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Bid took 12 years

Although many people will not have heard of the World Games for the Deaf, New Zealand’s involvement with them spans 40 years. The first information about the games reached New Zealand in 1949 and the New Zealand Amateur Sports Association was formed.

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Taonga source:
Christchurch Star
Reference number:
SignDNA – Deaf National Archive New Zealand, A1989-029
Bibliographic source:
Christchurch Star, 5 January 1989, p.13
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