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NZ Deaf News: Summer 1965-66 (Vol. 3, No. 2)

Some of the items featured in the Summer 1965/66 Issue of ‘NZ Deaf News’ (Vol. 3, No. 2):

  • Club ‘Round-Up’ from Auckland Deaf Society, Christchurch Deaf Club, Dunedin Deaf Club, Hawkes Bay, Manawatu Deaf Club, Taranaki, Waikato and Wellington Deaf Society.
  • Christchurch Deaf Club forms a new Christchurch Deaf Drivers’ Car Rally Club.
  • The 1965 New Zealand Deaf Table Tennis Championships were held at the Mareanui School hall, Napier on October 23, with the next championships planned for Whangarei, a first for the town.
  • The Manawatu women’s basketball team continues to do well, with arrangements underway to get a men’s team going the next year.
  • Kelston reports on students who made its prize list for the year, and Sumner reports that its roll continues to increase with 125 the highest for some years.
  • Rossell McKenzie, a 24 year old deaf woman swimmer is voted second place in Canterbury’s first ‘Sportsperson of the Year’. She won a bronze medal at the World Deaf Games in Washington.
  • Christchurch Deaf Club reports on its official opening of the new clubrooms on Saturday 23 October. 300 guests attended its opening ceremony.
  • 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, DN1965-3-2-MJN
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