400 in 1908 from the Ruthe family to expand their alcohol and drug rehabilitation
Drug rehabilitation
Drug rehabilitation is a term for the processes of medical or psychotherapeutic treatment, for dependency on psychoactive substances such as alcohol, prescription drugs, and so-called street drugs such as cocaine, heroin or amphetamines...
facility at nearby Pakatoa Island
Pakatoa Island
Pakatoa Island covers and in the Hauraki Gulf of New Zealand. Purchased in the early 1900's by the Salvation Army it was used as an alcohol treatment centre for women, isolated from the Army's male rehabilitation facility on Rotoroa Island....
. Men were treated at Home Bay at Rotoroa, while women were treated as Pakatoa. This treatment facility was closed in 2005.
The island was leased from the Salvation Army in February 2008 by Neal and Annette Plowman, who formed a trust to create a conservation park on the island. They have begun a revegetation project which will eventually include 400,000 native plants. The chapel, schoolhouse and jail are being restored and a visitor centre will be built. They gifted the island to Auckland in February 2010 and it was opened on 26 February 2011.