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NFD Journal: September 1988 (Vol. 2, No. 3)

Some of the items featured in the September 1988 issue of ‘NFD Journal:

  • The NZ Deaf Amateur Sports Association celebrates its 25th Anniversary with a book launched, ‘NZDASA Inc – A Brief History on the first 25 years”
  • Brendan Cooper wins an award at the American Youth Leadership Training Camp, guaranteeing him a place in the next year’s camp.
  • The Vice President of NZFDC argues that the actual cost for parents with deaf children being mainstreamed over a two month period is $5,754.
  • An advertisement for a 22 inch television with Teletext, delivered and set in one’s own home, at $1,499.
  • The number of Teletext subtitled programmes in a single week previously to the publication of this issue came to a total of 18 programmes. 
  • Denise Tong rues the costs of hearing aid batteries in New Zealand, saying that they only last three days and were very expensive to replace. Deaf people in England get them for free. 
  • The establishment of signs indicating where TTY’s teleprinter telephones for the deaf area are situated.
  • Deaf Organisations
  • TV/Media
NZSL story – Taonga source: Shona McGhie

From Supporter to Secretary: Shona McGhie’s NZDSA Story

Shona McGhie shares how she became involved with the NZ Deaf Sports Association after attending the 1981 World Deaf Games in Köln as a supporter. Excited by the atmosphere, she was invited by Norman to observe an NZDSA executive meeting – just as they were searching for a new secretary, with Margaret Coutts joining the organising committee for the upcoming 1989 Games. Although nervous, Shona accepted the challenge. It was a full-on time, working with green-and-black screen computers, fax machines, and letters – well before the digital age. With the 1989 World Deaf Games on the horizon, it was a particularly busy era, but one Shona embraced with dedication until stepping down in 1996.
Taonga source:
National Foundation for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Reference number:
SignDNA – Deaf National Archive New Zealand, NFDJ1988-2-3-MJN
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