2014
Images – Taonga source: Central Zone Deaf Rugby Union
Team Photo: 21st National Deaf Rugby Tournament, Central Zone Deaf Rugby Union, 2014
1992
publication – Taonga source: National Foundation for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
NFD Communicate: June 1992
NZSL Stories
Est. 1996
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Men’s Team Interclub Touch Rugby: New Zealand Games for the Deaf
NZSL Stories
2011
Object – Taonga source: Central Zone Deaf Rugby Union
Signed Rugby Ball: Central Zone Deaf Rugby, 2011
Est. 1989
Object – Taonga source: Wellington Deaf Society
Cook Strait Shield: Central Districts vs Canterbury Deaf Rugby League
NZSL Stories
1995
Images – Taonga source: Central Zone Deaf Rugby Union
Team Photo: Central Zone Deaf Rugby Union, Winner National Deaf Rugby Tournament, 1995
1961
video – Taonga source: Susan Hamilton
Kelston School for Deaf sends its netball and rugby teams to Russell
Kelston School for Deaf sends its netball and rugby teams to Russell.
NZSL Stories
2010
publication – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Auckland Deaf Society newsletter: August 2010
NZSL Stories
2017
article – Taonga source: The Northern Advocate
Rugby: Kaikohe’s Mihaka Lemon heading on NZ Deaf Blacks tour
Mihaka Lemon is ready to pull on the black jersey as he heads aboard a plane to England for the first time. The 29-year-old will play for the New Zealand Deaf Blacks on their English tour.
1990-91
publication – Taonga source: New Zealand Deaf News
NZ Deaf News: Spring/Summer 1990/91 (Vol. 24. No. 2)
NZSL Stories
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
2016
Images – Taonga source: Central Zone Deaf Rugby Union
Team Photo: Central Zone Deaf Rugby Union, 23rd National Deaf Rugby Championship, 2016
2000
Object – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society
Signed Rugby Ball: Deaf Blacks, 2000
2010
Images – Taonga source: Central Zone Deaf Rugby Union
Team Photo: Central Zone Deaf Rugby Union, 17th National Deaf Rugby Championships, 2010
1991
publication – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Auckland Deaf Society newsletter: December 1991
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.
2001
Images – Taonga source: Central Zone Deaf Rugby Union
Team Photo: Central Zone Rugby Union, 2001
2002
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Pocket Patch: Māori / Pacific Deaf Rugby Invitational XV
NZSL Stories
1990
publication – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Auckland Deaf Society newsletter: May 1990
NZSL Stories
1969
article – Taonga source: John McRae
Cheering out for deaf
Most of these taking part in the sports convention last weekend live in a silvent world constantly. Yet no observer could have mistaken the enjoyment the spectators at the badminton expressed in their conversation, using signs and movements of their arms, hands and lips.
NZSL Stories
2017
Images – Taonga source: Central Zone Deaf Rugby Union
Team Photo: Central Zone Deaf Rugby, 2017
2014
publication – Taonga source: Wellington Deaf Society
Absolutely Positively Windy Deaf: May 2014
1944
article – Taonga source: Lesley Schischka
Twin Auckland Footballers
R.Schischka (centre) and L.Schischka, two members of the Ponsonby senior rugby team with their coach E.J. Skinner. The Schischka twins are both deaf and dumb.
NZSL Stories
1992
Images – Taonga source: Clive Morgan
Team Photo: Wellington Deaf Rugby League Club, 1992
NZSL Stories
1991
publication – Taonga source: National Foundation for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
NFD Communicate: December 1991
NZSL Stories
2002
video – Taonga source: Dorothy Jones
Amateur footage: Inaugural Deaf Rugby World Championship
A snapshot of the inaugural 2002 Deaf Rugby World Championships held in Auckland, briefly touching on official matches, friendly games, and two social evenings at Auckland Deaf Club, with speeches galore!
NZSL Stories
1970
publication – Taonga source: New Zealand Deaf News
NZ Deaf News: 1970 (Vol. 7, No. 2)
NZSL Stories
2002
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Plaque: In Appreciation, Auckland Deaf Society – Inaugural Deaf Rugby World Championship
NZSL Stories
1999
video – Taonga source: Rodney Roberts
Rodney’s Deaf Saturday
Rodney Roberts takes us through the typical Saturday of a Deaf Wellingtonian, with the Manawatu Deaf boys playing a game of rugby (and being well beaten 47 to 7), before taking us on a tour through a Wellington Deaf Society event to farewell an international interpreter.
1999
publication – Taonga source: National Foundation for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
NFD Communicate: Autumn 1999