The two New Zealand delegates, John McRae and Margaret Coutts, attend the CISS (Comité International des Sports des Sourds) meeting whilst at the Los Angeles World Games of the Deaf. The next World Games for the Deaf would be hosted in Christchurch, New Zealand in 1989.
New Zealand delegates attend CISS meeting
1985 •
- Deaf Organisations
- Deaf Sports
The two New Zealand delegates, John McRae and Margaret Coutts, attend the CISS (Comité International des Sports des Sourds) meeting whilst at the Los Angeles World Games of the Deaf.
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Tony Walton
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SignDNA – Deaf National Archive New Zealand, TW04-01-SPO85
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