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Est. 1979
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society

Auckland Deaf Society Golf Club: Chairman Trophy

Auckland Deaf Society
NZSL Stories
  • Doug Croskery
  • John Mansell
Est. 1985
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society

Auckland Deaf Society Basketball: Gary Howard Cup – Best Women Player of the Year

Auckland Deaf Society
NZSL Stories
  • John Mansell
  • Doug Croskery
biography
Profile

Anthony ‘Tony’ Walton (CNZM)

Tony received the Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2001 for his services to the Deaf community. Tony has had a broad involvement in many areas of the Deaf community, having been President of the NZ Deaf Sports Association and successfully hosting the World Deaf Games in 1989.
NZSL Stories
  • Tony Walton
1988
article – Taonga source: Sunday Times

Cancer forces athlete to pull out of Games

Olympic wrestling nominee Robert Algie is battling cancer in Palmerston North Hospital.
NZSL Stories
  • Tony Walton
  • Jeff Went
  • Milton Reedy
Est. 1938
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society

Auckland Deaf Adult Society Challenge Cup: Table Tennis

Auckland Deaf Society
NZSL Stories
  • Terry Kane
Est. 1972
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society

Auckland Deaf Society Neeley Trophy: Men’s Indoor Basketball – Past v Present

Auckland Deaf Society
NZSL Stories
  • Doug Croskery
  • John Mansell
1986
publication – Taonga source: New Zealand Deaf News

NZ Deaf News: Summer 1986 (Vol. 22, No. 3)

NZSL Stories
  • John Hunt
  • Terry Kane
Est. 1975
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society

Auckland Deaf Society Basketball Club: Best Player of the Year

Auckland Deaf Society
NZSL Stories
  • John Mansell
  • Doug Croskery
1986
video – Taonga source: Television New Zealand Archive

Te Aro Deaf students featured in ‘The Video Dispatch’

Heather Campbell, a Teacher of the Deaf, talks about the need for Deaf children and their families to have access to language early in life. This episode screened during Deaf Awareness Week in 1986.
Television New Zealand Archive
Est. 1960
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society

Deaf Welfare Centre Indoor Bowling Club: Ladies Singles Championship

Auckland Deaf Society
NZSL Stories
  • John Mansell
  • Colleen Norris
Est. 1974
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society

Auckland Deaf Society Indoor Bowls Club: Junior Singles

Auckland Deaf Society
NZSL Stories
  • John Mansell
  • Colleen Norris
1986
article – Taonga source: Zealandia

A capital reception

An interpreter passes on the Pope's message to the deaf during the outdoor Mass at Athletic Park.
Est. 1979
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society

Auckland Deaf Society Golf Club: Club Captain Trophy

Auckland Deaf Society
NZSL Stories
  • Doug Croskery
  • John Mansell
Est. 1986
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society

Auckland Deaf Society Table Tennis Club: Women’s Singles

Auckland Deaf Society
NZSL Stories
  • Terry Kane
Est. 1975
Object – Taonga source: Wellington Deaf Society

Nelson Fairbrother Memorial: Wellington Deaf Society Indoor Bowls, Singles

Wellington Deaf Society
Est. 1985
Object – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society

Feilding Hotel and Deaf Society: Friendship Challenge Trophy – Darts

Manawatu Deaf Society
1986
Images – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society

Host Committee: Auckland Deaf Society Indoor Bowling Club, 1986

Auckland Deaf Society
NZSL Stories
  • John Mansell
  • Colleen Norris
1986
publication – Taonga source: St Dominic’s Catholic Deaf Centre

Ephpheta: August 1986 (Vol. 9, No. 2)

St Dominic’s Catholic Deaf Centre
Est. 1984
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society

Deaf Welfare Centre Indoor Bowls Club: Consolation – Drawn Pairs

Auckland Deaf Society
NZSL Stories
  • John Mansell
  • Colleen Norris
Est. 1977
Object – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society

Gordon Cup: Most Improved Basketball Player

Manawatu Deaf Society
1988
publication – Taonga source: National Foundation for Deaf and Hard of Hearing

NFD Journal: March 1988 (Vol. 2, No. 1)

National Foundation for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
NZSL Stories
  • Tony Walton
Est. 1981
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society

Auckland Deaf Society Indoor Bowling Club: Mixed Pairs

Auckland Deaf Society
NZSL Stories
  • Colleen Norris
  • John Mansell
Est. 1985
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society

Auckland Deaf Society Table Tennis Club: T.G. Kane Cup – Men’s Double

Auckland Deaf Society
NZSL Stories
  • Terry Kane
Est. 1981
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society

Auckland Deaf Society Golf Club: Best Putted Trophy

Auckland Deaf Society
NZSL Stories
  • Doug Croskery
  • John Mansell
Est. 1985
Object – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society

Feilding Hotel and Deaf Society: Friendship Challenge Trophy – Pool

Manawatu Deaf Society
1987
publication – Taonga source: St Dominic’s Catholic Deaf Centre

Ephpheta: December 1986 (Vol. 9, No. 3)

St Dominic’s Catholic Deaf Centre
NZSL Stories
  • Ruth Jessep
Est. 1985
Object – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society

Manawatu Deaf Fishing Trophy: Lake Ferry

Manawatu Deaf Society
1986
publication – Taonga source: Deaf Education History Aotearoa NZ

Hostel News: van Asch College, 1986

Deaf Education History Aotearoa NZ
The Sign Singing Superstars
The Sign Singing Superstars
The Sign Singing Superstars
Est. 1980s
COLLECTIONS – CURATED BY SIGNDNA: DEAF NATIONAL ARCHIVE

The Sign Singing Superstars

Throughout the early 1980s, the New Zealand Deaf community created two sign singing supergroups: The Sign Singers from Auckland, and The Silent Singers from Christchurch. These two groups pioneered Sign Singing as an art form and gained considerable public admiration for their efforts. Both groups made appearances on national Telethon events, and the Auckland group also were regulars on the Stars on Sunday programme, making more appearances than any other single group.
1986
Images – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society

Team Photo: Manawatu Deaf Society Netball, 1986

Manawatu Deaf Society
NZSL Stories
  • Tony Walton
  • Shona McGhie