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Welcome to the Deaf History and Cultures

  • Deaf History
  • Sign Language around the world
  • Sign Language is a beautiful language
  • Deaf People’s First Language in New Zealand
  • Sign language – NZSL
  • History of NZSL
  • New Zealand Education for the Deaf
  • Deaf with other Disability/ties

Author: Kiwideafblogger

Deaf History
  • July 14, 2023
  • 4 mins
  • 3 years
  • 571 words
  • 2
  • 2

Matariki Kāinga Hokia: Marariki calls you home.

Matariki A brief blog  Over the years, numerous festivities, legends, and public holidays revolve around astronomy. For instance, in Ancient Greece, the […]

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Deaf History
  • June 27, 2023
  • 5 mins
  • 3 years
  • 660 words
  • 2
  • 5

Deafblind Awareness Week (26th June to 2nd July 2023) Theme – Tune in to your sight and hearing. We’re here for everyone living with deafblindness – right from day one. 

Sharing information about Helen Keller Day – 27th June “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or […]

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Deaf History
  • December 11, 2022
  • 7 mins
  • 3 years
  • 1,009 word
  • 1
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Human Rights Day 10th December 2022: Let’s focus on the D/deaf people and D/deaf with disabilities people in the community.

Last Thursday, 8th December 2022, I finished the EGL (Enabling Good Lives) Leadership Waikato meeting. Many of the representatives of their groups […]

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Deaf History
  • December 5, 2022
  • 5 mins
  • 3 years
  • 725 words
  • 1

Human Rights Day – December 10th 2022

2022 Theme: Dignity, Freedom, and Justice for All  In its preamble, the UDHR highlighted the “recognition of the inherent dignity and of the […]

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Deaf History
  • November 28, 2022
  • 6 mins
  • 3 years
  • 776 words
  • 4

International Day of (Dis)Abled Persons – 3rd December 2022

This year’s theme is “Transformative solutions for inclusive development: the role of innovation in fuelling an accessible and equitable world “.  Quote from the […]

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Deaf History
  • October 19, 2022
  • 3 mins
  • 4 years
  • 416 words
  • 2

“No greater gift there is, than a generous heart.” – Yoda: The Journey of the Waikato Deaf Society

Going through photos and newspaper clippings at work today as I ponder the planning of a list to do while preserving the […]

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Deaf History
  • October 14, 2022
  • 4 mins
  • 4 years
  • 574 words
  • 2

Many happy days at the Waikato Deaf Club…

Last week I was looking through my diary as November and December are nearer the end of the year. My memory served […]

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Deaf History
  • October 2, 2022
  • 6 mins
  • 4 years
  • 814 words
  • 1
  • 6

Jacek’s delight to see Cherry Blossom down the street!

Jacek is deaf with cerebral palsy and speech impaired, and he will be turning severy-two years old early next year. Yesterday (Saturday […]

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Deaf History
  • September 25, 2022
  • 3 mins
  • 4 years
  • 302 words
  • 6

Sunday 25th Sept. 2022 – Deaf Leadership for Tomorrow

“For more than a century, deaf communities around the world have organised into representative associations to advance their human rights. These organisations […]

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Deaf History
  • September 24, 2022
  • 4 mins
  • 4 years
  • 496 words
  • 7

Saturday 24th Sept. 2022 – Intersectional Deaf Communities

“Deaf communities are diverse, intersectional communities. Today, we celebrate our richly diverse deaf communities and the many ways of living and being […]

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