Acknowledgements The Human Rights Commission would like to thank everybody who has worked on, contributed to, and responded to this Inquiry report and its early drafts. The Commission particularly acknowledges the deaf community who have “had to constantly retell their stories and restate their rights”. The Inquiry team was helped by Dr Rachel McKee and Victoria University’s Deaf Studies Research Unit, whose research and guidance were significant to the Inquiry. Thank you to the Commission’s staff, especially Victoria Manning. Her unique capability as an NZSL user and expert, policy analyst, and deaf community member and leader made the Inquiry both possible and credible. The Commission would also like to acknowledge Deaf Aotearoa and Handmade Productions Aotearoa for allowing us to use their images in this report. 7