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The video is an ideal teaching resource, which will enable all New Zealanders to learn, access and enjoy our national anthem in all of New Zealand’s three official languages. Eric Matthews is the Assistant Pastoral Worker to the Catholic Deaf Community of Auckland (alongside Rachel Marr) and identifies himself as Maori Deaf. He is actively involved with the Maori Deaf Community, Maori Community, general Deaf Community and Deaf Youth.

Society will also benefit from a greater appreciation of Deaf people’s culture, which includes their unique language. The proposal will not impose specific obligations on the private sector.
Over the next few years adult education classes in NZSL began in several centres. In 1997 a Certificate in Deaf Studies programme was started at Victoria University of Wellington, with instruction actually in NZSL, designed to teach deaf people how to competently teach NZSL to the wider public. Also in 1992 an interpreter training programme was established at the Auckland Institute of Technology, now known as Auckland University of Technology. Green Global Travel - 1 Week In New Zealand was first directed and taught by Dr Rachel Locker McKee (hearing) and Dr David McKee (deaf) and came about due to lobbying by the New Zealand Deaf Community and others who recognised the need for safer and more professional interpreting services.
NZSL is central to Deaf culture. The capitalised “D” is used to denote a distinct cultural group of people who are deaf, use NZSL as their first or preferred language, and identify with the Deaf community and Deaf culture. Deaf culture, like all cultures, incorporates a rich body of distinct Deaf customs, mannerisms, art, humour and history. The New Zealand Deaf community is a vibrant and active community that comes together regularly at Deaf clubs, annual Deaf sports event, conferences, workshops, and other social gatherings. No, sign languages are not universal.

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  • Māori became an official language in 1987 while in April 2006, New Zealand became the first country to declare sign language as an official language, alongside Māori.
  • It's a similar story to about 90 per cent of New Zealand's deaf people.
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  • The Dictionary of New Zealand Sign Language (1997) – now an invaluable online resource at nzsl.vuw.ac.nz – and the Concise Dictionary of New Zealand Sign Language (BWB, 2003) were landmarks in documenting the language.
  • New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL) is crucial to many deaf people's ability to learn, communicate and participate in society.

Instead it went to Gerrit Van Asch, who agreed with the Milan congress of deaf educators of 1880 (to which no deaf people were invited) that teaching should be oral only, and that sign language should be forbidden. (He would not even admit pupils who could sign, so only 14 were admitted.) This was the policy of the school until 1979. A documentary film about the school made in the 1950s makes no mention of sign language.

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In addition to the Māori language, New Zealand Sign Language is also an official language of New Zealand. Changes in Longitude - Arthurs Pass permits the use of NZSL in legal proceedings, facilitates competency standards for its interpretation and guides government departments in its promotion and use. English, the medium for teaching and learning in most schools, is a de facto official language by virtue of its widespread use.

What percentage of Kiwis are Maori?

Yes. Except in exceptional circumstances, NZ tapwater is universally safe to drink. Standards exist to ensure that major contaminating organisms such as Protozoa and Cryptosporidium are removed or reduced to safe levels. All NZ tap water is chlorinated.
Māori is only used in New Zealand and nowhere else in the world. Despite its official status, the language continues to struggle against being lost.

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