DEAFinitely Youth Group

Miss and Mr Deaf New Zealand, 2001

2001
The ‘007’ themed Miss and Mr Deaf New Zealand event, expertly hosted by Victoria Skorikova and Tony Walton was a major fundraising event for the 2nd Asia Pacific Deaf Youth Camp. It was organised in 5 weeks and raised $7,000 towards camp costs.
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The ‘007’ themed Miss and Mr Deaf New Zealand, expertly hosted by Victoria Skorikova and Tony Walton, was hosted at the Alexandra Park Function Centre on 22 September 2001. Amie Hewitt, the Miss World New Zealand was in presence, as was Nandor Tanzcos, the then Green MP. The event was a major fundraising event for the 2nd Asia Pacific Deaf Youth Camp, which was organised in 5 weeks and raised $7,000 towards camp costs. The 007 event’s committee were Akiko Murozono, Mark Huria, Julie-Anne Taylor, John Schischka, Victoria Skorikova and Darryn Paul.

Ursula Becroft was awarded Miss Deaf New Zealand, with Sara Pivac the 1st runner up, and Nirvana Graham the 2nd runner up. Darryl Alexander was awarded Mr Deaf New Zealand, with Daniel Harborne the 1st runner up, and Patrick Thompson the 2nd runner up. Judges were Tricia Fitzgerald, Anita Treefoot, Ros Taylor and John Schischka, who was selected for the best costume award!

New Zealand won the bid to host the 2nd Asia Pacific Deaf Youth Camp (APDYC) in November 2000 and an intense period of fundraising started with the creation of the DEAFinitely Youth Group. The APDYC organising committee devoted a year of their life to organising the camp. They fundraised approximately $80,000 in 6 months to make the camp a reality. The 2nd Asia Pacific Deaf Youth camp (APDYC) was held from 12-19 January 2002 at the Sir Edmund Hillary Outdoor Pursuits Centre in Turangi. Altogether, there were 43 Deaf youths from 12 countries, 15 youth leaders, 10 interpreters and a couple of guest speakers present.

  1. Akiko Murozono

  2. Anna Gehrke

  3. Christine Ryder

  4. Dan Hanks

  5. Daniel Greenwood

  6. Daniel Harborne

  7. Darryl Alexander

  8. Darryn Paul

  9. Fraser Marr

  10. Hayden Teesdale

  11. Hayley Jackson

  12. John Schischka

  13. Julie-Anne Taylor

  14. Lola Fuemana

  15. Lorraine Butler

  16. Marc Ethan

  17. Nandor Tanczos

  18. Nirvana Graham

  19. Patrick Stokell

  20. Patrick Thompson

  21. Phillip King

  22. Ruth Jessep

  23. Sara Pivac Alexander

  24. Susie Ovens

  25. Tony Walton

  26. Ursula Thynne Becroft

  27. Victoria Lessing

Donated by DEAFinitely Youth Group
Original format Hi-8 8mm
Reference number DYG02-01-DY01