New Zealand - Auckland - Mayfield Primary School - Room 7 - 1966 Photo Courtesy of Joanne Collier Do you have more information about the school or the people in this photo? Please use the comment section below to share. To search for other photos from this school, please type the schools name in to our search engine. Mayfield Primary School - First opened in 1965 - The founding principal was Tom Brown, father of former pupil and Auckland Mayor Len Brown East Tāmaki - A suburb of Auckland - A largely industrial area adjacent to a rapidly growing population - Prior to the 1960s it was largely a dairy farming area - A landmark is Smales Mountain which in 2010 has the remains of an old Pa, a stone field garden, an early church, and farm homestead - A newer landmark is the Fo Guang Shan Temple which was the largest Buddhist temple in New Zealand when it opened in 2007. (Reference; Wikipedia)