Ko Taku Reo: Deaf Education New Zealand

Coordinates: 36°54′20″S 174°39′56″E / 36.9055°S 174.6656°E

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Ko Taku Reo: Deaf Education New Zealand
Ko Taku Reo: Deaf Education New Zealand Kelston campus
Address

3 Archibald Road, New Lynn, Auckland
Coordinates	36°54′20″S 174°39′56″E / 36.9055°S 174.6656°E / -36.9055; 174.6656
Information
Type	State co-ed special school with boarding facilities
Established	1958
Ministry of Education Institution no.	903
Principal	David Foster
Head of School	Tom Purvis and Christine Miller
School roll	118^[1] (August 2024)
Socio-economic decile	3
Website	www.kdec.school.nz

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.

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

^ "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
^ ^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.
^ "History of Kelston School for the Deaf". kotakureo.school.nz. Ko Taku Reo. Retrieved 28 November 2020.

v t e Whau, Auckland, New Zealand
Populated places	Avondale Blockhouse Bay Green Bay Kelston New Lynn New Windsor Rosebank
Geographic features	Motumānawa / Pollen Island Traherne Island Whau River
Facilities and attractions	Avondale Racecourse Hollywood Cinema Ken Maunder Park LynnMall Motu Manawa (Pollen Island) Marine Reserve New Lynn War Memorial Library Paradice Avondale
Infrastructure	Great North Road New Lynn to Avondale shared path Western Line Avondale St George's Street (former) New Lynn Fruitvale Road
Government	Auckland Council Whau Local Board Whau Ward
Organisations	Bay Olympic Lynn-Avon United A.F.C. West Auckland Admirals West Auckland Kiwi True Blues FC West End Rowing Club
Schools	Auckland International College (former) Avondale College Bay Olympic Glenavon School Green Bay High School Kelston Boys' High School Kelston Girls' College Ko Taku Reo: Deaf Education New Zealand

Schools for the deaf

Africa

Kenya	Humble Hearts School Kisii School for the Deaf
Tanzania	Tabora Deaf-Mute Institute

Asia

China

Hong Kong SAR	Lutheran School For The Deaf

India

Japan

South Korea

Closed	Gwangju Inhwa School

Malaysia

SMK Pendidikan Khas Persekutuan (Penang)

Nepal

Naxal School for the Deaf

Pakistan

Ida Rieu School

Philippines

Bohol Deaf Academy
Manila Christian Computer Institute for the Deaf
Miriam College Deaf-mute program

Singapore

Closed	Singapore School for the Deaf

Europe

France

Institut National de Jeunes Sourds de Paris

Ireland

Closed	Claremont Institution

Italy

Antonio Provolo Institute for the Deaf

Russia

Closed	St Petersburg College for the Deaf

United
Kingdom

Closed	Ovingdean Hall School Centre for Deaf Studies, Bristol

North
America

Canada

Alberta School for the Deaf
British Columbia School for the Deaf
Ernest C. Drury School for the Deaf (ON)
MacKay School for the Deaf
Manitoba School for the Deaf
Metro Toronto School for the Deaf
Robarts School for the Deaf (ON)
Sir James Whitney School for the Deaf (ON)
W. Ross Macdonald School (for deafblind people)

Closed	Halifax School for the Deaf Montreal Institute for the Deaf and Mute

United States

Schools for the deaf in the United States

Oceania

Australia

NextSense multiple
Victorian College for the Deaf

New Zealand

Kelston Deaf Education Centre

Closed	Van Asch College