page_title: Hawksbury, New Zealand
section_title: Hawksbury Village
hierarchical_section_title: Hawksbury, New Zealand / Hawksbury Village
caption_attribution_description: English: Building from the former Cherry Farm Hospital, in Otago, New Zealand.
context_page_description: Hawksbury, also known as Cherry Farm, is a small residential and industrial area in New Zealand, located beside State Highway 1 between Dunedin and Waikouaiti.
context_section_description: Cherry Farm Hospital, a psychiatric hospital serving the Dunedin area, opened in 1952, and patients from Seacliff Mental Hospital at Seacliff were relocated there soon afterwards. Cherry Farm Hospital epitomised the village-asylum atmosphere in name and design, contrasting with the harsh conditions in the fortress-like Seacliff Hospital.
  When the hospital closed in 1992, it was the consequence of new arrangements for the three groups of patients that remained.  While at its peak Cherry Farm had many hundreds of patients, in latter years this number had dropped to below 400.  Psychogeriatric and general adult psychiatric patients were either transferred to  Wakari Hospital, or to residential care or supported accommodation in the community, people with intellectual disability moved to new lives in the community provided by a range of community agencies, one of which was Hawksbury Community Living Trust. The closure of Cherry Farm Hospital was a key milestone in the policy of successive governments to implement deinstitutionalisation.  This process was completed nationwide in October 2006 with the closure of Kimberley Centre, Levin, the last large institution of its type.
  Hawksbury Village located in East Otago is a privately owned and managed Residential Village. It is run by a Board of Directors elected by the Shareholders of whom some own properties in the Village.
  Since the hospital site was converted to a residential village many modern homes have been built that now house local families. There are still a few privately owned buildings that were part of the hospital network and some of the bigger ones called "Villas" these have now been converted to residential homes.
  Amenities available in the Village include Hawksbury Christian Fellowship Church, Moana Gow Pool, Evansdale Cheese Factory and Matanaka Meats. Moana Gow Pool is a 20m, 4 lane heated pool which offers swimming lessons, aquacize, adult lane swimming and more.
  A new bus shelter has recently been built for the children in Hawksbury Village who use the local school bus services. This shelter also houses a new Hawksbury Village information map so that visitors can find their way easily, and locate the amenities in the village.
  Residents enjoy a peaceful village life and there is a recognizable sense of community spirit. Monthly Hawksbury Village newsletters are also written and distributed monthly, containing information about what is going on in the village.
caption: Former hospital building in 2008
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