Their role is to:
- Work with the Deaf community to make a difference for Deaf people in the area
- Provide information to the Deaf community and to the hearing public
- Make sure local organisations like the City Council are aware of Deaf people
- Organise local events such as activities for New Zealand Sign Language Week.
- Keep the wider Deaf community up to date with what's happening in their area
Please get in touch if you would like to receive local newsletters or get involved in events or programmes in your area or even if you have an issue you want to see addressed to improve access to services or information to the local Deaf community:
With fast development of technology, our Community Relations Officers (CRO) will be happy to explain senior citizens in sign language on different technology i.e.
how to use mobile phone to send and receive text messages
how to understand captioning programme on television (using Teletext)
how to send and receive emails including attaching a photo/file
how to use internet to find information on the website / computer
how to use Video Relay Service (VRS) to make a video-phone call
and many other new technological advances
