Ephpheta: June 1981 (Vol. 4, No. 2)
Some of the items featured in ‘Ephpheta: June 1981 (Vol. 4, No. 2)’:
- The N.Z. Catholic Education Council held its Annual General Meeting and Danny Beech attended as a representative of the Auckland Catholic Deaf Association. This is the first time a deaf person has attended the meeting and Danny thought it was appropriate that it should happen during the International Year of Disabled Persons.
- A copy of Father John McAlpine’s Address at St Matthew’s in-the-city on April 26 1981 to mark the beginning of Deaf Awareness Week.
- The Manawatu Catholic Deaf Association also held its AGM at Brian Henry’s place, with a new committee. There was a duck shooting session at Phonse Carroll’s farm, and over a hundred ducks were shot.
- For the IYDP, a marathon was organised from the North Cape and Bluff, meeting up in Wellington with a petition to be handed to the Government. David Hendry was privileged to be asked to represent the deaf people of Auckland.
- Deaf Organisations
- TV/Media