
1950
Images – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Team Photo: Inaugural Indoor Basketball Match Between N.Z. Deaf Teams – Auckland v Wellington, 1950

NZSL Stories


2016
video – Taonga source: Attitude Pictures
The Deaf Rugby Team: Part Three – Finale
The final instalment of Attitude’s three-part series with Auckland’s Deaf rugby side, the Marlins. We've followed the guys on and off the field, now we're at the biggest rugby game of the season: it's time to contest the coveted National Shield.




1989
article – Taonga source: Christchurch Star
Ingenuity puts them in the picture
Problems for photographers come in many forms. A prize-winning Christchurch photographer, Dick Poole, had his special worries at the World Games for the Deaf on Saturday. He used several methods to get the look he wanted – a little help from an interpreter, a little push and pull and a few signs.
NZSL Stories


1989
video – Taonga source: Rodney Roberts
News Review: Ready, Set, Go!
Susan Thomas takes the reins at the studio this week on ‘News Review’. The team recaps footage from the World Games of the Deaf which wrapped up on the Tuesday before. Watch records being broken, and some footage of our Kiwi athletes in action!


NZSL Stories


1992
video – Taonga source: AUT Visual Languages Section
Memories of John Hunt
John Hunt, well-known for his involvement in the Deaf community – talks about establishing the NZ Deaf News, his journey towards becoming a life member of NZ Deaf Sports Association, having had a role in its founding; working as the first Deaf Field Officer for NZAD, and compiling ‘The Story of the Auckland Deaf Society Inc 1937-1987.



NZSL Stories


Est. 1990
Object – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society
Manawatu Deaf Society Lorraine Nilsson Trophy: Men’s Highest Points








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.


NZSL Stories


1995-96
Object – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society
Cricket Playing Shirt: NZ Deaf Cricket, World Cup Melbourne 1995-96








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!





Est. 1981
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Sir Woolf Fisher Memorial Trophy: Auckland Deaf Sportsman of The Year










NZSL Stories


1992
publication – Taonga source: National Foundation for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
NFD Communicate: March 1992


NZSL Stories


1956
video – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Sports Convention: Trip to Motuihe Domain
During the Sports Convention, Deaf people travel to Motuihe Domain, on Motuihe Island in Auckland’s Hauraki Gulf, for a picnic.










NZSL Stories


1992
Images – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society
Team Photo: Manawatu Deaf Society Indoor Bowls Group, 1992








1965
article – Taonga source: Pam Witko
Deaf swimmer honoured
A 24-year-old deaf swimmer shows her honorary membership certificate of the Auckland Surf Life Saving Association to her teammates that leaves tomorrow night for the International Games for the Deaf.




Est. 1992
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Open Golf – Wellington Deaf Golf Club vs Auckland Deaf Golf Club: Best Stableford










NZSL Stories


2018
Images – Taonga source: Central Zone Deaf Rugby Union
Team Photo: Central Zone Deaf Rugby Union, 25th National Deaf Rugby Inter-Zonal Championships, 2018




1978
Images – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Team Photo: Auckland Deaf Society Basketball Club, 1978










NZSL Stories


1980
Images – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Team Photo: Auckland Deaf Society Netball, Winners of Brian Smither Cup, 1980










NZSL Stories


1989
article – Taonga source: The Press
Drug-testing at Games
Athletes at the sixteenth World Deaf Games will be randomly tested for drug use. Athletes to be tested would be selected before events by the executive of the Committee of the International Silent Sports (CISS).
NZSL Stories


1995-96
Object – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society
Cricket Cap: New Zealand Deaf Cricket, World Cup, Melbourne 1995-96








1955
video – Taonga source: Susan Hamilton
Annual Sports Day at Mt Wellington
Annual school sports day at the large grounds at Mt Wellington, with the school surrounded by farmland. The Titirangi children travelled to Mt Wellington by buses. Mt Wellington closed once the Kelston hostel block opened in 1960.


NZSL Stories


1998
video – Taonga source: Dorothy Jones
End of Year Celebration and Prizegiving 1998: Manawatu Deaf Society Sports Section
The Manawatu Deaf Society Sports Section celebrates its annual End of Year Prizegiving evening at the Clubrooms, with happy hour, dancing, speeches, raffle prizes at a time when smoking was still allowed inside the clubroom!




ca. 1950-60s
Object – Taonga source: Wellington Deaf Society
Rosette: Wellington, N.Z. Deaf Societies Convention


NZSL Stories


Est. 1969
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Auckland Deaf Society Badminton: Judith McLoren Memorial – Women’s Single Championship










NZSL Stories


1989
article – Taonga source: The Press
Deaf athletes will be out to win medals
The vice-chairman of the organising committee, Mrs Margaret Coutts, said yesterday "for two weeks there will be more deaf people on the street than hearing people. My heart is filled with gold because of the very big turn out – there are more athletes here than at the previous World Games in America (in 1985)."
NZSL Stories


1997
article – Taonga source: The Dominion
Going in to bat for deaf cricketers
The New Zealand cricket team beat Australia at the Petone Recreation Ground. You would be forgiven for not knowing the match was on. Media coverage, or rather the lack of it, is a major problem for disabled sport.


1978
publication – Taonga source: St Dominic’s Catholic Deaf Centre
New Zealand Catholic Deaf Newsletter: December 1978 (Vol. 1, No. 3)


NZSL Stories


1997
Object – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society
Signed Miniature Cricket Bat: New Zealand Deaf Cricket Team, 1997








1973
Images – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Team Photo: Auckland Deaf Society Sports Representatives, N.Z. Deaf Sports Convention, 1973










NZSL Stories


1984-85
Images – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Team Photo: New Zealand Deaf Basketball Team, 4th Trans-Tasman Games, New Zealand 1984-1985


























