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Deaf athletes will be out to win medals

The vice-chairperson of the organising committee, Mrs Margaret Coutts, said yesterday “for two weeks there will be more deaf people on the street than hearing people. My heart is filled with gold because of the very big turn out – there are more athletes here than at the previous World Games in America (in 1985).”

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NZSL story – Taonga source: Janet Watt

Teaching sign language in preparation for the Christchurch 1989 World Deaf Games

Once New Zealand was awarded the host of the XVIth World Deaf Games at Los Angeles 1985, there was a realisation that sign language classes needed to commence in preparation for Christchurch 1989.
Margaret Coutts
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Taonga source:
The Press
Reference number:
SignDNA – Deaf National Archive New Zealand, A1989-024
Bibliographic source:
The Press, 4 January 1989, p.1
Author:
Sarah Sands
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