Deaf viewers of TVNZ will have news subtitles
Some Television New Zealand news bulletins are to be subtitled for hard-of-hearing viewers, but no titles are planned for TV3 news.
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- TV/Media
Taonga source:
The Evening Post
Reference number:
SignDNA – Deaf National Archive New Zealand, A1991-011
Bibliographic source:
The Evening Post, 17 July 1991
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