The last National Deaf Youth Camp was hosted in Napier in 2008. There was an opportunity for Auckland Deaf Society to take the lead and organise a National Deaf Youth Camp almost 10 years later. Auckland Deaf Society organised a National Deaf Youth Camp in 2017, led by two project leaders along with a team of 10 NZSL fluent users, who together, worked towards the success of the camp.

The 4th National Deaf Youth Camp was held in January 2017 at YMCA Camp Adair in Hunua, South Auckland. Camp attendees were young Deaf people between the ages of 16 to 30 from different areas in New Zealand and from a variety of backgrounds, ethnicities and identity. Workshops were provided by prominent Deaf community leaders, Chris Blum who was instrumental in setting up the ‘Friends of Young Deaf’ initiative in New Zealand, Craig Crawley from the United Kingdom who shared his knowledge around Leadership and Daniel Greenwood discussed community growth and leadership styles. There was also a discussion forum with the youth participants.