
2017
video – Taonga source: AUT Sign Language Section
Deaf Health Stories in NZSL
This project explores the experiences of Deaf New Zealanders in accessing healthcare and health information. 40 Deaf people from around New Zealand share their stories about barriers in this setting as well as strategies they have used in advocating for their right to access information, communication, and make informed decisions.


Est. 1998
Object – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society
Carroll Trophy: Skeet Clay Shooting – High Points



1979
Images – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society
Team Photo: Manawatu Deaf Society Netball Team, N.Z. Deaf Sports Convention, 1979





















NZSL Stories


2002
publication – Taonga source: Wellington Deaf Society
43rd New Zealand Games for the Deaf: Wellington, 24-28 October 2002



NZSL Stories


Est. 1984
Object – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society
Manawatu Deaf Indoor Bowls: Most Improved Player























1970
publication – Taonga source: New Zealand Deaf News
NZ Deaf News: 1970 (Vol. 7, No. 2)
NZSL Stories


1987
Images – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society
Team Photo: Manawatu Deaf Society Netball, 1987





















NZSL Stories


Est. 1982
Object – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society
Manawatu Deaf Society Inc: Sportsperson of Year























Est. 2006
Object – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society
Manawatu Deaf Social Club: Men’s Pairs – Darts























1987
publication – Taonga source: National Foundation for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
NFD Journal: December 1987 (Vol. 1 No. 4)




1995
Images – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society
Team Photo: Manawatu Deaf Society, New Zealand Games for the Deaf Inter-Club Competitions at Porirua, October 1995





















NZSL Stories


1981
video – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society
Joan Bailey films Deaf performing at the Palmerston North Telethon!
Local Manawatu Deaf people appear on Telethon to sign a song, after Joan Bailey films a range of Deaf people at their workplaces - a welder, spraypainter, seamstress, data entry clerk and joiner.























1984
publication – Taonga source: New Zealand Deaf News
NZ Deaf News: Spring 1984 (Vol. 21, No. 3)
NZSL Stories


1986
Images – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society
Team Photo: Manawatu Deaf Society Men’s Basketball, 1986





















NZSL Stories


Est. 1990
Object – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society
Manawatu Deaf Social Club: Mixed Doubles – 8 Ball Pool























1998
video – Taonga source: Dorothy Jones
Happy Halloween: Manawatu Deaf Society
With 31st October falling on a Saturday in 1998, Manawatu Deaf Society takes the opportunity to host a Halloween party! The kids in particular look genuinely terrifying, with prizes for the best dressed child and adult!





1998
video – Taonga source: Dorothy Jones
End of Year Celebration and Prizegiving 1998: Manawatu Deaf Society Sports Section
The Manawatu Deaf Society Sports Section celebrates its annual End of Year Prizegiving evening at the Clubrooms, with happy hour, dancing, speeches, raffle prizes at a time when smoking was still allowed inside the clubroom!





Est. 1990
Object – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society
Manawatu Deaf Society Lorraine Nilsson Trophy: Men’s Highest Points























Est. 2000
Object – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society
NZ Games for the Deaf, Millennium Trophy: Interclub Winner – Darts





















NZSL Stories


2012
article – Taonga source: Manawatū Standard.
Deaf seek warm hall
When Manawatu Deaf Society members meet at their clubrooms in Awapuni, they huddle deep in coats and scarves and gloves. Their 22-year-old hall is icebox cold in winter, and members say the difficulty and expense of heating it keeps older society members at home, away from enjoying the society's sociability and events.




2006
Images – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society
Team Photo: Central A & B Ten Pin Bowling, 2006





















NZSL Stories


1979
Images – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society
Team Photo: Manawatu Deaf Society Basketball Team, N.Z. Deaf Sports Convention, 1979





















NZSL Stories


1987
Images – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society
Team Photo: Manawatu Deaf Indoor Bowls Club, 1987























Est. 1994
Object – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society
Manawatu Deaf Club Darts: Drawn Pairs – Darts























1987
Images – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society
Team Photo: Manawatu Deaf Society Women’s Basketball, 1987





















NZSL Stories


Est. 1998
Object – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society
Manawatu Deaf Society: Stirrer of the Year























1980
Images – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society
Team Photo: Manawatu Deaf Society Basketball, N.Z. Deaf Sports Convention, 1980





















NZSL Stories


Est. 1994
Object – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society
Manawatu Deaf Society Social Club: Skeet Clay Shooting – Interclub























1989
publication – Taonga source: Wellington Deaf Society
33rd New Zealand Games for the Deaf: Wellington, 19-23 October 1989



NZSL Stories


1985
publication – Taonga source: St Dominic’s Catholic Deaf Centre
Ephpheta: Easter 1985 (Vol. 8, No. 1)


NZSL Stories










