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.
| Donated by | Susan Hamilton |
| Reference number | SH29-14-EDU5657 |
1959
The Battle of Whau: a drama by Kelston Deaf students for the opening ceremony of Kelston School for the Deaf, 7th November 1959.
2002
Weekend celebrations are kickstarted with a Māori Deaf kapa haka group to perform a haka powhiri. Vintage teachers such as Les Bury briefly summarise their experiences of working in Deaf education over the years.
2017
Susan Hamilton is interviewed by Meghan Coppage, where she recounts a range of experiences from her life. From growing up at a Deaf school, to her memories of time in the Deaf community in bygone days, to seeing the changes at Kelston Deaf Education Centre including the transition to new school building.
1959
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.
