Getting Message Over For The Deaf

Getting Message Over For The Deaf

Threading a needle needs a straight eye with a steady hand, which 15-year-old Susan Ovens illustrated through mime at the closing function of Deaf Awareness Week on Sunday. The Deaf Awareness Week function was held in the Downtown complex in Auckland. The Governor General’s speech was translated into sign language by the president of the New Zealand Association of the Deaf, Mr B.McHattie.

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Bruce McHattie

Susie (Suzanne) Ovens

Susie (Suzanne) Ovens

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Deaf Aotearoa

Taonga source:

Mary Johnson

Reference number:

SignDNA – Deaf National Archive New Zealand, A1980-018

Bibliographic source:

NZ Herald, 27 May 1987, p.2

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