New National Education Service For NZ’s Deaf And Hard Of Hearing Children Launches

<h3><i><strong>Ko Taku Reo<&sol;strong><&sol;i><strong> is a <&sol;strong><strong>new national education service for NZ’s Deaf and hard of hearing children launching this week<&sol;strong><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p><i>Ko Taku Reo Deaf Education New Zealand <&sol;i>merges the Kelston Deaf Education Centre in Auckland and the van Asch Deaf Education Centre in Christchurch into a single school&comma; which opens this week&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The merger lays a solid foundation for strengthening the delivery of Deaf education in New Zealand&comma; ensuring services can operate more efficiently and offer better consistency of teaching and learning support across the country&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The name <i>Ko Taku Reo <&sol;i>is not a literal translation of Deaf Education New Zealand but rather a figurative name inspired by a whakautai meaning &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;my language is the plume of my identity”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>To celebrate this milestone journey in Deaf education&comma; and officially launch the new service&comma; <i>Ko Taku Reo Deaf Education New Zealand <&sol;i>will host a series of events this week that media are welcome to attend&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>DETAILS&colon;<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p><strong>Mihi Whakatau<&sol;strong> <strong>&&num;8211&semi; Christchurch<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Where&colon;<&sol;strong> van Asch Deaf Education Centre&comma; 38 Truro St&comma; Sumner<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>When&colon;<&sol;strong> Tuesday 21 July&comma; 10&period;00am<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>What&colon;<&sol;strong> This event will be led by&comma; and involve&comma; Deaf and hard of hearing students&period; Denise Powell&comma; Board of Trustees Chairperson&comma; will be presented with a korowai made by students&comma; featuring feathers students have created&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Mihi Whakatau<&sol;strong> <strong>&&num;8211&semi; Auckland<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&NewLine;<strong>Where&colon;<&sol;strong> National Marae&comma; Kelston Deaf Education Centre&comma; 3 Archibald Rd&comma; Kelston<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>When&colon;<&sol;strong> Wednesday 22 July&comma; 12&period;00pm<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>What<&sol;strong>&colon; This event will be led by&comma; and involve&comma; Deaf and hard of hearing students&period; James le Marquand&comma; Executive Principal&comma; will be presented with a korowai made by students&comma; featuring feathers students have created&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>National Launch<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>&NewLine;The official launch of <i>Ko Taku Reo Deaf Education New Zealand <&sol;i>will be held on online on Friday with other events happening around the country simultaneously&period; Media are welcome to join virtually or to attend a local event in person&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Hosting the event online ensures it doesn’t matter where anyone lives or what their connection is to <i>Ko Taku Reo Deaf Education New Zealand<&sol;i>&comma; everyone will have the same experience at the same time&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Where&colon;<&sol;strong> virtually at <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;kotakureo&period;school&period;nz&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">www&period;kotakureo&period;school&period;nz<&sol;a> or see separate sheet of events at locations around New Zealand&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>When&colon;<&sol;strong> Friday 24 July&comma; 12&period;00-1&period;00pm&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;