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Taonga source:
The Dominion
Reference number:
SignDNA – Deaf National Archive New Zealand, A1982-009
Bibliographic source:
The Dominion, 29 July 1982
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1981
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Inside Outside: Rachel Berry

Rachel Berry lives with her flatmates in Christchurch, where they’re often out exploring. Three out of four in their house are Deaf, so at home they use NZSL.
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1988
publication – Taonga source: National Foundation for Deaf and Hard of Hearing

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1990
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Deaf and hearing-impaired Kiwis are about to get a lot more choice in what they watch on television thanks to closed captioning being introduced on 10 new channels.
Stuff
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