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NZ Deaf News: September 1980 (Vol. 17, No. 5)

Some of the items featured in the September 1980 (Vol. 17, No. 5) issue of ‘New Zealand Deaf News’:

  • Deaf News proposes renaming Kelston School for Deaf Children as ‘Cyril Allen College’, just as Sumner has been renamed ‘Van Asch College’. 
  • Pat Dugdale’s public address to the 1980 Conference of the NZ Federation for Deaf Children. She says that the evidence that oralism does not work in practice is beyond dispute, and that it is time for change. 
  • A New Zealand Deaf Women’s Conference is underway, to be arranged during the Year of the Handicapped 1981. 
  • Wellington Deaf Society is trialing a new gathering system – instead of the Society having their usual get together twice a month at the Loaves and Fishes Hall, an once-a-month fun games evening is held at members houses, rotating between Wellington, Hutt Valley, Porirua and Paraparaumu.
  • The New Zealand Catholic Association was formed during the weekend of 13-15 June in Palmerston North.
  • 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.
NZSL story – Taonga source: Patreena Bryan

Titirangi School for the Deaf: Going home for the holidays

Patreena Bryan, an ex-Titirangi School for the Deaf student reminisces when students would be going home for the holidays, and how they'd all wake up at 5am in excitement for the day (and holidays) ahead!
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, DN1980-17-5-MJN
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