Deaf kaumatua celebrates 50 years of life at Auckland Deaf Society

1990s •

The 50th birthday of Ivan Tamepo - a respected Deaf elder – is celebrated at ADS, with a karanga, powhiri, waitaia and celebrations in the back hall and upstairs clubroom.

The 50th birthday of Ivan Tamepo - a respected Deaf elder – is celebrated at Auckland Deaf Society, with a karanga, powhiri, waitaia and celebrations in the back hall and upstairs clubroom.

Note: If anyone has more information about this video, including the year it was in (early 1990s), please get in touch with SignDNA.

Can you help?

Susan Hamilton

Wallace Williams

Wallace Williams

Caroline Gould

Hilda Tamepo

Jennifer Brain

Joanne Klaver

Patrick Thompson

Patrick Thompson

Peter Coxhead

Richard Peri

Relevant Links

Auckland Deaf Society

Original format:

Hi-8

Sponsored by:

NZSL Fund

Reference number:

HT01-01-MDXX

Copyright status:

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License

If you liked this, you might also like...

video – Taonga source: Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision

Foundation Stone Ceremony

The foundation stone ceremony for the Auckland Deaf Welfare Centre 1958.

Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision

video – Taonga source: Dorothy Jones

Auckland’s ‘Deaf Grandmother’ celebrates her 90th at ADS!

Kathleen French, Auckland’s ‘Deaf Grandmother’ and a life member of Auckland Deaf Society celebrates her 90th birthday party at the Balmoral clubroom on 24 May 2003 with approximately 140 people attending.

Dorothy Jones

video – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society

Auckland Deaf Picnic at Orewa Beach

Deaf people get together at John and Verna McRae’s place before heading to Orewa, Auckland for the Annual ADS Picnic.

Auckland Deaf Society

NZSL story – Taonga source: John Hunt

Compiling ‘The Story of the Auckland Deaf Society Inc 1937 – 1987’ book

John was keen to know about the history of Auckland Deaf Society, and upon the approval of the Board of Management, he compiled a book two years before the 50th Anniversary of ADS. It took him three years to finish the book, and it was released one year after the anniversary.

John Hunt

article – Taonga source: Stuff

Bringing te reo to deaf Māori

Māori concepts like tikanga, iwi and kaumātua don't exist in English-based sign language. And it means deaf Māori have been deprived of their culture, Hamilton-based interpreter Stephanie Awheto said. But that's changing, albeit slowly.

Stuff

video – Taonga source: Dan Hanks

Mardi Gras celebrations

Auckland Deaf Society, about to close for a total building redevelopment, hosts a final social event: a Mardi Gras at the Deaf Club.

Dan Hanks

article – Taonga source: Unknown

From Being Shut Out – World Of Fun Opens For Deaf

Weekly yoga exercises at the Deaf Welfare Centre in Balmoral, where the instructor knocks the floor so the class knows when the time has come to "breathe out".