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CISS World Deaf Games Accreditation Card: Barbara Hazelwood, Team Manager, Basketball

An accreditation card for Barbara Hazelwood, Team Manager for the New Zealand Deaf Women’s Basketball team, playing at the 16th World Games for the Deaf in Christchurch. The team won bronze. The souvenir was donated to Manawatu Deaf Society, of which Barbara Hazelwood is a life member of.

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Taonga source:
Manawatu Deaf Society
Reference number:
SignDNA – Deaf National Archive New Zealand, 145-O-MDS
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