Getting the best from a less-than-perfect body
Some make a fuss, dress up and do it because its fashionable. Others do it for the sport and for the good of their bodies. Peter Barker, who is deaf, is one of the others.
- TV/Media
- Other
Taonga source:
Manawatu Deaf Society
Reference number:
SignDNA – Deaf National Archive New Zealand, A1990-002
Bibliographic source:
Unknown, 1990
Copyright status:
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