NZSL Week 2013 Highlights
Each May, Deaf Aotearoa organises NZSL Week - to raise awareness about New Zealand's Deaf community and the contribution and colour NZSL brings to society.…more
New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL) is the natural language of the Deaf community in New Zealand - it reflects the country's culture and includes signs for Maori terminology and concepts unique to New Zealand. As an official New Zealand language, NZSLis used daily by more than 24,000 New Zealanders.
Sign Language is a combination of hand shapes, facial expressions and body movements. It is not simply signed representations of spoken words.
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Learn New Zealand Sign Language
Books, DVDs and other resources useful for learning NZSL.…more
About Sign Language
New Zealand Sign Language is unique to New Zealand and is one of our official languages. Sign language is the voice of Deaf people.…more
