1969
Images – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Team Photo: Auckland Deaf Society Sport Representatives, N.Z. Deaf Societies Convention, 1969
NZSL Stories
1967
Images – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Team Photo: Auckland Deaf Society Indoor Basketball ‘C’ Team, Winter 1967
NZSL Stories
1966
Images – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Team Photo: Auckland Deaf Society Sports Representatives, N.Z. Deaf Societies Convention, 1966
NZSL Stories
1966
Images – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Team Photo: Auckland Deaf Society Athletics Representatives, October 1966
NZSL Stories
1962
publication – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Auckland Deaf Society newsletter: November 1962
NZSL Stories
1961
Object – Taonga source: John McRae
John McRae’s Wrestling Silver Medal: World Deaf Games, Helsinki 1961
NZSL Stories
1965
publication – Taonga source: New Zealand Deaf News
NZ Deaf News: Winter 1965 (Vol. 2, No. 4)
NZSL Stories
1960
video – Taonga source: Susan Hamilton
Formal opening of Parau, a beach property with a large brick hostel
Parents of deaf children raised thousands of pounds to buy a beach property at Parau where a large brick hostel was built. Groups of children, teachers and parents spent many a happy weekend there.
NZSL Stories
1960
video – Taonga source: Archives New Zealand
Kelston School for the Deaf students treated to a trip to Mt Ruapehu
Students from Kelston School for the Deaf enjoy a two-day trip to a snowy Mt Ruapehu.
Est. 1981
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Sir Woolf Fisher Memorial Trophy: Auckland Deaf Sportsman of The Year
NZSL Stories
1962
publication – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Auckland Deaf Society newsletter: December 1962
1966
publication – Taonga source: New Zealand Deaf News
NZ Deaf News: Winter 1966 (Vol. 3, No. 4)
NZSL Stories
1969
video – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Deaf men chat outside Auckland Deaf Society clubrooms
A group of men from the ADS basketball club are seen chatting outside the Auckland Deaf Society Clubrooms.
NZSL Stories
1968
publication – Taonga source: New Zealand Deaf News
NZ Deaf News: Summer 1968 (Vol. 5, No. 2)
NZSL Stories
Est. 1957
Object – Taonga source: Wellington Deaf Society
Wellington Deaf Society Indoor Bowls: Agg Points
2004
video – Taonga source: Rūaumoko Komiti
Being Māori Deaf: Interview with Patrick Thompson
Raw footage of an interview with Patrick Thompson attempting to connect with a Māori culture he was denied growing up. Patrick provides a voice for Māori Deaf, to grow understanding about the challenges they face, and to promote the importance of NZSL.
1963
publication – Taonga source: New Zealand Deaf News
NZ Deaf News: Spring 1963 (Vol. 1, No. 1)
NZSL Stories
Est. 1922
COLLECTIONS – CURATED BY SIGNDNA: DEAF NATIONAL ARCHIVE
Deaf Society of Canterbury
The Deaf Society of Canterbury is New Zealand’s oldest Deaf Club, established in the mid 1920s. It has provided the inspiration for the development of other clubs around the country, including Auckland. Dennis Tod and Sue Penman have done a great job of rounding up some of the films from the Canterbury Deaf community.
1966-67
publication – Taonga source: New Zealand Deaf News
NZ Deaf News: Summer 1966-67 (Vol. 4, No. 2)
NZSL Stories
1963-64
publication – Taonga source: New Zealand Deaf News
NZ Deaf News: Summer 1963-64 (Vol. 1, No. 2)
NZSL Stories
1965
video – Taonga source: St Dominic’s Catholic Deaf Centre
Twenty-One Years: St Dominic’s at Feilding
A look at St Dominic’s School for the Deaf twenty-one years after its opening at Dover Street, to its relocation to Feilding. ‘Twenty-One Years’ features speech therapy, classroom activities and ballet, swimming and sewing lessons, as well as its infamous Gala Day and a Mass in its Chapel.
1962
Images – Taonga source: Wellington Deaf Society
Team Photo: Y.M.C.A. Indoor Basketball, Wellington Deaf Sports Club, 1962
Est. 1958
COLLECTIONS – CURATED BY SIGNDNA: DEAF NATIONAL ARCHIVE
Kelston Deaf Education Centre (Ko Taku Reo)
Kelston Deaf Education Centre (now Ko Taku Reo; previously Kelston School for the Deaf). Kelston was established on a site in Archibald Road in 1958. The school had relocated firstly from Titirangi, then from Mt Wellington. KDEC used to provide education in a range of satellite classes throughout Auckland the upper North Island. Kelston, which also hosts Rūaumoko Marae, merged with van Asch Deaf Education Centre to become Ko Taku Reo in 2020.
1968
Images – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Team Photo: Auckland Deaf Society Sports Representatives, N.Z. Deaf Societies Convention, 1968
NZSL Stories
1965
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Souvenir Ribbon: New Zealand – Tenth International Games, Washington 1965
1960s
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Basketball Singlet: Auckland Deaf Society, 1960s
NZSL Stories
1968
Images – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Team Photo: Auckland Deaf Society Indoor Basketball Representatives, N.Z. Deaf Societies Convention, 1968
NZSL Stories
Est. 1960
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Deaf Welfare Centre Indoor Bowling Club: Drawn Pairs
NZSL Stories
1961
video – Taonga source: Susan Hamilton
Kelston School for Deaf sends its netball and rugby teams to Russell
Kelston School for Deaf sends its netball and rugby teams to Russell.
NZSL Stories
Est. 1962
COLLECTIONS – CURATED BY SIGNDNA: DEAF NATIONAL ARCHIVE
Manawatu Deaf Society
SignDNA is grateful to the Manawatu Deaf Society who have donated a large collection of films, recorded and edited by Joan Bailey, its founder. Established in 1962, it was originally named the Manawatu Deaf Sports Club. Later it was changed to the Manawatu Deaf Society.