Ko Taku Reo: Deaf Education New Zealand
School
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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.
| Ko Taku Reo: Deaf Education New Zealand | |
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 Ko Taku Reo: Deaf Education New Zealand Kelston campus | |
| Location | |
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3 Archibald Road, New Lynn, Auckland | |
| Coordinates | 36.9055°S 174.6656°E |
| 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 |
| Enrollment | 103[1] (March 2026) |
Socio-economic decile | 3 |
| Website | https://kotakureo.school.nz/parents-and-whanau/ |
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.
