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NZ Deaf News: Autumn 1968 (Vol. 5, No. 3)

Some of the items featured in the 1968 Autumn Issue of ‘NZ Deaf News’ (Vol. 5, No. 3): 

  • The photo featured on the cover of this issue of NZ Deaf News was by Ada Schischka. NZ Deaf News is running a cover photo competition with the winner to be announced on 31 July 1968.
  • The fourth annual New Zealand deaf table tennis championships were held at New Plymouth during Queen’s Birthday Weekend. 
  • Hilda Ashley, a life member of the Wellington Deaf Club, died in Christchurch on 29 April 1968. 
  • Friends of the Deaf opened its $30,000 appeal for the Eddowes Memorial Village for the elderly Deaf, with a raffle underway. 
  • One of the founders of the Christchurch Deaf Club, Jane Kinnear, celebrated her 80th on 13 March 1968. She was the guest of honour at a surprise party arranged by the Deaf Womens’ Group. 
  • NZ Deaf Amateur Sports Association was given a cheque for $3000 from a 24-hour sponsored charity run held at Alexandra Park, Auckland, on April 19-20.
  • Deaf Organisations
  • TV/Media

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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.
Ada Schischka
Ada Schischka
Barbara Brown
Barbara Brown
Colin Goodhue
Colin Goodhue
Diane Burch
Diane Burch
Douglas Ashley
Douglas Ashley
Gary Howard
Gary Howard
Gordon Brown
Gordon Brown
Gwen Rapley
Gwen Rapley
Helen Keller
Helen Keller
Hilda Ashley
Hilda Ashley
Jane Kinnear
Jane Kinnear
Joan Bailey
Joan Bailey
John Hunt
John Hunt
John Mansell
John Mansell
John McRae
John McRae
Laura Hunt
Laura Hunt
Mary Johnson
Mary Johnson
Maureen Tompson
Maureen Tompson
Noel Coventry
Noel Coventry
Owen Gibbons
Owen Gibbons
Pauline Sedon
Pauline Sedon
Peter Downie
Peter Downie
Peter Thompson
Peter Thompson
Rae McKie (Oxspring)
Rae McKie (Oxspring)
Stefica Puljan
Stefica Puljan
Sen (Stewart) Smith
Sen (Stewart) Smith
Verna McRae (Garnett)
Verna McRae (Garnett)
Vernon Pope
Vernon Pope
Wayne Bird
Wayne Bird
Taonga source:
New Zealand Deaf News
Reference number:
SignDNA – Deaf National Archive New Zealand, DN1968-5-3-MJN
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