There’s no point in bawling them out
When Alan Ovens yells at his sister Susie on the basketball court, she never listens. Quite simply, she can’t. Susie Ovens is the captain of the New Zealand women’s deaf basketball team.
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Taonga source:
NZ Herald
Reference number:
SignDNA – Deaf National Archive New Zealand, A1997-007
Bibliographic source:
NZ Herald, 3 May 1997, p.1
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1968
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1963
publication – Taonga source: New Zealand Deaf News
NZ Deaf News: Spring 1963 (Vol. 1, No. 1)
1972
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NZ Deaf News: 1972 (Vol. 9, No. 1)
1999
video – Taonga source: Rodney Roberts
Wellington Deaf Basketball Club 50th Anniversary
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1989
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World Games for the Deaf: Saturday 14 January 1989
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1989
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Late basketball win
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1972
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Team Photo: Auckland Deaf Society, NZ Deaf Sports Convention, Wellington 1972
1984
article – Taonga source: The Auckland Star
Ref has tough job in a silent world
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1973
publication – Taonga source: New Zealand Deaf News
NZ Deaf News: 1973 (Vol. 10, No. 2)
1968
publication – Taonga source: New Zealand Deaf News
NZ Deaf News: Summer 1968 (Vol. 5, No. 2)
1976
video – Taonga source: Deaf Society of Canterbury
Past and current Christchurch Deaf Club basketball players face-off for a game
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1979
Images – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society
Team Photo: St. Dominic’s O.B. Basketball Deaf Club, 1979
1989
article – Taonga source: NZ Herald
Hurling abuse at these two fellows is an exercise in sheer futility
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1972
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Auckland Deaf Men’s Basketball team training
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