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1987
Images – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society

Team Photo: Auckland Deaf Women’s Basketball Club, 1987

Auckland Deaf Society
NZSL Stories
  • Doug Croskery
  • John Mansell
  • Susie Ovens
  • Shirley Bregmen
Est. 1984
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society

Auckland Deaf Society Table Tennis Club: Glenice Bays & Ngaire Doherty Cup – Most Improved Player

Auckland Deaf Society
NZSL Stories
  • Terry Kane
2010
publication – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society

Auckland Deaf Society newsletter: August 2010

Auckland Deaf Society
NZSL Stories
  • Richard Hay
  • Colleen Norris
  • Doug Croskery
  • Michelle Kruger
  • Jonathan Anton
  • Ruth Jessep
  • Terry Kane
1987
publication – Taonga source: National Foundation for Deaf and Hard of Hearing

NFD Journal: June 1987 (Vol. 1, No. 2)

National Foundation for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
NZSL Stories
  • Susie Ovens
  • Shona McGhie
  • Ruth Jessep
1980s
Object – Taonga source: Wellington Deaf Society

Krown Research Porta-Printer II, a portable TTY

Wellington Deaf Society

Preserving our tāonga – our NZSL history and language.

Find out more! 

1990
video – Taonga source: Tony Clews

Australian Deaf Rugby League Team: New Zealand Tour

A homemade Sydney documentary on the Australian Deaf Rugby league team’s tour of New Zealand in 1990 from preparation, the tour, the tests, and triumphant return home.
Tony Clews
NZSL Stories
  • John Mansell
1993
publication – Taonga source: National Foundation for Deaf and Hard of Hearing

NFD Communicate: September 1993

National Foundation for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
NZSL Stories
  • Tony Walton
1989
article – Taonga source: Christchurch Star

Advertisement: 16th World Games for the Deaf

Tickets for the opening ceremony are at $8.00 while the closing ceremony is at $5.00. All other tickets prices are listed: $3.00 per ticket for 1 venue entry. $6.00 per ticket entry to all venues on 1 day. $40 ten venues entry on any day.
NZSL Stories
  • Jeff Went
  • Tony Walton
Est. 1993
Object – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society

Manawatu Deaf Club Darts: Most Improved Player

Manawatu Deaf Society
1970-80s
Object – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society

Pennant: Manawatu Deaf Men’s Basketball Club

Manawatu Deaf Society

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1993
article – Taonga source: Evening Standard

Lost in Mime – City, Country and Sheep

Lost in Mime are Madedra performers Les Rose, Ann Croy and Lindsay Jones. The deaf drama group performs at the Globe Theatre today and tomorrow at .730pm. 'City, Country and Sheep' involves 20 deaf people.
1965
publication – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society

Auckland Deaf Society newsletter: June 1965

Auckland Deaf Society
NZSL Stories
  • Shona McGhie
1987
Object – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society

Tea Cutlery Souvenir Kit: Manawatu Deaf Society’s 25th Anniversary

Manawatu Deaf Society
1972
video – Taonga source: Pam and Doug Croskery

Auckland Deaf Men’s Basketball team training

On Auckland’s West Coast, Auckland Deaf basketball men train for the New Zealand Deaf Sports Convention in Wellington 1972.
Pam and Doug Croskery
NZSL Stories
  • John Mansell
  • Kevin Pivac
Est. 1986
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society

N.Z. Deaf Amateur Sports Association, Katu Cup: Outstanding Coach of the Tournament – Basketball

Auckland Deaf Society
NZSL Stories
  • Kevin Pivac
  • John Mansell
  • Doug Croskery
  • Shona McGhie
  • Tony Walton

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Christchurch 1989: World Deaf Games
Christchurch 1989: World Deaf Games
Christchurch 1989: World Deaf Games
1989
Collection

Christchurch 1989: World Deaf Games

After an unsuccessful bid to host the 1985 World Deaf Games, the New Zealanders weren't deterred! In 1983, Christchurch won by a landslide in their second bid. With 30 nations attending, 955 athletes and a 112-member New Zealand team with 61 athletes, it was not only New Zealand's biggest team but also, this was the first time the World Deaf Games was held in the Southern Hemisphere. The 16th World Games for the Deaf was hosted 7-17 January 1989.
NZSL Stories
  • Michael Lynch
  • Shirley Bregmen
  • Tony Walton
  • Kevin Pivac
  • Shona McGhie
  • Susie Ovens
  • Jeff Went
1989
Object – Taonga source: Lorraine Butler

Bronze Medal: Women’s Basketball, 16th World Deaf Games, Christchurch

Lorraine Butler
NZSL Stories
  • Tony Walton
  • Shirley Bregmen
  • Jeff Went
  • Susie Ovens
1959
video – Taonga source: Susan Hamilton

Sports Day at Kelston School for the Deaf

The School for Deaf annual sports day is held at Kelston with athletics, long jumping, relay races and performances.
Susan Hamilton
NZSL Stories
  • Patreena Bryan
1987
article – Taonga source: Wellington Deaf Society

A silence full of sounds

Wellington actor Miranda Harcourt who plays Sarah in Children of a Lesser God, understands her character's sentiments. She spent eight months learning sign language before the play opened at Dunedin's Fourtune Theatre in October.
Wellington Deaf Society
1985
Images – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society

Team Photo: Auckland Deaf Society Table Tennis Representatives, 1985

Auckland Deaf Society
NZSL Stories
  • Ruth Jessep
  • Terry Kane
  • Kevin Pivac
  • John Mansell
  • Shona McGhie
  • Tony Walton

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1992
article – Taonga source: The Evening Post

Police complain to TVNZ about Curry documentary

The Ivan Curry documentary has prompted the deaf community to insist that professional sign language interpreters be used in all police and court work in future.
1983
article – Taonga source: The Evening Post

Speech for the deaf

The Minister of Broadcasting was getting in some last-minute swot on sign language, in preparation for a speech tonight to an audience made up mainly of deaf people.
1966
article – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society

Bowls Win To Team Led By Past Champion

Stewart Smith who is deaf, has been in teams which have won the New Zealand fours twice, and one of his team has won the Auckland singles three years running.
Auckland Deaf Society
NZSL Stories
  • Colleen Norris
  • John Mansell
1965
article – Taonga source: Pam Witko

Uniforms for N.Z. women in Deaf Olympics

Kath Smith, selected as chaperon for the first official team to represent New Zealand at the International Games for the Deaf, is being fitted with the ceremonial team outfit.
Pam Witko
1977
video – Taonga source: Dennis Tod

NZ Deaf Sports Convention, Lower Hutt 1977

Coverage of the Labour Weekend NZ Deaf Sports Convention at Lower Hutt, Wellington in 1977.
Dennis Tod
NZSL Stories
  • Sharron Attwood
  • John Mansell
  • Tony Walton
  • Shona McGhie
  • Kevin Pivac

Everyone has a story to tell.

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1996
video – Taonga source: Television New Zealand Archive

Angela Sew Hoy: A Deaf Chinese New Zealander

‘Asia Dynamic’ catches up with Angela Sew Hoy, to find out what life is like as a Deaf Chinese New Zealander, navigating three different cultures in everyday life.
Television New Zealand Archive
Est. 1976
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society

Auckland Deaf Society Netball Club: J Withers Cup – Best Player

Auckland Deaf Society
NZSL Stories
  • Colleen Norris
1980-90s
Object – Taonga source: Wellington Deaf Society

Received and Acknowledged Stamp: Wellington Deaf Society

Wellington Deaf Society
1992
article – Taonga source: Western Leader

Curry case highlights Deaf plight

A television documentary on the plight of a deaf man has spurred the Glen Eden-based New Zealand Association of the Deaf into action. It wants to see the man, wrongly imprisoned for two years, receive compensation for his ordeal.
NZSL Stories
  • Tony Walton
1990
publication – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society

Auckland Deaf Society newsletter: November 1990

Auckland Deaf Society
NZSL Stories
  • Shona McGhie
  • Susie Ovens
  • Jeff Went
  • John Mansell
  • Doug Croskery

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