NFD Communicate: March 1994

Some of the items featured in the March 1994 (Vol. 8, No. 1) issue of ‘NFD Communicate’:

  • The first National Hui for Māori Deaf was in Auckland on the weekend of 19-21 November 1993. 
  • Telecom offers Deaf customers using a TTY to contact them via a free 0800 service. TTYs were then for sale between $572 to $1050!
  • Deaf people and their driving licences. In 1962, a long running battle begun with the Ministry of Transport to have the hearing test for drivers of private motocars deleted from motor drivers regulations. This was dropped in 1984. 
  • The Hearing Association promotes its ‘hearing problem’ counter cards for display in shops and offices. 
  • Sandra Smith and her observations on Signed English and TC. 
  • Patty Still takes her NZSL students to visit Wrey Jury’s neatly sculptured garden via a ‘Mystery Drive!’
  • Deaf Organisations
  • TV/Media

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Andrew Townshend
Andrew Townshend
Carl Ross
Carl Ross
Christine Carr
Christine Carr
Jennifer Brain
Jennifer Brain
Jenny Kirk
Jenny Kirk
Megan Mansfield
Megan Mansfield
Noel Bow
Noel Bow
Patrick Thompson
Patrick Thompson
Patty (Noeline) Still
Patty (Noeline) Still
Pollyanna Ferguson
Pollyanna Ferguson
Ronald Masters
Ronald Masters
Sandra Smith
Sandra Smith
Sara Pivac Alexander
Sara Pivac Alexander
Stephanie Rorison
Stephanie Rorison
Tony Swindale
Tony Swindale
Victoria Manning
Victoria Manning
Wrey Jury
Wrey Jury
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