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1985
Object – Taonga source: Margaret Coutts

Souvenir Badge: Los Angeles 1985, XV World Deaf Games

Margaret Coutts
NZSL Stories
  • Jeff Went
  • Susie Ovens
  • Terry Kane
  • Pam Croskery
  • Tony Walton
  • Jonathan Anton
1984
article – Taonga source: Wellington Deaf Society

Mudpools replace ice

Avalanche-free mudpools and geysers have replaced snow and ice for the seven deaf-mute Japanese climbers pulled off Mt Cook on Friday.
Wellington Deaf Society
1985
publication – Taonga source: New Zealand Deaf News

NZ Deaf News: Autumn 1985 (Vol. 22, No. 1)

NZSL Stories
  • Jeff Went
  • Terry Kane
  • John Hunt
  • Tony Walton
  • Susie Ovens
  • Pam Croskery
  • Jonathan Anton
1989
publication – Taonga source: Margaret Coutts

New Zealand Deaf Sports Team: XVIth World Games for the Deaf

Margaret Coutts
NZSL Stories
  • Jeff Went
  • Janet Watt
  • Terry Kane
  • Milton Reedy
  • Tony Walton
  • Michael Lynch
  • Kevin Pivac
Est. 1940
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society

Auckland Adult Deaf Society: Steel Shield – Draughts

Auckland Deaf Society
1989
article – Taonga source: The Press

TVNZ attacked for Games ‘disservice’

Organisers of the Sixteenth World Games for the Deaf are disappointed with the lack of television coverage. The chairman of the organising committee has accused Television New Zealand of doing a "disservice" to the New Zealand public by not providing more coverage of events.
NZSL Stories
  • Jeff Went
  • Tony Walton
1985
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society

Pennant: Runners Up, Golf, 29th N.Z. Deaf Sports Convention – Auckland 1984

Auckland Deaf Society
NZSL Stories
  • Shona McGhie
  • Doug Croskery
  • John Mansell
  • Tony Walton
1986
publication – Taonga source: Deaf Education History Aotearoa NZ

Hostel News: van Asch College, 1986

Deaf Education History Aotearoa NZ
1981
video – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society

NZ Deaf Sports Convention hosted in Palmerston North 1981

NZ Deaf Sports Convention hosted by Manawatu Deaf Club in Palmerston North, 1981.
Manawatu Deaf Society
NZSL Stories
  • John Mansell
  • Tony Walton
  • Shona McGhie
  • Kevin Pivac
1985
video – Taonga source: Dulcie McKie

Telethon 1985

The Sign Singers perform ‘You’re My Sunshine’ at the 1985 Telethon.
Dulcie McKie
NZSL Stories
  • Shona McGhie
  • Susie Ovens
1982
video – Taonga source: Dulcie McKie

Sign Singers: ‘Oh What a Beautiful Day’

The Sign Singers perform 'Oh What a Beautiful Day' broadcast on Stars on Sunday in February 1983.
Dulcie McKie
NZSL Stories
  • Susie Ovens
  • Shona McGhie
1985
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society

Pennant: 4th Trans-Tasman Deaf Games, Winner – Lawn Bowls

Auckland Deaf Society
Est. 1972
Object – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society

Manawatu Deaf Club: Indoor Basketball

Manawatu Deaf Society
1989
article – Taonga source: Christchurch Star

NZ swimmer wins bronze

Swimmer Michael Lynch claimed New Zealand's second medla of the World Games for the Deaf when he took the bronze in the 100m butterfly.
NZSL Stories
  • Michael Lynch
  • Jeff Went
  • Tony Walton
1988
video – Taonga source: Tony Clews

First Deaf rugby league game between Australia and New Zealand in Sydney

Historic first rugby league game between New Zealand and Australia, which took place in Sydney 1988 (Henson Park, Newton). Australia won 16–6.
Tony Clews
NZSL Stories
  • John Mansell
Est. 1973
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society

Auckland Deaf Society Badminton Club: Monaca Cup, Women’s Singles

Auckland Deaf Society
NZSL Stories
  • Doug Croskery
  • Shona McGhie
  • Pam Croskery
  • Jonathan Anton
  • Kevin Pivac
Mid 1980s
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society

Patch: Auckland Deaf Society Inc. (ADS)

Auckland Deaf Society
Est. 1998
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society

Auckland Deaf Society Fishing Club: Heaviest Snapper of Year

Auckland Deaf Society
NZSL Stories
  • Doug Croskery
  • John Schischka
  • Cecilia Waitohi
  • Richard Hay
  • Jonathan Anton
1989
publication – Taonga source: National Foundation for Deaf and Hard of Hearing

NFD Journal: December 1989 (Vol. 3, No. 4)

National Foundation for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
1980
Images – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society

Team Photo: Auckland Deaf Society Sports Representatives, N.Z. Deaf Sports Convention, Hamilton 1980

Auckland Deaf Society
NZSL Stories
  • Kevin Pivac
  • Jonathan Anton
  • Milton Reedy
  • Pam Croskery
  • Doug Croskery
  • Colleen Norris
  • Tony Walton
1983-88
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society

Badges: Auckland Deaf Society Badminton – Pam Croskery, Penny Went, Doug Croskery

Auckland Deaf Society
NZSL Stories
  • Pam Croskery
  • Shona McGhie
  • Jonathan Anton
  • Doug Croskery
  • Kevin Pivac
1989
publication – Taonga source: Wellington Deaf Society

33rd New Zealand Games for the Deaf: Wellington, 19-23 October 1989

Wellington Deaf Society
NZSL Stories
  • Tony Walton
  • Shona McGhie
  • Colleen Norris
  • Ruth Jessep
1987
publication – Taonga source: St Dominic’s Catholic Deaf Centre

Ephpheta: September 1987 (Vol. 10, No. 2)

St Dominic’s Catholic Deaf Centre
1979
Object – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society

Wooden Plaque: Central Districts Deaf Sports Versus Australia, Wellington 1985

Manawatu Deaf Society
Est. 1938
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society

Auckland Deaf Adult Society Challenge Cup: Table Tennis

Auckland Deaf Society
NZSL Stories
  • Terry Kane
1989
Object – Taonga source: Margaret Coutts

Souvenir Badge: USA Deaf Olympics, Christchurch, New Zealand

Margaret Coutts
NZSL Stories
  • Jeff Went
  • Tony Walton
1990s
Object – Taonga source: Wellington Deaf Society

Ultratec Superprint TTY

Wellington Deaf Society
1985
publication – Taonga source: St Dominic’s Catholic Deaf Centre

Ephpheta: Easter 1985 (Vol. 8, No. 1)

St Dominic’s Catholic Deaf Centre
NZSL Stories
  • Susie Ovens
  • Shona McGhie
1989
video – Taonga source: Television New Zealand Archive

The play ‘Children of a Lesser God’

This TV series (Sunday Magazine) looks at some of the projects young people are getting involved in. This clip is about acting in a play about Deaf people, in which Patty Still has been teaching the hearing cast NZSL for their roles.
Television New Zealand Archive
1989
article – Taonga source: The Press

Games cost drain funds

New Zealand will have to struggle to send a team to the next World Games for the Deaf because of the huge cost of staging the 1989 event which ended at Queen Elizabeth II Park yesterday.
NZSL Stories
  • Michael Lynch
  • Jeff Went
  • Pam Croskery
  • Tony Walton