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Deaf Southern Star: 2014 (Vol. 36, No. 3)

Some of the items featured in the St Dominic’s Catholic Deaf Centre’s ‘Deaf Southern Star’ (Vol. 36, No. 3, 2014) newsletter:

  • Freyberg High School in Palmerston North has had Deaf teenagers since February 1975. That means we will celebrate forty years of Deaf teenagers at Freyberg High School next year. Sue McConachy was the first teacher of the Deaf. Today we call our unit the Deaf Centre. Terry O’Brien is the present teacher of the Deaf. He is supported by Jackie Davidson, she the Deaf resource person.
  • An exciting event on the horizon next year will be a conference in Auckland, organized by Judith Mason for chaplains, pastoral workers, leaders and interpreters working in Catholic Deaf Ministry in New Zealand, Australia, and the Pacific.
  • Deaf Organisations
  • TV/Media

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Angela Cannon
Angela Cannon
Angela Murray
Angela Murray
Clare Holtham (McIver)
Clare Holtham (McIver)
David Loving-Molloy
David Loving-Molloy
Felicity Crowe
Felicity Crowe
Jackie Davidson (Koat)
Jackie Davidson (Koat)
Jackie Overall (Smith)
Jackie Overall (Smith)
Jim Thompson
Jim Thompson
Judith Mason (Serfontein)
Judith Mason (Serfontein)
Martin Holtham
Martin Holtham
Mary Johnson
Mary Johnson
Nick Bruce
Nick Bruce
Shiz Sameshima
Shiz Sameshima
Shona McGhie
Shona McGhie
Steven Johnston
Steven Johnston
Sue Bruce
Sue Bruce
Tania Reti
Tania Reti
Terry O’Brien
Terry O’Brien
Wayne Riggs
Wayne Riggs
Taonga source:
St Dominic’s Catholic Deaf Centre
Reference number:
SignDNA – Deaf National Archive New Zealand, CDC2014-36-3-MJN
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