Auckland Deaf Society newsletter: April 1991

Some of the items featured in Auckland Deaf Society’s April 1991 newsletter:

The Deaf Awareness Week committee has suggested the theme ‘Love your ears’. Can you think of anything better than that?
Jennifer Brain and Christine Miller are the Deaf Studies programme coordinators at Kelston School for Deaf children. They are developing a Deaf Studies programme for students. You are invited to advise them of any components/topics.

Can you help?

NZSL story – Taonga source: John Hunt

Establishing the ‘NZ Deaf News’ in 1962

John Hunt's involvement with NZ Deaf News spanned 23 years. Upon moving to New Zealand in 1962, he was surprised to find out that there was no NZ Deaf News at a time where radio and TV (which was inaccessible for Deaf people) were one of the main medium of news. He established the NZ Deaf News publication with a group of 10 people. The first issue was only 8 pages and with donations, the next one was 16 pages. It grew exponentially and was the place to go for Deaf-related news.

Christine Miller