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NZ sign language becomes official

The room is full of waving hands and exaggerated facial gestures. Even though the room is silent the dozen women are “talking” with each other just as volubly as if they were having a chinwag. It is a women’s only class in New Zealand’s latest offical language – NZSL.

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Karen Pointon (Mahanga)
Karen Pointon (Mahanga)
Taonga source:
Unknown
Reference number:
SignDNA – Deaf National Archive New Zealand, A2006-007
Bibliographic source:
Unknown, 2006
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