The Battle of Whau: a drama by Kelston Deaf students for the opening ceremony of Kelston School for the Deaf, 7th November 1959.
Members of the Auckland Deaf Society and friends attend the annual picnic at Orewa Beach in March 1969.
The opening of Kelston on a site in Archibald Road featured the infamous ‘Te Pakanga o Whau’ (The Battle of Whau) in 1959 where 86 deaf students acted in an outside play featuring a Māori-Pakeha battle near a big gum tree field.
Students from the Titirangi School for the Deaf visit the construction site of the future Kelston School for the Deaf.