Ko Taku Reo: Deaf Education New Zealand

Ko Taku Reo: Deaf Education New Zealand is located in Archibald Road, New Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand. It is a residential special school for deaf children, as well as a resource centre providing services and support for mainstream students, students in provisions, and teachers in New Zealand.

Ko Taku Reo: Deaf Education New Zealand
Ko Taku Reo: Deaf Education New Zealand Kelston campus
Address
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3 Archibald Road, New Lynn, Auckland
Coordinates36°54′20″S 174°39′56″E / 36.9055°S 174.6656°E / -36.9055; 174.6656
Information
TypeState co-ed special school with boarding facilities
Established1958
Ministry of Education Institution no.503
PrincipalDavid Foster
Head of SchoolTom Purvis and Christine Miller
School roll[1] (February 2024)
Socio-economic decile3
Websitewww.kdec.school.nz

The Kelston School for the Deaf was established in 1958, as the Kelston School for Deaf Children.[2] It replaced the schools for the deaf at Mount Wellington and Lopdell House in Titirangi.[2] It changed its name to Kelston Deaf Education Centre in 1991 to better reflect the wide range of services it provided.[3] At the start of the third term of 2020 the school merged with the Van Asch Deaf Education Centre to form Ko Taku Reo, a national school for Deaf Education.

References edit

  1. ^ "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  2. ^ a b Devaliant, Judith (2009). "History Lessons". In Macdonald, Finlay; Kerr, Ruth (eds.). West: The History of Waitakere. Random House. pp. 211–212. ISBN 9781869790080.
  3. ^ "History of Kelston School for the Deaf". kotakureo.school.nz. Ko Taku Reo. Retrieved 28 November 2020.