2002
Images – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Team Photo: Northern Sports Team, Lawn Bowls, 2002
NZSL Stories
2003
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Uniform: Auckland Deaf Society Netball Club, 2003
NZSL Stories
1995
video – Taonga source: Allan Richardson
Northern Deaf Youth Camp 1995
Coverage of the participants and activities enjoyed at the 1995 Northern Deaf Youth Camp in Lake Whakamaru, Waikato.
NZSL Stories
2019
Images – Taonga source: Central Zone Deaf Rugby Union
Team Photo: Central Zone Deaf Rugby Union, 26th National Deaf Rugby Inter-Zonal Championship, 2019
1992
video – Taonga source: Rodney Roberts
Manawatu Deaf Society celebrates its 30th anniversary!
The Manawatu Deaf Society clubroom at Totara Road is jam-packed as the club celebrates its 30th anniversary!
2000
Images – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Team Photo: Auckland Deaf Society Women Basketball, 2000
NZSL Stories
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.
2002
Images – Taonga source: Clive Morgan
Team Photo: Central Districts Deaf Men’s Basketball Team, Cunniffe Memorial Cup Winners 2002
NZSL Stories
2000
video – Taonga source: Rodney Roberts
First National Deaf Womens’ Sevens Tournament
On an Easter Friday afternoon, 22 April 2000, for the first time in history the National Deaf Women’s Seven Tournament was played between the Southern and Central teams at the Canterbury Rugby League Stadium.
Est. 1950
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Cunniffe Memorial Cup: N.Z. Deaf Societies Men’s Basketball Challenge Cup
NZSL Stories
2006
Images – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Team Photo: Northern Zone Women’s Netball, 2006
NZSL Stories
Est. 1968
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Bob Scott Memorial Shield: Inter-Club Badminton
NZSL Stories
2002
Images – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Team Photo: Northern Sports Team 2002, Winners of the Aotearoa Turi Shield
NZSL Stories
2002
Images – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Team Photo: Northern Sports Team, Mixed Touch Team, 2002
NZSL Stories
2000
video – Taonga source: Rodney Roberts
Central Zone holds onto the Shield!
Footage of all three men's games of the 2000 National Deaf Rugby Championships at the Canterbury Rugby League Stadium, combined into one clip. Includes pre-match Deaf cheerleading display.
1992
video – Taonga source: Rodney Roberts
The beginnings of Easter Deaf Rugby: Northern Region vs Southern Region
The second game of 15-a-side Deaf rugby tournament in New Zealand: Southern Region seek to avenge their earlier defeat to the Northern Region.
2003
Images – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Team Photo: Auckland Deaf Netball Club, Northern A, 2003
NZSL Stories
Est. 2006
Object – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society
NZ Games for the Deaf, Millennium Trophy: Women’s Interclub Winner – 8 Ball Pool
NZSL Stories
Est. 1990
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Women’s Ten Pin Bowling Interclub: New Zealand Games for the Deaf
NZSL Stories
2003
Images – Taonga source: Central Zone Deaf Rugby Union
Team Photo: Central Zone Deaf Rugby Union, 2003
1990-00s
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Polo Shirt: Northern Deaf Golf Team – NZ Deaf Games
NZSL Stories
biography
Profile
Jennifer Brain (QSM)
Jennifer received the Queens Service Medal in 2007 for services to the New Zealand Deaf Community. She was well known for her leadership with the New Zealand Association for the Deaf. Jennifer became the first Deaf Leadership Tutor promoting community and Deaf youth leadership, before becoming the first Deaf Chief Executive Officer in 1999. Through her work, Jennifer was ahead of her time with the strategic planning of many Deaf community projects including Deaf awareness and Deaf leadership.
2002
Images – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Team Photo: Northern Sports Team, Women’s Basketball, 2002
NZSL Stories
1991
video – Taonga source: Rodney Roberts
Northern Deaf XV vs Southern Deaf XV
Northern Deaf XV vs Southern Deaf XV held at Linton Military Camp near Palmerston North on 31 March 1991.
1995
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Plaque: New Zealand Tour 2005 – Australian Deaf Rugby vs Northern Zone Deaf Rugby
1992
video – Taonga source: Rodney Roberts
Second National Deaf Sevens tournament
The second National Deaf Sevens tournament was held at the Linton Military Camp, located just south of Palmerston North, where the Central boys won a points-based competition.
2000
Images – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Team Photo: Auckland Deaf Society Netball, Winners of ‘The Brian Smithers Cup’ 2000
NZSL Stories
2002
Images – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Team Photo: Northern Sports Team, Indoor Netball, 2002
NZSL Stories
1990
article – Taonga source: NZ Listener
That’s the way we sign it
For most of the week, the deaf in New Zealand are shut off from the television communication the rest of us take for granted. But for half an hour each Sunday, they can join the rest of the world, through a special programme called News Review.
1991
Images – Taonga source: New Zealand Deaf Rugby
Team Photo: Northern vs Southern Deaf XV, Southern Deaf XV Team, 1991
