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NZ Deaf News: June 1981 (Vol. 18, No. 2)

Some of the items featured in the June 1981 (Vol. 18, No. 2) issue of ‘New Zealand Deaf News’:

  • NZAD now employs three Deaf Field Officers, John Hunt, David Chilwell and Pat Dugdale. 
  • A full report on the 1981 NZ Indoor Bowling Championships for the Deaf. Auckland hosts the annual New Zealand Deaf indoor bowls championships, with nearly 150 people attending the social on Saturday night.
  • A newly formed tramping club has been established in Christchurch with lots of keen members, getting prepared for long weekend tramps!
  • The NZ Deaf Sports Team will depart for the 14th World Deaf Games in July and return back to Kiwiland in August.
  • The 3rd Trans-Tasman Deaf Games will be in Melbourne, Adelaide and Sydney on 27 December to 11 January 1982. NZ will send teams of men’s basketball, netball, badminton and lawn bowls.  
  • A full itinerary for Gallaudet College Educational Specialists to visit New Zealand in October 1981.
  • 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, DN1981-18-2-MJN
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