The Foundation for the Blind, formed in 1890, received generous government funding because it was seen as the main provider of services to this group. These blind children are learning shorthand and typing in a classroom at the Blind Institute in Parnell, Auckland, probably in the early 1900s.
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Reference: Ken Catran and Penny Hansen, Pioneering a vision: a history of the Royal New Zealand Foundation for the Blind 1890–1990. Auckland: Royal New Zealand Foundation for the Blind, 1992, pp. 28
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