
1984
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Auckland Deaf Society Golf Club: Stableford

NZSL Stories


1963-64
publication – Taonga source: New Zealand Deaf News
NZ Deaf News: Summer 1963-64 (Vol. 1, No. 2)
NZSL Stories


Est. 1987
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Auckland Deaf Basketball Club: Bernie Clews Trophy – Most Fittest Player of the Year











NZSL Stories


2016
video – Taonga source: Attitude Pictures
The Deaf Rugby Team: Part Two
Leading into the biggest competition of the year, we get to know more about some of the players in the Marlins, Auckland’s Deaf Rugby team; Opeti the family man, Talia the bodybuilder, Sailusi who wants a job and David who is a first-time dad.





1973
publication – Taonga source: New Zealand Deaf News
NZ Deaf News: 1973 (Vol. 10, No. 4)
NZSL Stories


2001
video – Taonga source: Dorothy Jones
Manawatu Deaf Netball: 25th Year Jubilee!
The Manawatu Deaf Netball Club celebrates 25 years of netballing adventures in June 2001 with stories, photos and even a cake!




1995
publication – Taonga source: National Foundation for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
NFD Communicate: February 1995


NZSL Stories


1975
video – Taonga source: Television New Zealand Archive
The Auckland Deaf Centre
A glimpse into the Auckland Deaf Centre, showing Deaf people playing pool, badminton, reading, having coffee and talking in sign language.


NZSL Stories


1980
Images – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Team Photo: Auckland Deaf Society Dramatic Club, 1980-81











NZSL Stories


1962
article – Taonga source: The Auckland Star
Seven to make debut at ball for the deaf
Seven young girls will make their debut at a ball to be held by the Auckland Deaf Society; they will dance the debutante walz without hearing the music.


2004
video – Taonga source: Rūaumoko Komiti
Patrick Thompson’s ‘Te Hēteri’ interview – unedited footage
Unedited footage of Patrick Thompson’s ‘Te Hēteri’ interview at the famed Star Sign Cafe on Auckland’s Dominion Road in 2004.





1981
publication – Taonga source: St Dominic’s Catholic Deaf Centre
Ephpheta: March 1981 (Vol. 4, No. 1)






Est. 1964
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Auckland Deaf Society McHattie Trophy: Tug-Of-War, Married vs Single











NZSL Stories


1989
publication – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Auckland Deaf Society newsletter: October 1989











NZSL Stories


1993
Images – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Team Photo: Auckland Deaf Society Indoor Bowls Club, Easter 1993











NZSL Stories


1979
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Netball Pennant: 24th N.Z. Deaf Sports Convention, Host Christchurch 1979











NZSL Stories


1985
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Pennant: Runners Up, Golf, 29th N.Z. Deaf Sports Convention – Auckland 1984











NZSL Stories


1956
video – Taonga source: Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
Auckland Carnival 1956
Friends of the Deaf prepare a float for the Auckland Carnival, 1956, along with some footage of the float parade.




1988
publication – Taonga source: St Dominic’s Catholic Deaf Centre
Ephpheta: June 1988 (Vol. 11, No. 1)






2004
video – Taonga source: Rūaumoko Komiti
The Māori Deaf world: Interviews with Whiti Ronaki, Stephanie Awheto and Michael Wi
This raw, edited footage consists of interviews with Whiti Ronaki, Michael Wi and Stephanie Awheto - a trilingual interpreter, on topics relevant in the Māori Deaf world.





1988
publication – Taonga source: St Dominic’s Catholic Deaf Centre
Ephpheta: Easter 1988 (Vol. 10, No. 4)






1975
video – Taonga source: Janice and Gary Howard
Auckland Netball Club’s 1st Birthday
The Auckland Deaf Netball Club runs a social event to celebrate its first anniversary in 1976.


NZSL Stories


1984
article – Taonga source: Mary Johnson
New Lynn Lions Club sponsor deaf youths on an exchange overseas
The New Lynn Lions Club has scored a first. The club is the first in the country to sponsor deaf youths on an exchange overseas. It is sending Sally Robertson (19) and Lyndon Malcolm (19), both of Titirangi, to Oregon for about eight weeks.




1978
article – Taonga source: The Daily News
Deaf protest TV licences
Fifty deaf people registered a silent protest outside the Auckland Magistrate’s Court yesterday about what they say is the subtle discrimination of New Zealand against deaf people.


1985
article – Taonga source: The Evening Post
DEAF GAMES
New Zealand finished the World Games for the deaf in California with a gold in cycling and a gold and silver in badminton – their best result ever.
NZSL Stories


1997
article – Taonga source: NZ Herald
Deaf woman goes to head of class
Struggles in her own schooling as she grew up made profoundly deaf Auckland woman Sarah Cameron want to be a teacher. Her ambition came true yesterday when she became the first deaf person to graduate with a mainstream secondary teacher's diploma.


1977
Images – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Team Photo: Auckland Deaf Society Netball, 1977











NZSL Stories


Est. 1961
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Deaf Welfare Centre Indoor Bowling Club: Brian Tewsley Memorial Trophy – Aggregate Points











NZSL Stories


2000
publication – Taonga source: Oticon Foundation
Soundscape: November 2000


2012
video – Taonga source: Attitude Pictures
My Deaf Parents
Parents and teenagers don't always see eye to eye, but what if they speak a different language? This CODA family, with Deaf parents, is learning how to keep the lines of communication.























