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education for deaf people and potential users of NZSL. 2) The rights of deaf people, and other potential users of NZSL, to access communication, information and services, and the right to freedom of expression and opinion, through the provision of professional NZSL interpreter services and other NZSL services and resources. 3) The promotion and maintenance of NZSL as an official language of New Zealand. The full report of the inquiry,
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Unsurprisingly, the children used sign language secretly and after leaving school, developing NZSL out of British Sign Language largely without adult intervention for over 100 years. The main haven for NZSL was the Deaf Clubs in the main centres. In 1979, "Total Communication" (a "use anything that
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Between August 2012 to August 2013 the Human Rights Commission carried out an inquiry into the use and promotion of New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL). The inquiry has focused on working with key government agencies and the Deaf community around the inquiry's three terms of reference 1) The right to
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Institution) was opened at Sumner, south east of Christchurch in 1878, Mitchell applied unsuccessfully for the position of principal. 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
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of New Zealand in April 2006 under the New Zealand Sign Language Act 2006. The purpose of the act was to create rights and obligations in the use of NZSL throughout the legal system and to ensure that the Deaf community had the same access to government information and services as everybody else.
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on 6 April 2006. At the first reading in Parliament, on 22 June 2004, the bill was supported by all political parties. It was referred to the Justice and Electoral Committee, which reported back to the House on 18 July 2005. The second reading passed by 119 to 2 on 23 February 2006 with only the
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by Victoria University of Wellington and the Deaf Association of NZ. It contains some 4000 signs (which correspond to many more meanings than the same number of English words, because of the way signs can be modulated in space and time), sorted by handshape, not English meaning, and coded in the
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has not always been accepted by the government, the Association of Teachers of the Deaf, nor by many parents. However, in light of much research into its validity as a language and much advocacy by deaf adults, parents of deaf children (both hearing and deaf) and educationalists, NZSL has since
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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
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McKee, D. and G. Kennedy. 2000. "Lexical Comparisons of Signs from American, Australian, British, and New Zealand Sign Languages" In K. Emmorey & H. Lane (eds) The Signs of Language Revisited: An Anthology to Honor Ursula Bellugi and Edward Klima , New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum
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Sign-language names reflect the region of origin. Natural sign languages are not related to the spoken language used in the same region. For example, French Sign Language originated in France, but is not related to French. Conversely,
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Mt Wellington School for the Deaf opened (due to overflow at Titirangi) 1952 and closed in the end of 1959 - when the classes opened at Kelston, Mt Wellington became a boarding house.
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The New Zealand Sign Language Teachers Association (NZSLTA - formerly known as the New Zealand Sign Language Tutors Association) was set up in 1992. Over the next few years
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about the school made in the 1950s makes no mention of sign language. Similar policies were maintained at the schools at Titirangi and Kelston that opened in 1940 and 1958.
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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
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people found a majority favoured captioned programmes. Many Deaf people felt they had been misled by the survey. There has been no regular programming in NZSL since.
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Differences in lexicon in New Zealand Sign Language have largely developed through the student communities surrounding five schools for the deaf in New Zealand:
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party opposing, because the government was not providing funding for NZSL. It passed the third reading on 6 April 2006 by the same margin. The bill received
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programme for it. Auckland University of Technology (AUT) offers a 3-year Bachelor of Arts course with an NZSL-English Interpreting major.
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broadcast a weekly news programme, "News Review", interpreted in NZSL. This was discontinued in 1993 after a joint survey of deaf and
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It uses more lip-patterns in conjunction with hand and facial movement to cue signs than BSL, reflecting New Zealand's history of
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with them. The first known teacher of sign language was Dorcas Mitchell, who taught the children of one family in Charteris Bay,
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works" philosophy) was adopted at the Sumner School, but the signing it used was "Australasian Sign Language" an artificial
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Denotes the number (if known) of languages within the family. No further information is given on these languages.
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become — in tandem with English — part of the bilingual/bicultural approach used in public schools (including
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both originated in English-speaking countries but are not related to each other; ASL however is related to
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that NZSL is a fully-fledged language, with a large vocabulary of signs and a consistent grammar of space.
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An important step toward the recognition of NZSL was the publication in 1998 of a comprehensive NZSL
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on 11 April 2006, joining English and Māori. The parliamentary bill to approve this passed its
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Dugdale, Patricia (2001). Talking Hands, Listening Eyes. Deaf Association of New Zealand
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programme was established at the Auckland Institute of Technology, now known as
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has courses in New Zealand Sign Language, although it has yet to develop a
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According to the 2013 Census, over 20,000 New Zealanders know NZSL.
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The early British immigrants to New Zealand who were deaf brought
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When the first school for the deaf (then called the Sumner
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SignDNA: Sign Language Deaf National Archive New Zealand
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Association of Visual Language Interpreters of Canada
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Sign Language Interpreters Association of New Zealand
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Sign Language Interpreters Association of New Zealand
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people, with no linguistic connection to a spoken or
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Governor-General gives assent to Sign Language Bill
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Retrieved 11 April 2006. 684:In 1985, Marianne Ahlgren proved in her 5006:Manually coded language in South Africa 857: 632: 630: 623: 614: 612: 605: 603: 596: 587: 577: 575: 573: 571: 569: 567: 565: 559: 557: 555: 549: 547: 545: 539: 537: 535: 529: 523: 521: 509: 507: 505: 499: 497: 490: 488: 486: 480: 478: 476: 470: 468: 466: 460: 458: 456: 454: 452: 394: 344: 342: 340: 338: 336: 330: 328: 326: 311: 309: 307: 305: 303: 301: 299: 297: 295: 293: 291: 289: 287: 7: 880:"New Zealand Sign Language Act 2006" 2043:Creole Hawaiʻi Sign Language (CHSL) 226:as BSL (British Sign Language) and 3356:Somalia, Somaliland & Djibouti 2970:Jamaican Country (KS/Konchri Sain) 1184:New Zealand Sign Language Act 2006 25: 781:Victoria University of Wellington 705:Auckland University of Technology 693:Victoria University of Wellington 4938: 4729:Sandy River Valley Sign Language 1205:NZSL-English Interpreting at AUT 1021:"A New Era in the Right to Sign" 810:St Dominic's School for the Deaf 748:official language of New Zealand 5319: 5310: 5288: 5256:U.S. Army hand and arm signals 4340:Far North Queensland Indigenous 2962:Keresan Pueblo (KPISL/Keresign) 1049:"Recognition for sign language" 5077:Bilingual–bicultural education 4397:Western Torres Strait Islander 3471:Kata Kolok (Benkala, Balinese) 1448:Western Torres Strait Islander 800:Van Asch Deaf Education Centre 777:Van Asch Deaf Education Centre 736:A New Era in the Right to Sign 237:education of deaf people. Its 176:) is the main language of the 1: 4149:Greenlandic (Ussersuataarneq) 3297:Adamorobe (AdaSL / Mumu kasa) 3159:Adamorobe (AdaSL / Mumu kasa) 2908:Greenlandic (Ussersuataarneq) 2415:Taiwanese (TSL/Taiwan Shouyu) 901:"2013 Census totals by topic" 820:Titirangi School for the Deaf 773:Kelston Deaf Education Centre 318: 2735:Providence Island (Provisle) 2385:North West Frontier Province 961:"Christchurch - NZSL Online" 230:(Australian Sign Language). 211:, it was devised by and for 5710:Deaf culture in New Zealand 5705:BANZSL Sign Language family 4335:Akitiri (Eltye eltyarrenke) 829:Kelston School for the Deaf 816:, moved to Feilding in 1953 766:The use of NZSL as a valid 715:Hamburg Notational System, 5731: 5206:Mimics and Gesture Theatre 4415:Hawaiʻan (Haoilona ʻŌlelo) 4345:Arrernte (Iltyeme iltyeme) 3131:Trinidad and Tobago (TTSL) 2985:Hausa (HSL/Magannar Hannu) 2405:Japanese (JSL/Nihon Shuwa) 1799:Estonian (Eesti viipekeel) 1158:History of Van Asch School 868:. Stats NZ. 30 April 2020. 265:– 2 Cs, represents ChCh.) 224:two-handed manual alphabet 5684:New Zealand Sign Language 5501: 5284: 4961: 4451:Papua New Guinean (PNGSL) 2890:Hawaiʻi (Hoailona ʻŌlelo) 2700:Ktunaxa (ʾa·qanⱡiⱡⱡitnam) 2548: 2107:Kazakh-Russian (KSL/KRSL) 1871: 1784: 1733: 1602:Papua New Guinean (PNGSL) 1592: 1511: 1469: 1257:List by number of signers 1247: 1163:Deaf Aotearoa New Zealand 643: 641: 621: 594: 581: 579: 563: 561: 553: 551: 543: 541: 533: 531: 503: 501: 484: 482: 474: 472: 464: 462: 446: 444: 442: 436: 434: 432: 426: 424: 422: 416: 414: 412: 406: 404: 402: 392: 388: 386: 384: 382: 380: 378: 376: 374: 372: 370: 368: 362: 360: 358: 356: 354: 352: 350: 162:New Zealand Sign Language 112:Official language in 97:New Zealand Sign Language 76:23,000 (2018 census) 41: 36: 32:New Zealand Sign Language 5715:Languages of New Zealand 5016:Paget Gorman Sign System 4470:Samoa and American Samoa 3260:Sign languages by region 3045:Ottoman (Seraglio/Harem) 2771:Albarradas Sign Language 2761:Al-Sayyid Bedouin (ABSL) 2594:Meciciya ka pekiskwakehk 2446:Martha's Vineyard (MVSL) 2410:Korean (KSL/Hanguk Sueo) 1662:Finland-Swedish (FinSSL) 1276:Sign languages by family 742:Official language status 5261:Monastic sign languages 5109:Television shows (list) 5082:Manually coded language 4915:Hamburg Notation System 2708:Shuswap (Secwepemcékst) 1954:Indonesian (Nusantaric) 1677:Finnish (Viittomakieli) 1614:Northern Ireland (NISL) 935:"Rotorua - NZSL Online" 5232:CHCI chimpanzee center 5001:Manually coded English 4699:Henniker Sign Language 4365:Warumungu (Warramunga) 4350:Warlpiri (Rdaka rdaka) 3344:Hausa (Magannar Hannu) 1252:List of sign languages 1104:. Accessed 2007-05-27. 1085:. Accessed 2007-05-27. 1054:Television New Zealand 746:NZSL became the third 679:signed form of English 255:New Zealand placenames 202:American Sign Language 173: 5056:Signing Exact English 4996:Indian Signing System 4719:Plateau Sign Language 4093:Inuit (Atgangmuurniq) 3670:Tibetan (Bökyi lagda) 3200:Amami Shuwa languages 2873:Guatemalan (Lensegua) 2813:Tibetan (Bökyi lagda) 2792:Caucasian (Harsneren) 2740:Old Cayman (Guyanese) 2268:Norwegian (Tegnspråk) 2240:French Belgian (LSFB) 1672:Swedish (Teckenspråk) 1179:Auckland Deaf Society 905:archive.stats.govt.nz 768:medium of instruction 655:British Sign Language 314:British Sign Language 194:British Sign Language 5582:Indigenous languages 5552:Realm of New Zealand 5304:French Sign Language 5011:Manually Coded Malay 4819:British (two-handed) 4755:Bimodal bilingualism 4385:Far North Queensland 3693:Ban Khor (Pasa kidd) 3215:Sri Lankan languages 3146:Venezuelan (LSV/VSL) 3050:Ban Khor (Pasa kidd) 2561:Chaticks si Chaticks 2541:Plains Sign Language 2459:Mayan (Meemul Tziij) 1961:Indonesian (Bisindo) 1639:South African (SASL) 1362:Far North Queensland 5571:New Zealand English 3226:Tanzanian languages 3205:Ethiopian languages 3172:Nanabin (NanabinSL) 2263:Icelandic (Táknmál) 1978:Francophone African 1936:Puerto Rican (PRSL) 1794:Swiss-German (DSGS) 1725:Chilean-Paraguayan- 625:Northern Ireland SL 222:NZSL uses the same 207:Like other natural 5632:Rakahanga-Manihiki 5617:Cook Islands Māori 5227:Baby sign language 5125:Jabbar Baghtcheban 4606:International Sign 4509:Brazilian (Libras) 4423:New Zealand (NZSL) 4370:Mudbura (Mudburra) 4298:Sandy River Valley 4277:Keresan (Keresign) 3868:Yugoslav (Kosovar) 3239:International Sign 3220:Sudanese languages 2843:Navajo/Diné Family 2657:Wíyut'a / Wíblut'e 2495:Original Thai Sign 2273:Danish (Tegnsprog) 1816:Brazilian (Libras) 1629:New Zealand (NZSL) 1100:2007-10-07 at the 1081:2007-10-07 at the 5692: 5691: 5672: 5671: 5596:New Zealand Māori 5514: 5513: 5508:extinct languages 5497: 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Index

NZSL

New Zealand
New Zealand
Language family
BANZSL
New Zealand
ISO 639-3
nzs
Glottolog
newz1236
Māori
deaf community
New Zealand
official language
British Sign Language
British, Australian and New Zealand Sign Language
American Sign Language
sign languages
deaf
written language
two-handed manual alphabet
Auslan
oralist
vocabulary
Māori
marae
tangi
New Zealand placenames
Rotorua

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