Ready to lend helping hands to deaf
The class of eight graduates tonight after four months’ study learning the variety of sign language used by New Zealand deaf people.
- Interpreting
- TV/Media
Taonga source:
Unknown
Reference number:
SignDNA – Deaf National Archive New Zealand, A1985-002
Bibliographic source:
Unknown, 1985
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video – Taonga source: Television New Zealand Archive
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