Contents
Foreword
5
Acknowledgements
7
Executive summary
8
Recommendations
14
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Background information
17
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Education
30
3 The rights of deaf people to access communication,
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information and services through NZSL
50
romoting and maintaining NZSL as an official
P
language of New Zealand
74
Appendix 1
Terms of reference for the NZ Sign Language Inquiry
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Appendix 2
NZSL interpreter support available through
the Ministry of Health’s contract with Deaf Aotearoa NZ
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Appendix 3
List of abbreviations
92
Endnotes
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