New Zealand

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Basic information of the country/area
Name of the country/area	New Zealand
Formal name of the country/area	New Zealand
Country/area information	The World Factbook(CIA)
Country/area information	Wikipedia(English)

1 Indigenous signs for "New Zealand"
2 Spoken languages
3 Sign languages
4 Population of Deaf/deaf people
5 Legal status of sign languages
6 Organizations and associations of the Deaf/deaf
7 Institutes, associations and universities for sign language studies
8 Education for the deaf
9 Deaf communities and cultures
10 Religious activities by the Deaf
11 Famous Deaf persons and hearing persons concerned with sign languages
12 Sign language dictionaries
13 Bibliography
14 Researchers
15 History of sign language research
16 Events
17 Links
18 Notes

Indigenous signs for "New Zealand"

Illustrations in the literature

"New Zealand" (In: Japanese Federation of the Deaf ed. Supervisor: Hedberg, Tomas. 2003. Country name-signs. Helsinki, Finland: World Federation of the Deaf. 17.)

Spoken languages

English

Maori

Sign languages

New Zealand Sign Language

Related sign languages:

Australasian Sign Language (an attempt to merge Australian Sign Language and New Zealand Sign Language into one common sign language)

Population of Deaf/deaf people

Legal status of sign languages

New Zealand Sign Language became the third official language of New Zealand in April 2006.

Organizations and associations of the Deaf/deaf

Deaf Aotearoa New Zealand (DANZ) (WFD member, cited from WFD website)

http://www.deaf.co.nz

Deaf Association of New Zealand, Inc (WFD member, data in 2002, cited from "Signs of country names" (Japanese edition, Japan Institute for Sign Language Studies ed. 2002. Tokyo: Japanese Federation of the Deaf))

Institutes, associations and universities for sign language studies

Education for the deaf

Deaf communities and cultures

Religious activities by the Deaf

Famous Deaf persons and hearing persons concerned with sign languages

Sign language dictionaries

Bibliography

Monaghan, Leila. 1996. Signing, oralism and the development of the New Zealand deaf community: An ethnography and history of language ideologies. Ph.D.dissertation. Los Angeles: University of California.

Monaghan, Leila. 1993. Contexts of luck: Issues involved with entering the New Zealand Deaf community. Anthropology UCLA. 20:43-62.

Aspden, Peter, John Devere, John Hunt, Leila Monaghan and Lynette Pivac. 1992. Celebrating 50 years deaf schools in Auckland. Auckland, New Zealand: Kelston Deaf Education Centre.

A., Allen B. 1980. They hear with the eye: A Centennial history of the summer school for Deaf children. Wellington, New Zealand: School publication branch, Department of Education.

Researchers

History of sign language research

Events

Links

Notes

Countries and areas of Oceania
Oceania (general)	Oceania (general)
Continent	Australia
Polynesia	Kiribati \| New Zealand \| Samoa \| Tonga \| Tuvalu
Micronesia	Federated States of Micronesia \| Marshall Islands \| Nauru \| Palau
Melanesia	Fiji \| Papua New Guinea \| Solomon Islands \| Vanuatu
Areas and others

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 ==Bibliography==
+Monaghan, Leila. 1996. Signing, oralism and the development of the New Zealand deaf community: An ethnography and history of language ideologies. Ph.D.dissertation. Los Angeles: University of California.
+Monaghan, Leila. 1993. Contexts of luck: Issues involved with entering the New Zealand Deaf community. '' Anthropology UCLA.'' 20:43-62.
+Aspden, Peter, John Devere, John Hunt, Leila Monaghan and Lynette Pivac. 1992. Celebrating 50 years deaf schools in Auckland. Auckland, New Zealand: Kelston Deaf Education Centre.
+A., Allen B. 1980. They hear with the eye: A Centennial history of the summer school for Deaf children. Wellington, New Zealand: School publication branch, Department of Education.
 ==Researchers==