News Review – Montage

1987-91 •

A collection of clips from the ‘News Review’ programme 1987-1991.

News Review was produced in Christchurch and ran for several years before, in 1987, signing Deaf presenters joined the programme. Susan Thomas and Ava Agnew appeared on alternate Sundays. They worked hard to develop new signs for words or to translate new concepts into New Zealand Sign Language. The programme was a popular way for the Deaf community to access mainstream news, even if it was often a week old!

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Susan Thomas

Taonga source:

Susan Thomas

Produced by:

News Review, Television New Zealand

Original format:

VHS

Reference number:

SignDNA – Deaf National Archive New Zealand, ST01-01-TV8890

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publication – Taonga source: National Foundation for Deaf and Hard of Hearing

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