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1965
Object – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society

Basketball Singlet: New Zealand Deaf Men’s Indoor Basketball, 10th International Games for the Deaf, Washington D.C.

Manawatu Deaf Society
1989
Object – Taonga source: Lorraine Butler

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

Lorraine Butler
NZSL Stories
  • Janet Watt
1984-85
Images – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society

Team Photo: New Zealand Deaf Basketball Team, 4th Trans-Tasman Games, New Zealand 1984-1985

Auckland Deaf Society
1990
Images – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society

Team Photo: New Zealand Deaf Rugby League Football Club, New Zealand vs Australia, Three Test Series, 1990

Auckland Deaf Society
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
2010
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society

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

Auckland Deaf Society
1998
Object – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society

Netball Uniform: New Zealand Deaf Netball

Manawatu Deaf Society
1995-96
Object – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society

Signed Kookaburra Cricket Bat: 1st World Cup, Deaf Cricket, Melbourne 1995-96

Manawatu Deaf Society
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
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
2009
video – Taonga source: Kerry Titcombe

Welcome Home – our Deaf athletes – from the Taipei Deaflympics!

The New Zealand Deaf athletes are welcomed back home at the Auckland Airport! New Zealand sent a team of 13 players and officials to the 2009 Taipei Summer Deaflympics. Michael Lynch won gold for karate, with Kerry Titcombe also obtaining bronze in karate.
Kerry Titcombe
2002
Object – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society

Signed Rugby Ball: Deaf Blacks, 2002

Manawatu Deaf Society
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
1998
Images – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society

Team Photo: New Zealand Deaf Ten Pin Bowling, 1998

Auckland Deaf Society
1993
Images – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society

Team Photo: New Zealand Deaf Sports Team, World Games for the Deaf, 1993

Auckland Deaf Society
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
  • Janet Watt
1999
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society

Framed Pocket Patch: New Zealand, 3rd International Deaf Lawn Bowls Championships – Durban, South Africa

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

Washington Xth International Silent Games

The New Zealand team attending the 10th World Deaf Games in Washington, USA, 1965.
Auckland Deaf Society
1965
Object – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society

Pocket Patch: International Deaf Games, Washington 1965

Manawatu Deaf Society
2020
video – Taonga source: Elizabeth Hines

Memories of triple World Deaf Games champion John Ooteman

New Zealand’s most acclaimed Deaf gold medallist, John Ooteman was a triple World Games for the Deaf champion (Koln 1981, Los Angeles 1985, Christchurch 1989). His story is told through the eyes of Elizabeth Hines, his Deaf sister.
Elizabeth Hines
NZSL Stories
  • Janet Watt
1996
Images – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society

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

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

Pocket Patch: New Zealand Deaf Lawn Bowls, Scotland 1995

Manawatu Deaf Society
1969
Images – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society

Team Photo: N.Z. Representatives, World Deaf Games, Belgrade 1969

Auckland Deaf Society
2009
Object – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society

Medal: 21st Summer Deaflympics, Taipei 2009

Manawatu Deaf Society
1985
Images – Taonga source: Margaret Coutts

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

Margaret Coutts
1970-80s
Object – Taonga source: Wellington Deaf Society

New Zealand Deaf Sport Mascot: A stuffed Kiwi

Wellington Deaf Society
1973
Images – Taonga source: Margaret Coutts

Team Photo: New Zealand Deaf Sports Team – Malmo, Sweden, July 1973

Margaret Coutts
1989
Object – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society

CISS World Deaf Games Accreditation Card: Barbara Hazelwood, Team Manager, Basketball

Manawatu Deaf Society
NZSL Stories
  • Janet Watt
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
1980s
Object – Taonga source: Margaret Coutts

Souvenir Badge: New Zealand Flag

Margaret Coutts