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1997
Object – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society

Signed Miniature Cricket Bat: New Zealand Deaf Cricket Team, 1997

Manawatu Deaf Society
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.
Kevin and Lynette Pivac
NZSL Stories
  • Kevin Pivac
1965
Images – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society

Team Photo: New Zealand Deaf Sports Team, Tenth International Games for the Deaf, Washington D.C. 1965

Auckland Deaf Society
NZSL Stories
  • Milton Reedy
1989
Images – Taonga source: Margaret Coutts

Team Photo: New Zealand Deaf Sports Team: XVI World Games for the Deaf, Christchurch 1989

Margaret Coutts
NZSL Stories
  • Michael Lynch
  • Milton Reedy
  • Susie Ovens
  • Janet Watt
  • Tony Walton
  • Kevin Pivac
  • Shirley Bregmen
1989
Object – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society

Key Ring: New Zealand Deaf Amateur Sports Association

Manawatu Deaf Society
NZSL Stories
  • Tony Walton
  • Jeff Went
  • Shona McGhie
2002
video – Taonga source: Kevin and Lynette Pivac

Extended version: Deaf Rugby World Cup final – New Zealand vs Wales

Extended version: New Zealand play Wales in the Deaf Rugby World Championship final at Eden Park, Auckland in 2002.
Kevin and Lynette Pivac
NZSL Stories
  • Kevin Pivac
1985
Images – Taonga source: Margaret Coutts

Team Photo: New Zealand Deaf Sports Team, Los Angeles 1985

Margaret Coutts
NZSL Stories
  • Jonathan Anton
  • Jeff Went
  • Terry Kane
  • Janet Watt
  • Tony Walton
  • Susie Ovens
  • Pam Croskery
1961
article – Taonga source: Pam Witko

Deaf athletes for World Games

Five young deaf men fundraising for Helenski are touring the North Island in their car to help finance their trip.
Pam Witko
1965
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society

Souvenir Ribbon: New Zealand – Tenth International Games, Washington 1965

Auckland Deaf Society
1965
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society

Hat Band: New Zealand Deaf Sports Team, Tenth International Games for the Deaf, Washington D.C. 1965

Auckland Deaf Society
1995
Object – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society

Pocket Patch: New Zealand Deaf Lawn Bowls, Scotland 1995

Manawatu Deaf Society
1981
video – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society

World Deaf Games, Köln 1981

New Zealand team goes to XIV World Games for the Deaf in Köln, Germany in 1981.
Manawatu Deaf Society
NZSL Stories
  • Terry Kane
  • Milton Reedy
  • Tony Walton
  • Susie Ovens
  • Shona McGhie
2010
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society

Playing Top: 5th World Deaf Squash Championships – Palmerston North, New Zealand

Auckland Deaf Society
NZSL Stories
  • Michelle Kruger
1980-90s
Object – Taonga source: Margaret Coutts

Key Ring: New Zealand Deaf Amateur Sports Association

Margaret Coutts
NZSL Stories
  • Shona McGhie
1961
Object – Taonga source: John McRae

John McRae’s Wrestling Bronze Medal: World Deaf Games, Helsinki 1961

John McRae
NZSL Stories
  • Milton Reedy
1953-85
Object – Taonga source: John McRae

N.Z. Kiwi Badge: Worn at multiple international Deaf events: CISS Congress 1953, Helsinki 1961, Washington 1965, Koln 1982 and Los Angeles 1985

John McRae
NZSL Stories
  • Jonathan Anton
  • Terry Kane
  • Milton Reedy
  • Jeff Went
  • Shona McGhie
  • Tony Walton
  • Pam Croskery
1998
Images – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society

Team Photo: New Zealand Deaf Ten Pin Bowling, 1998

Auckland Deaf Society
NZSL Stories
  • Colleen Norris
1981
Images – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society

Team Photo: New Zealand Deaf Sports Team, 1981

Auckland Deaf Society
NZSL Stories
  • Milton Reedy
  • Shona McGhie
  • Tony Walton
  • Susie Ovens
1989
Images – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society

Team Photo: New Zealand Deaf Women’s Basketball Team, Bronze Medal Winners, 1989

Manawatu Deaf Society
NZSL Stories
  • Shirley Bregmen
  • Susie Ovens
  • Tony Walton
  • Jeff Went
1988
Images – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society

Team Photo: New Zealand Deaf Rugby League Football Club, Historic Game 1988 between New Zealand and Australia

Auckland Deaf Society
NZSL Stories
  • John Mansell
1985
video – Taonga source: Tony Walton

Auckland gives the New Zealand Deaf team a proper send off!

The New Zealand Deaf team marched on Dominion Road, accompanied by police, with farewell speeches at Auckland Deaf Society before departing for the 15th World Games for the Deaf in Los Angeles.
Tony Walton
NZSL Stories
  • Terry Kane
  • Tony Walton
  • Jonathan Anton
  • Jeff Went
  • Pam Croskery
  • Janet Watt
  • Susie Ovens
1996
Images – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society

Team Photo: Victorian Deaf Women’s Basketball Team, Tour of New Zealand, 8-21 April 1996

Manawatu Deaf Society
1989
Object – Taonga source: Lorraine Butler

Bronze Medal: Women’s Basketball, 16th World Deaf Games, Christchurch

Lorraine Butler
NZSL Stories
  • Shirley Bregmen
  • Jeff Went
  • Susie Ovens
  • Tony Walton
1985
Images – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society

Team Photo: New Zealand Deaf Netball Team, 1985

Manawatu Deaf Society
NZSL Stories
  • Pam Croskery
  • Tony Walton
1957
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society

Souvenir Cigarette Bowl: International Silent Games, brought back from New Zealand’s first deaf athlete

Auckland Deaf Society
NZSL Stories
  • Shona McGhie
  • Terry Kane
  • Milton Reedy
2003
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society

Pocket Patch: New Zealand, 4th International Deaf Lawn Bowls Championships – Durban, South Africa

Auckland Deaf Society
1980s
Object – Taonga source: Margaret Coutts

Gold Pin: Kiwi

Margaret Coutts
NZSL Stories
  • Jeff Went
  • Terry Kane
  • Tony Walton
  • Pam Croskery
  • Susie Ovens
  • Jonathan Anton
2002
video – Taonga source: Inside Out

Inside Out: Inaugural World Deaf Rugby Championship

Inside Out features the inaugural World Deaf Rugby Championship, including coverage of the final between New Zealand and Wales at Eden Park, Auckland in 2002.
Inside Out
NZSL Stories
  • Kevin Pivac
1985
video – Taonga source: Tony Walton

New Zealand delegates attend CISS meeting

The two New Zealand delegates, John McRae and Margaret Coutts, attend the CISS (Comité International des Sports des Sourds) meeting whilst at the Los Angeles World Games of the Deaf.
Tony Walton
NZSL Stories
  • Terry Kane
  • Tony Walton
  • Jonathan Anton
  • Pam Croskery
  • Jeff Went
  • Susie Ovens
1989
Object – Taonga source: Margaret Coutts

Souvenir Key Ring: 16th World Games for the Deaf, Christchurch 1989

Margaret Coutts
NZSL Stories
  • Tony Walton
  • Jeff Went