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NZ Deaf News: 1970 (Vol. 7, No. 2)

Some of the items featured in the 1970 Issue of ‘NZ Deaf News’ (Vol. 7, No. 2):

  • The NZ Deaf News invites its readers to send in their wedding photographs and information about the event, so that it can be publicised.
  • A joint founder of the Christchurch Deaf Club, Jane Kinnear, recently passed away. With her husband, she started the club in their home at 18 North Parade in 1922. Jane was 82 years old when she died.
  • Trevor Fear, the Auckland Friends of the Deaf Welfare Officer, reports on progress being made on a $60,000 village for the Deaf. It is intended to be for deaf pensioners with 12 self-contained single and double flat units. It will be known as the Eddowes Memorial Village for Elderly Deaf. $27,000 has been fundraised to date, with $60,000 the aim.
  • Results from the Indoor Bowls Championships at the Deaf Welfare Centre over Easter Weekend, with a total of 48 competitors.
  • 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, DN1970-7-2-MJN
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