Patty Still – active role model for deaf community
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Patty Still – active role model for deaf community

In late July, Woolston grandmother Noeline ‘Patty’ Still joined a special group of New Zealanders in Wellington for the official presentation of the 2003 Queen’s Birthday Honours medals. Patty was there to receive her MNZM for her services to the deaf community.

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Patty (Noeline) Still
Patty (Noeline) Still
Taonga source:
Bay Harbour News
Reference number:
SignDNA – Deaf National Archive New Zealand, A2003-001
Bibliographic source:
Bay Harbour News, 3 September 2003, p.6
Author:
Robyn Twemlow
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