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NZ Deaf News: 1968 (Vol. 6, No. 1)

Some of the items featured in the 1968 Issue of ‘NZ Deaf News’ (Vol. 6, No. 1):

  • The annual subscription to the New Zealand Deaf News is 50 cents, due September each year.
  • Auckland has its own full-time Welfare Officer, or Social Worker. Trevor Fear’s new position is called ‘pioneering’ and could lead to the appointment of other Welfare Officers in other parts of New Zealand.
  • St Dominics provides an update on the students’ activities at the school, and its upcoming preparations for its Silver Jubilee in 1969! Kelston reports that it has been busy planning for a record intake of deaf youngsters during 1969 and 1970.
  • Results from the NZ Deaf Convention in Christchurch, with athletics, table tennis, badminton, basketball, bowls – with a picnic on the Sunday afterwards.
  • An extract from the NZ Women’s Weekly, with an article on John Keogh, a Deaf dress designer.
  • Deaf Organisations
  • TV/Media
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.
Taonga source:
New Zealand Deaf News
Reference number:
SignDNA – Deaf National Archive New Zealand, DN1968-6-1-MJN
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