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Est. 1990
Object – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society

Manawatu Deaf Social Club: Ladies Singles – Pool

Manawatu Deaf Society
Est. 1994
Object – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society

Manawatu Deaf Club Darts: Drawn Pairs – Darts

Manawatu Deaf Society
Est. 1993
Object – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society

Manawatu Deaf Club Darts: Player of the League – Singles

Manawatu Deaf Society
Est. 1993
Object – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society

Manawatu Deaf Club Darts: Most Improved Player

Manawatu Deaf Society
Est. 1990
Object – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society

Manawatu Deaf Social Club: Mixed Doubles – 8 Ball Pool

Manawatu Deaf Society
2002
video – Taonga source: Kevin and Lynette Pivac

Extended version: Deaf Rugby World Cup final – New Zealand vs Wales

Extended version: New Zealand play Wales in the Deaf Rugby World Championship final at Eden Park, Auckland in 2002.
Kevin and Lynette Pivac
NZSL Stories
  • Kevin Pivac
Est. 1994
Object – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society

Manawatu Deaf Social Club: Ladies Singles – Darts

Manawatu Deaf Society
2002
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society

Plaque: New Zealand Deaf Rugby – In Appreciation, Auckland Deaf Society

Auckland Deaf Society
NZSL Stories
  • Kevin Pivac
2002
Images – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society

Team Photo: Northern Sports Team 2002, Winners of the Aotearoa Turi Shield

Auckland Deaf Society
NZSL Stories
  • Shona McGhie
  • Tony Walton
2002
video – Taonga source: Zena Hughes

Third national Deaf Womens’ Sevens Tournament

The Northern Deaf womens’ team wins the third sevens tournament, comfortably beats Central 60-0 and Southern 34-0. Southern beats Central 34-5.
Zena Hughes
2002
Images – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society

Team Photo: Northern Sports Team, Lawn Bowls, 2002

Auckland Deaf Society
NZSL Stories
  • Tony Walton
  • Shona McGhie
2006
article – Taonga source: NZ Catholic

Deaf community gathers to honour teacher and friend

The deaf community of the lower North Island gathered in Palmerston North on the last weekend of September to honour a teacher and chaplain, mentor and friend who has worked with the deaf since 1972.
Est. 1981
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society

Sir Woolf Fisher Memorial Trophy: Auckland Deaf Sportsman of The Year

Auckland Deaf Society
NZSL Stories
  • Shirley Bregmen
  • John Mansell
  • Pam Croskery
  • Michelle Kruger
  • Colleen Norris
  • Shona McGhie
  • Milton Reedy
Est. 1974
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society

Auckland Deaf Society Indoor Bowls Club: Junior Singles

Auckland Deaf Society
NZSL Stories
  • Colleen Norris
  • John Mansell
Est. 1998
Object – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society

Carroll Trophy: Skeet Clay Shooting – High Points

Manawatu Deaf Society
Est. 2001
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society

Auckland Deaf Society 8 Ball Pool Club: Most Dedicated Player

Auckland Deaf Society
NZSL Stories
  • Terry Kane
  • Shirley Bregmen
  • Michelle Kruger
Est. 1998
Object – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society

Manawatu Deaf Society: Stirrer of the Year

Manawatu Deaf Society
Est. 2001
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society

Auckland Deaf Society Fishing Club: Heaviest Trevally of Year

Auckland Deaf Society
NZSL Stories
  • John Schischka
  • Cecilia Waitohi
  • Jonathan Anton
  • Richard Hay
  • Doug Croskery
2002
video – Taonga source: Dorothy Jones

40th Anniversary: Weekend-long celebrations at Manawatu Deaf Society!

Manawatu Deaf Society celebrates its 40th anniversary with a packed weekend-long programme in September 2002.
Dorothy Jones
2002
Object – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society

Signed Rugby Ball: Deaf Blacks, 2002

Manawatu Deaf Society
NZSL Stories
  • Kevin Pivac
Est. 1975
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society

Auckland Deaf Society Fishing Club: Record Kahawai of Year

Auckland Deaf Society
NZSL Stories
  • Jonathan Anton
  • John Schischka
  • Doug Croskery
  • Richard Hay
  • Cecilia Waitohi
Est. 2001
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society

Auckland Deaf Society 8 Ball Pool Club: Best Player of the Year

Auckland Deaf Society
NZSL Stories
  • Shirley Bregmen
  • Michelle Kruger
  • Terry Kane
2002
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society

Polo Shirt: Deaf Bowls Auckland

Auckland Deaf Society
NZSL Stories
  • Shona McGhie
  • Tony Walton
Est. 1996
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society

Men’s Team Interclub Touch Rugby: New Zealand Games for the Deaf

Auckland Deaf Society
NZSL Stories
  • Shona McGhie
  • Tony Walton
Est. 2000
Object – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society

M.D.S Shona Beamsley Cup: Men’s Singles

Manawatu Deaf Society
2002
article – Taonga source: The Evening Post

In full voice

This fascinating book provides insight into a community about which most people are unaware. This is the world of Deaf culture, of Deaf as an identity, not a disability or deficit – Deaf with a capital D.
2002
video – Taonga source: AUT Visual Languages Section

Memories of Greg Pateman

Greg talks about his passion - Deaf sports, and why the Southern Deaf sport teams are superior to their Central and Northern counterparts!
AUT Visual Languages Section
Est. 1970
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society

Aotearoa Turi Shield: Total Points – New Zealand Deaf Games/Sports Convention

Auckland Deaf Society
NZSL Stories
  • Shona McGhie
  • Tony Walton
  • Kevin Pivac
  • John Mansell
Est. 1972
Object – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society

Nilsson Cup: Indoor Bowls Singles

Manawatu Deaf Society
biography
Profile

Lynette Pivac (MBE)

In 1996, Lynette was awarded the Member of British Empire for her services in Deaf education and sign language. She mostly initiated the development of NZSL resources, the training of NZSL tutors and involvement in NZSL teaching issues at national level. She advocated for NZSL and Deaf Studies to be introduced into Deaf education and was the first Deaf Board of Trustees Chairperson.