
1998
Object – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society
Netball Uniform: New Zealand Deaf Netball



1989
Object – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society
CISS World Deaf Games Accreditation Card: Barbara Hazelwood, Team Manager, Basketball











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1988
Images – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Team Photo: New Zealand Deaf Rugby League Football Club, Historic Game 1988 between New Zealand and Australia










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2005
Images – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society
Team Photo: New Zealand Deaflympics Team, 20th Deaflympic Games, Melbourne 2005











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1961
Images – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Team Photo: New Zealand Men’s Basketball Team, World Games for the Deaf, Helsinki 1961












1965
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Hat Band: New Zealand Deaf Sports Team, Tenth International Games for the Deaf, Washington D.C. 1965












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.


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1995
Object – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society
Plaque: Wales Deaf Bowls Presented To New Zealand, International Deaf Lawn Bowls Championship, 1995













1965
Object – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society
Pocket Patch: International Deaf Games, Washington 1965













1989
Images – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society
Team Photo: New Zealand Deaf Women’s Basketball Team, Bronze Medal Winners, 1989











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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.


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1980s
Object – Taonga source: Margaret Coutts
Souvenir Badge: New Zealand Flag






NZSL Stories


1965
Object – Taonga source: Hawkes Bay Deaf Club
Framed Suit: International Deaf Games, Washington 1965


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













1965
publication – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Auckland Deaf Society newsletter: June 1965










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1965
article – Taonga source: The Daily Telegraph
Home – 10-Gallon Hats and All
The New Zealand indoor basketball team at the Deaf Olympics in Washington recently did not win a game. Yet to Napier's Forman brothers, Mervyn and Ray, the experience was one never to be forgotten.


1981
video – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society
New Zealanders at the World Deaf Games in Köln
Footage of the World Deaf Games in Köln, of New Zealanders in action. Two New Zealand athletes won medals at the games.











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1957
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Souvenir Cigarette Bowl: International Silent Games, brought back from New Zealand’s first deaf athlete










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1985
video – Taonga source: Tony Walton
Los Angeles 1985: An update from the team manager with team results
The New Zealand team manager, Tony Walton, reports on the team’s results at the Los Angeles 1985 World Deaf Games including where the team stayed and played at.














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1980s
Object – Taonga source: Margaret Coutts
Gold Pin: Kiwi






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2003
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Pocket Patch: New Zealand, 4th International Deaf Lawn Bowls Championships – Durban, South Africa












1985
video – Taonga source: Tony Walton
Engine issue delays the New Zealand team’s journey to Los Angeles
Narrated by Tony Walton, the New Zealand team’s plans are disrupted two hours into their flight with an engine problem. They are forced to return back to Auckland.














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1989
Images – Taonga source: Margaret Coutts
Team Photo: New Zealand Deaf Sports Team: XVI World Games for the Deaf, Christchurch 1989






NZSL Stories


1981
video – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society
Deaf athletes visit Disneyland en route to the World Games for the Deaf in Köln!
New Zealand athletes stopover at Los Angeles on the way to the World Games for the Deaf in Köln, and make the most of the trip with a visit to Disneyland!











NZSL Stories


1989
Object – Taonga source: Margaret Coutts
Uniform Pocket Patch: New Zealand Deaf Sport Team, Christchurch 1989






NZSL Stories


1965
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Souvenir Ribbon: New Zealand – Tenth International Games, Washington 1965












1965
Images – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Team Photo: New Zealand Deaf Sports Team, Tenth International Games for the Deaf, Washington D.C. 1965










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1980-90s
Object – Taonga source: Margaret Coutts
Key Ring: New Zealand Deaf Amateur Sports Association






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1996
Images – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society
Team Photo: New Zealand Deaf Women’s Basketball Team, Victorian Tour of New Zealand, April 1996













2010
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Playing Top: 5th World Deaf Squash Championships – Palmerston North, New Zealand










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