
1969
Images – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Team Photo: N.Z. Representatives, World Deaf Games, Belgrade 1969

Est. 1973
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Auckland Deaf Society Badminton Club: Keogh Cup, Mixed Doubles
NZSL Stories
1998
video – Taonga source: Kevin and Lynette Pivac
NZ Deaf Rugby Team in Wales
See Hear reports on the New Zealand Deaf Rugby team’s tour of the UK in 1998.
NZSL Stories
1991
publication – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Auckland Deaf Society newsletter: June 1991
NZSL Stories
2009
publication – Taonga source: Oticon Foundation
Soundscape: September 2009
Preserving our tāonga – our NZSL history and language.

1965
Images – Taonga source: Barbara Hazelwood
Team Photo: Manawatu Deaf Club Women’s Indoor Basketball Club, 1965

1983
Images – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Team Photo: Auckland Deaf Society Netball Club, Teams B and A, 1983
NZSL Stories
1993
publication – Taonga source: National Foundation for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
NFD Communicate: December 1993

1975
Images – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Team Photo: Auckland Deaf Society Indoor Basketball Club, 1975
NZSL Stories

1982
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Banner: N.S.W. Deaf Bowling Club, Stanmore: New Zealand v. N.S.W, 6 January 1982
Help us name people in videos!

Est. 2001
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Auckland Deaf Society Fishing Club: Best Man Angler of the Year
NZSL Stories

1978
Images – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Team Photo: Auckland Deaf Society Indoor Bowling Club, Easter 1978
NZSL Stories
2004
video – Taonga source: Rūaumoko Komiti
Connecting with Māori culture: an interview with Joanne Klaver
Raw footage of an interview with solo mother Joanne Klaver, attempting to connect with a Māori culture she was denied growing up, and one of her two sons, Charles, who is also Deaf.
1989
article – Taonga source: Christchurch Star
Games’ wave of friendship
The 1989 "friendly games" are underway. That is the unoffical title given to the Games for the Deaf which the Minister of Health, Mr Caygill, officially opened on Saturday.
NZSL Stories
1983
publication – Taonga source: St Dominic’s Catholic Deaf Centre
Ephpheta: Christmas 1983 (Vol. 6, No. 4)
Do you have films, photos or papers about the Deaf World?
1981
article – Taonga source: NZ Listener
Communication
Whakatane teacher Ruth Gerzon looks at some of the problems facing the deaf, in particular the controversy on how they should be taught.
1995
publication – Taonga source: National Foundation for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
NFD Communicate: December 1995
NZSL Stories

1987
Images – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society
Team Photo: Manawatu Deaf Indoor Bowls Club, 1987

1972
Images – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Team Photo: Ladies’ ADS Indoor Basketball Team, 1972
NZSL Stories
1989
video – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society
16th World Games for the Deaf, Christchurch
Opening ceremony and events at the 16th World Games for the Deaf, Christchurch 1989.
NZSL Stories
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1996
video – Taonga source: Chris Blum
Summer Deaf Youth Camp: Drama Show
Youth campers at the 1996 Summer Deaf Youth Camp in Otaki put on an entertaining evening drama show!
NZSL Stories
1981
publication – Taonga source: St Dominic’s Catholic Deaf Centre
Ephpheta: June 1981 (Vol. 4, No. 2)
1994
publication – Taonga source: National Foundation for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
NFD Communicate: October 1994
NZSL Stories

Est. 1979
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Auckland Deaf Society Golf Club: Ringers – Chamberlain Park
NZSL Stories

Est. 1986
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
N.Z. Deaf Amateur Sports Association, Katu Cup: Outstanding Coach of the Tournament – Basketball
NZSL Stories
Everyone has a story to tell.

1980
Images – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society
Team Photo: Manawatu Deaf Society Basketball, N.Z. Deaf Sports Convention, 1980
NZSL Stories

1982
Images – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Team Photo: Auckland Deaf Society Basketball Club, 1982
NZSL Stories
1982
video – Taonga source: Dulcie McKie
Sign Singers: ‘Born Free’
The Sign Singers perform the song 'Born Free' broadcast on Stars on Sunday in June 1982.
NZSL Stories

1985
Object – Taonga source: Margaret Coutts
Souvenir Badge: Los Angeles 1985, XV World Deaf Games
NZSL Stories
1985
video – Taonga source: Tony Walton
Opening ceremony of the VX World Games for the Deaf
New Zealand sends 30 athletes to the 15th World Games for the Deaf in Los Angeles, with footage of the opening ceremony. The flagbearer for New Zealand was John Ooteman, with Susie Ovens carrying the kiwi mascot. The Gallaudet Dance Company also put on a performance. Footage shows a fly by with a sign saying ‘WELCOME WORLD GAMES FOR THE DEAF’.
NZSL Stories
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