John talks about his experiences working as the first Deaf Field Officer for the Deaf Association – two and half years – and the infamous ‘Deaf nod.’
John Hunt’s experience working as the First Deaf Field Officer for the NZ Association for the Deaf
1992 •
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John talks about his experiences working as the first Deaf Field Officer for the Deaf Association – two and half years – and the infamous ‘Deaf nod.’
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Taonga source:
John Hunt
Produced by:
AUT Visual Languages Section
Original format:
VHS
Reference number:
SignDNA – Deaf National Archive New Zealand, JH-ST04-DO92
Copyright status:
This work is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
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