1985
Images – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society
Team Photo: Manawatu Deaf Women’s Basketball Club, 1985
NZSL Stories
1995
Images – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society
Team Photo: Manawatu Deaf Netball Club, 1995
NZSL Stories
1994
article – Taonga source: St Dominic’s Catholic Deaf Centre
250 attend school’s jubilee celebrations
Three first-year pupils and three sets of twins numbered among the 250 or so former pupils, teachers, family and friends who attended the St Dominics School for the Deaf 50th jubilee over Anzac Weekend.
1998
video – Taonga source: Dorothy Jones
End of Year Celebration and Prizegiving 1998: Manawatu Deaf Society Sports Section
The Manawatu Deaf Society Sports Section celebrates its annual End of Year Prizegiving evening at the Clubrooms, with happy hour, dancing, speeches, raffle prizes at a time when smoking was still allowed inside the clubroom!
1984
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Pennant: Winner, Table Tennis, 29th N.Z. Deaf Sports Convention – Auckland 1984
NZSL Stories
Preserving our tāonga – our NZSL history and language.
1995
publication – Taonga source: National Foundation for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
NFD Communicate: February 1995
NZSL Stories
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.
2002
Images – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Team Photo: Northern Sports Team, Women’s Basketball, 2002
NZSL Stories
1983
publication – Taonga source: St Dominic’s Catholic Deaf Centre
Ephpheta: Christmas 1983 (Vol. 6, No. 4)
Est. 1994
COLLECTIONS – CURATED BY SIGNDNA: DEAF NATIONAL ARCHIVE
Friends for Young Deaf (FYD)
The Friends for Young Deaf (FYD) movement swept through New Zealand when Christoph Blum was appointed as Youth Coordinator in 1994 after training in England in the early 1990s. The theoretical components of leadership were put into practice on a real-time basis, merging with the Kiwi love of camps and outdoor living. Many of today’s young Deaf leaders participated in an FYD camp at some stage of their development.
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1980s
Object – Taonga source: Wellington Deaf Society
SSI-240 Teletypewriter (TTY)
Est. 1973
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Auckland Deaf Society Badminton Club: Monaca Cup, Women’s Singles
NZSL Stories
1981
article – Taonga source: Wellington Deaf Society
News special for the deaf
New Zealand's first television programme for deaf people will be broadcast nationally from Christchurch next Saturday.
2008
Object – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society
Souvenir Coaster: Deaf Ten Pin Bowling Association of New Zealand’s 15th Anniversary
NZSL Stories
Est. 1959
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Deaf Welfare Centre Indoor Bowling Club: Graded Pairs
NZSL Stories
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1980
publication – Taonga source: St Dominic’s Catholic Deaf Centre
Ephpheta: December 1980 (Vol. 3, No. 4)
1985
article – Taonga source: The Dominion
Job advertisement: Field officer for the deaf – Wellington
A job advertisement for a field officer for the deaf in Wellington, a resourceful person experienced in Social Work to assist deaf clients and carry out liaison and information work on matters relating to deafness.
NZSL Stories
1982
article – Taonga source: Wellington Deaf Society
Coping in a hearing world
Rachel Noble and Donna Allen, both 17 and profoundly deaf, talk about their experiences in education.
Est. 1979
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Auckland Deaf Society Golf Club: Ringers – Chamberlain Park
NZSL Stories
1979
video – Taonga source: Sue Penman
Trans-Tasman Deaf Games: Opening Ceremony and sports
Coverage of the Trans-Tasman Deaf Games, Lincoln College, Christchurch, 10 January 1979, including opening ceremony and various sports.
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Est. 2012
Object – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society
New Zealand Deaf Games: Men’s Darts Winner
NZSL Stories
2013
publication – Taonga source: St Dominic’s Catholic Deaf Centre
Deaf Southern Star: 2013 (Vol. 35, No. 3)
1958
video – Taonga source: Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
Foundation Stone Ceremony
The foundation stone ceremony for the Auckland Deaf Welfare Centre 1958.
NZSL Stories
1993
Images – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society
Group Photo: Manawatu Deaf Women’s Group, 25th Anniversary, 1968-1993
2022
Object – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society
Souvenir Mug: Manawatu Deaf Society’s 60th Anniversary, 1962-2022
Everyone has a story to tell.
2001
video – Taonga source: Dorothy Jones
Manawatu Deaf Netball: 25th Year Jubilee!
The Manawatu Deaf Netball Club celebrates 25 years of netballing adventures in June 2001 with stories, photos and even a cake!
2018
video – Taonga source: Deaf Children New Zealand
NZSL and Us: Jorja Steele, Christchurch
Jorja loves to interact with Deaf students at her age and is a keen surfer. She uses NZSL at home and with both her Deaf and hearing peers. She attends a regular school, but it doesn’t stop her from being able to mingle with Deaf girls at age. Her mother is determined to allow Jorja to have the best of both worlds – Deaf and hearing.
1981
Object – Taonga source: Margaret Coutts
Pennant: XIV World Games for the Deaf, Cologne, Germany 1981
NZSL Stories
1969
article – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Runs Hard At Drop Of Hanky
Noel Coventry is a 22-year-old deaf athlete and the sole New Zealand representative going to the Deaf Olympics in Yugoslavia. Club officials would drop a handkerchief for him to sight as a sign that the starting gun had been fired.
NZSL Stories
1970
Images – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Team Photo: Waitemata Indoor Basketball League, Senior ‘A’ Grade, 1970
NZSL Stories
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