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Local man Lindsay Jones has a national reputation as a skilful storyteller. Unless more people learn sign language, however, that recognition is likely to remain limited mainly to the deaf community.

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Lindsay Jones
Lindsay Jones
Taonga source:
The Guardian
Reference number:
SignDNA – Deaf National Archive New Zealand, A1993-018
Bibliographic source:
May 12, 1993
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