Category: Deaf History

This photo above was taken in 1970s outside Hamilton City of Waikato, New Zealand. The deaf author/blogger standing with a broken wrist along with Deaf children and two hearing children who were holding the leashes. Monday: International Day of the Sign Language. Sign Up for Sign Language Rights Given the 20th anniversary of the CRPD…

A FOREVER LANGUAGE The theme for Te Wiki 2024 is ‘Ake ake ake—A Forever Language’. This theme represents our language’s resilience, adaptability, and endurance and reflects New Zealanders’ commitment to embracing and learning te reo Māori long into the future. Under enduring pressure, te reo Māori has shown it will adapt and survive. It grows with our…

A FOREVER LANGUAGE The theme for Te Wiki 2024 is ‘Ake ake ake—A Forever Language’. This theme represents our language’s resilience, adaptability, and endurance and reflects New Zealanders’ commitment to embracing and learning te reo Māori long into the future. Under enduring pressure, te reo Māori has shown it will adapt and survive. It grows with our…

“When Life puts you in tough situtations, Don’t say, “Why me? Say, “Try Me.” I woke up with a bit of nagging pain in the right side of my body (from the neck via shoulder down to arm.) this morning. It was an annoying way to start on a Monday for work. Yes, my fatigue…

I want to share with you all the links I plan to use to raise funds or donate to specific projects of Waikato Deaf Society Inc. and Waikato Deaf Units, such as [Project 1] and [Project 2]. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nzdeafprojects/waikato-deaf-soceity-inc-1956-1999-dissolved-2004 https://gogetfunding.com/deafhistoryprojects There are no resources or stories in the library or on the website. Many people and…

This year, the Deaf Aotearoa’s theme is “an Aotearoa where anyone can sign anywhere.” Our goal? To spread the joy of NZSL across every corner of Aotearoa. From the mountaintops to the ocean depths and everywhere in between, let’s make NZSL a language for everyone, everywhere, from the Deaf Aotearoa Office.  The sentences above from…

What was it like to have Deaf brothers in one family plus a Deaf cousin in the other part of the family over many years? What sets them apart is not just their shared Deaf identity, but the extraordinary resilience and strength that this bond has fostered. In 1956, they banded together under the banner…

“Like the warmth of the sun And the light of the day, may the luck of the Irish shine bright on your way.” On the 29th of February (Leap Year 2024), I visited a Deaf elderly with poor mobility chap (91 years old) at the Waikato Hospital for a visiting routine over three weeks under…

My role is as a deaf community welfare staff rather than a community support worker for D/deaf people and people with disabilities. The previous title of the position was a bit long, and my manager came up with a shortened title of the role. This name will be distinct from other agencies and government agencies. …

Sunday 24th September 2023 “We end this International Week of Deaf People by highlighting the many ways in which our communities represent the broad array of diverse human experiences to be found across the globe. Deaf people are everywhere, and represented in every national, cultural, linguistic and ethnic group. This is a strength of our…