The Dalewool Auckland Brass Band was founded in 1919 as the Auckland Watersiders Silver Band. The band retained this title until the early 1950s when it became the Auckland Metropolitan Fire Brigade Band. The next name change occurred in the 1960s when it merged with the Onehunga Band to become the Waitemata Onehunga Silver Band.
The band reached A grade championship status in 1949 and achieved its first New Zealand Champion Band title in 1957.
Sponsorship by a local engineering firm saw the band's name change to Turrells Onehunga Brass Band, under which name they won the 1977 New Zealand Championships under the musical directorship of Errol Mason.
1986 saw the completion of the new bandroom in Captain Springs Road in Onehunga, built on the site of the original bandroom. On the eve of the opening of the bandroom, Errol Mason died.
When Continental Airlines ceased flying to New Zealand in 1994, sponsorship was moved to Carlton & United Breweries. As Fosters Auckland Brass, the Band won the New Zealand title in 1995 and 1996, and the Australian title in 1996 and 1997. The change to Dalewool Auckland Brass came as a result of Carlton & United Breweries ceasing sponsorships in New Zealand as the Band was fortunate enough to make the acquaintance of the McDermott family. The band, under its new name, has won the New Zealand Championships in 1998, the Australian Championships in 2001, and has released several CDs which have received critical acclaim both in New Zealand and overseas.[citation needed]
In 2001 the Band launched its Subscription Concert Series.
In 2010 the band recorded the album Christmas Magic in collaboration with The Graduate Choir New Zealand.
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