1950
video – Taonga source: Susan Hamilton
Titirangi School for the Deaf students picnic at Motuihe Island
Boarding students at Titirangi School for the Deaf are treated to a day out to Motihue Island (Te Motu-a-Ihenga) in the Hauraki Gulf, 17 kilometres from downtown Auckland.
NZSL Stories
1998
publication – Taonga source: Deaf Education History Aotearoa NZ
Magazine: van Asch Deaf Education Centre, 1998
1998
video – Taonga source: Kevin and Lynette Pivac
NZ Deaf Rugby Team in Wales
See Hear reports on the New Zealand Deaf Rugby team’s tour of the UK in 1998.
NZSL Stories
1992
publication – Taonga source: Deaf Education History Aotearoa NZ
School Magazine: van Asch College, 1992
1989
video – Taonga source: Television New Zealand Archive
The play ‘Children of a Lesser God’
This TV series (Sunday Magazine) looks at some of the projects young people are getting involved in. This clip is about acting in a play about Deaf people, in which Patty Still has been teaching the hearing cast NZSL for their roles.
biography
Profile
Stewart ‘Sen’ Smith (Coronation Medal)
Stewart, or Sen, as he was called – was the president of Auckland Adult Deaf Society from 1947-1954. It was later called the Auckland Deaf Society. The Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal was a commemorative medal made to celebrate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.
1964
article – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Deaf Folk Conquer their Handicap
On a recent Saturday, I was lucky enough to meet members of the Auckland Deaf Society at a working bee they were holding to improve the grounds of the city's Deaf Welfare Centre. The centre, incidentially, is a very fine building – it has the biggest sports hall in Auckland with a floor area 110 by 60 feet.
NZSL Stories
1982
article – Taonga source: NZPA
Teletext news service begins
Teletext, TVNZ’s new information service for disabled and general users, will be introduced on February 1. It has cost about $1 million to set up and part of the money came from the 1981 Telethon.
1997
publication – Taonga source: National Foundation for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
NFD Communicate: Winter 1997
NZSL Stories
1980
publication – Taonga source: New Zealand Deaf News
NZ Deaf News: December 1980 (Vol. 17, No. 6)
NZSL Stories
1980
publication – Taonga source: St Dominic’s Catholic Deaf Centre
Ephpheta: March 1980 (Vol. 3, No. 1)
1993
publication – Taonga source: Deaf Education History Aotearoa NZ
School Magazine: van Asch College, 1993
1960
video – Taonga source: Archives New Zealand
Kelston School for the Deaf students treated to a trip to Mt Ruapehu
Students from Kelston School for the Deaf enjoy a two-day trip to a snowy Mt Ruapehu.
1983
publication – Taonga source: St Dominic’s Catholic Deaf Centre
Ephpheta: Easter 1983 (Vol. 6, No. 1)
NZSL Stories
1982
publication – Taonga source: St Dominic’s Catholic Deaf Centre
Ephpheta: Christmas 1982 (Vol. 5, No. 3)
1986
publication – Taonga source: New Zealand Deaf News
NZ Deaf News: Winter 1986 (Vol. 22. No. 4)
NZSL Stories
1982
publication – Taonga source: St Dominic’s Catholic Deaf Centre
Ephpheta: September 1982 (Vol. 5, No. 2)
1952
video – Taonga source: Susan Hamilton
Day trip to the Parnell Baths
Students at Titirangi School for the Deaf are treated to a day trip to the Parnell Baths.
NZSL Stories