NZSL Week

2022 - 5 - 9

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Essential workers in the spotlight for this year's New Zealand Sign ... (Stuff.co.nz)

NZ Sign Language Week is putting the spotlight on essential workers who are Deaf.

This has been corrected to “born to Deaf parents”. The video at the top of this story has also been updated to include captions. “For a language to thrive, we need the wider society to learn and use it,” she said. “Many Deaf people have been our essential workers, too,” she said. Correction: This story previously stated 95% of Deaf children are born to hearing parents. Of course, there was always more to do. “The NZSL interpreters during the 1pm Covid pressers have normalised NZSL. The feedback received has been super,” she said.

New Zealand Sign Language Week 2022 Recognises 'Essential ... (Scoop.co.nz)

This week (9 – 15 May 2022) is New Zealand Sign Language Week (NZSL), a nationwide celebration of NZSL as an official language of New Zealand.

“While this week is New Zealand Sign Language Week, every week we must take steps towards improving accessibility, raising awareness, and building inclusivity for the Deaf community. NZSL was recognised as an official language of New Zealand in 2006. We’re recognised as a world leader for our commitment to maintaining and furthering the use of our sign language,” Carmel Sepuloni said.

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New Zealand Sign Language Week 2022 draws spotlight on ... (Devdiscourse)

Our work in this area was recently recognised in the United Kingdom as their government passed the final reading for the British Sign Language (BSL) Bill on ...

"While this week is New Zealand Sign Language Week, every week we must take steps towards improving accessibility, raising awareness, and building inclusivity for the Deaf community. NZSL was recognised as an official language of New Zealand in 2006. We're recognised as a world leader for our commitment to maintaining and furthering the use of our sign language," Carmel Sepuloni said.

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SunLive - Sign Language week recognises essential workers - The ... (SunLive)

Supplied photo. This week is New Zealand Sign Language Week, a nationwide celebration of NZSL as an official language of New Zealand. “This year's theme ' ...

NZSL was recognised as an official language of New Zealand in 2006. We’re recognised as a world leader for our commitment to maintaining and furthering the use of our sign language. “While this week is New Zealand Sign Language Week, every week we must take steps towards improving accessibility, raising awareness, and building inclusivity for the Deaf community.

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