Susan Hamilton

Kelston School for Deaf: Clearing of the Ground and Construction

1956-57
Students from the Titirangi School for the Deaf visit the construction site of the future Kelston School for the Deaf.
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Students from the Titirangi School for the Deaf visit the construction site of the future Kelston School for the Deaf (later Kelston Deaf Education Centre, and now Ko Taku Reo).

Kelson opened up as a school in 1958. Titirangi and Mt Wellington remained open, however, to board the students until the Kelston hotel block was finished in 1960. The boarders came each day by bus from Titirangi and Mt Wellington.

  1. Cyril Allen

  2. Danny Wheto

  3. Graeme Forrest

  4. Melvin Keil

  5. Michael Hampton

  6. Noel Fraser

  7. Norman Norris

  8. Peter Murray

  9. Peter Oxspring

  10. Peter Thompson

  11. Rewi Wharepapa

  12. Roger Sheffield

  13. Tim Ryan

  14. William Biddle

Donated by Susan Hamilton
Reference number SH29-14-EDU5657