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1975
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society

Pennant: Auckland Deaf Society Indoor Basketball Club: 25th Jubilee, 1950-1975

Auckland Deaf Society
NZSL Stories
  • Doug Croskery
  • John Mansell
1979
video – Taonga source: Sue Penman

NZ Deaf Sport Convention, Christchurch 1979

Scenes from NZ Deaf Sport Convention in Christchurch 1979, with sports such as shot-put and athletics, including some impressive sprinting and middle distance running.
Sue Penman
NZSL Stories
  • John Mansell
  • Shona McGhie
  • Tony Walton
  • Kevin Pivac
1970
video – Taonga source: Pam and Doug Croskery

Deaf social rugby match: Married vs Single men

An informal annual rugby game between teams of Deaf men, married and single, which was played on one of Kelston Deaf Education Centre’s fields.
Pam and Doug Croskery
NZSL Stories
  • John Mansell
1998
Object – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society

Jersey: New Zealand Deaf Rugby Football Union, Wales Tour 1998

Manawatu Deaf Society
NZSL Stories
  • Kevin Pivac
1996
publication – Taonga source: National Foundation for Deaf and Hard of Hearing

NFD Communicate: March 1996

National Foundation for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
NZSL Stories
  • Shona McGhie
1978
Images – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society

Team Photo: Auckland Deaf Society Netball, 1978

Auckland Deaf Society
NZSL Stories
  • Kevin Pivac
  • Colleen Norris
  • Shona McGhie
  • John Mansell
  • Tony Walton
1990
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society

Pennant: Auckland Deaf Basketball Club 40th Anniversary, 1950-1990

Auckland Deaf Society
NZSL Stories
  • John Mansell
  • Doug Croskery
1983
article – Taonga source: Wellington Deaf Society

Cook tragedy feared

Seven deaf and mute Japanese climbers are angry at newly knighted Prime Minister, Sir Robert Muldoon, ordering them down from Mt Cook yesterday, says a leading mountain guide.
Wellington Deaf Society
1989
article – Taonga source: The Press

Clever new system for starting

The starting equipment to be used at the Queen Elizabeth II complex is far more sophisticated. It uses a traffic-light type devised by a Christchurch man, Mr Ted Gilliver.
NZSL Stories
  • Tony Walton
  • Jeff Went
1994
Images – Taonga source: Central Zone Deaf Rugby Union

Team Photo: Central Zone Deaf Rugby Football Union, Winners of National Deaf Seven Championship, 1994

Central Zone Deaf Rugby Union
2000
Object – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society

Signed Rugby Ball: Deaf Blacks, 2000

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

Manawatu Deaf Club: Indoor Basketball

Manawatu Deaf Society
1995
publication – Taonga source: National Foundation for Deaf and Hard of Hearing

NFD Communicate: July 1995

National Foundation for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
NZSL Stories
  • Shona McGhie
1960
Images – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society

Team Photo: Auckland Deaf Society Sports Representatives, N.Z. Deaf Societies Convention, 1960

Auckland Deaf Society
NZSL Stories
  • Doug Croskery
  • Colleen Norris
  • Terry Kane
  • John Mansell
  • Tony Walton
  • Kevin Pivac
  • Shona McGhie
1973
Images – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society

Team Photo: Auckland Deaf Society, Winners of Cunniffe Memorial Cup, Basketball, Auckland 1973

Auckland Deaf Society
NZSL Stories
  • John Mansell
  • Doug Croskery
  • Shona McGhie
  • Tony Walton
  • Kevin Pivac
2005
Images – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society

Team Photo: New Zealand Deaflympics Team, 20th Deaflympic Games, Melbourne 2005

Manawatu Deaf Society
NZSL Stories
  • Tony Walton
  • Pam Croskery
  • Jeff Went
  • Ruth Jessep
  • Jonathan Anton
  • Milton Reedy
  • Doug Croskery
1972
Images – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society

Team Photo: Bankstown (Sydney) Deaf Club v Auckland Deaf Society, 1972

Auckland Deaf Society
NZSL Stories
  • Doug Croskery
  • John Mansell
1976
Object – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society

Pennant: Manawatu Deaf Men’s Basketball Assn, Memento of N.S.W Tour 1976

Manawatu Deaf Society
2015
publication – Taonga source: St Dominic’s Catholic Deaf Centre

Deaf Southern Star: 2015 (Vol. 37, No. 4)

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
1989
article – Taonga source: The Press

Big sporting event on shoestring budget

The Games will be about the same size as the 1974 sporting extravaganza in Christchurch, the Commonwealth Games. Yet it has been orchestrated on a budget of $700,000 – about one-third of the cost of the opening ceremony planned for the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland.
NZSL Stories
  • Tony Walton
  • Jeff Went
1987
video – Taonga source: Television New Zealand Archive

‘Spot On’ visits a Deaf basketball training session

The educational TV series ‘Spot On’, visits a Deaf basketball training session to catch up with Royce Flynn and Megan Mansfield, and understand how the sport is played by Deaf athletes, and controlled by a Deaf referee.
Television New Zealand Archive
NZSL Stories
  • John Mansell
  • Jeff Went
  • Susie Ovens
  • Tony Walton
  • Janet Watt
2002
video – Taonga source: Sonia Pivac

In memory of Wallace Williams: A Deaf life!

A montage celebrating Wallace Williams’ life and his contribution to the Auckland Deaf community.
Sonia Pivac
NZSL Stories
  • Pam Croskery
1992
Images – Taonga source: New Zealand Deaf Rugby

Team Photo: National Deaf Sevens Tournament, 1992

New Zealand Deaf Rugby
Est. 1992
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society

Auckland Deaf Basketball Club: Anton Cup – Most Improved Player of the Year

Auckland Deaf Society
NZSL Stories
  • John Mansell
  • Doug Croskery
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.
St Dominic’s Catholic Deaf Centre
2003
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society

Uniform: Auckland Deaf Society Netball Club, 2003

Auckland Deaf Society
NZSL Stories
  • Colleen Norris
1965
article – Taonga source: Pam Witko

The Silent Olympics

The team of 17 deaf athletes are farewelled at Kelston School for the Deaf, with official team photos, before leaving for the 10th International Games for the Deaf at Washington D.C.
Pam Witko
Est. 1986
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society

N.Z. Deaf Amateur Sports Association, Katu Cup: Outstanding Coach of the Tournament – Basketball

Auckland Deaf Society
NZSL Stories
  • Kevin Pivac
  • John Mansell
  • Tony Walton
  • Shona McGhie
  • Doug Croskery
1999
Images – Taonga source: Clive Morgan

Team Photo: Wellington Deaf Basketball Team, 2nd NZ Deaf Basketball Championship, Wellington 1999

Clive Morgan