sign language Archive

  • frog

    Captioning the Rugby World Cup - by frog



    It was pleasing to discover yesterday, via a question from Catherine to Broadcasting Minister Jonathan Coleman, that the seven Rugby World Cup matches screened live on TVNZ next year will include live captioning for the deaf community – after all, we promised the world a ‘stadium of 4 million people’, and this ought to include [...] read more
    September 23, 2010 2:25 pm - 2 Comments
  • Catherine Delahunty

    Sign Language Sabotaged - by Catherine Delahunty



    Last year the Minister of Education was repeatedly asked in the House if there would be cuts to New Zealand Sign language education during the night class debacle. If you read the Manawatu Standard yesterday, it has started to happen, in that region at least. read more
    February 5, 2010 9:22 am - 7 Comments
  • Catherine Delahunty

    Sign Up - by Catherine Delahunty



    This week is New Zealand Sign Language week. Sign is of course one of the three official languages of Aotearoa New Zealand along with Te Reo and English. So it is great to see the translators in the gallery of Parliament for two days. It is magical to watch to see their skills and to [...] read more
    May 6, 2009 2:58 pm - 7 Comments