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Recently in America, they had the Annual Oscar Awards. They have the awards for the best movie, the best costumes, best make up, and other awards too. More...

The Government will inject an extra $7 million immediately and another $20 million over the next two years to reduce waiting times and meet spiralling costs for equipment and modification services for disabled people. This is on top of the $63 million budgeted for equipment and modification services this financial year. More...

Auckland Co-op taxis have introduced a fantastic new service allowing the Deaf community to send a text to make a taxi booking. Auckland Co-op taxis also look after bookings for North Shore Taxis, Western Taxis, New Plymouth Taxis, Hamilton Taxis and Tauranga Taxis - so you will also be able to text Auckland Co-op taxis to make a booking in those areas. More...

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Associate Minister for Disability Issues Hon. Pansy Wong spoke at the Deaf Aotearoa AGM November 2008. This link takes you to her speech. More...

Some Deaf people here in New Zealand have been scammed (fooled) by overseas people through the internet. Some Deaf people have had their money taken out of their bank account by the scammers, as well as giving out personal information. More...

The Executive Board of Deaf Aotearoa made a complaint to the Human Rights Commission towards the end of 2009. The title of the complaint is Inadequate Access to New Zealand Sign Language Interpreters and is related to the lack of government regulation and/or oversight regarding NZSL Interpreters, directly resulting in instances where Deaf people's human rights are being breached. More...

We TVNZ soon be making their annual submission to NZ On Air for funding. If you would like to have some input into this, please complete the questionnaire and return your feedback by Wednesday 10th March. More...

Shannon Morris (Wellington CRO) interviews Lisl Moran about her participating Miss Deaf World. More...

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