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New Zealand Sign Language or NZSL ( Māori: te reo Turi) is the main language of the deaf community in New Zealand. It became an official language of New Zealand in April 2006 under the New Zealand Sign Language Act 2006. The purpose of the act was to create rights and obligations in the use of NZSL throughout the legal system and to ...
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New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL) has been an official...
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The official languages are English, Māori, and New Zealand...
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New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL) is the language of New Zealand’s deaf community and was made an official language by the New Zealand Sign Language Act 2006. NZSL can express concepts from both English and te reo Māori but is itself a distinct language. Story by Rachel McKee.
About NZSL. What is NZSL? One of the three official languages of Aotearoa, New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL) is a distinct language. Deaf people and those affiliated with the Deaf community use NZSL. Like other signed languages, NZSL is a visual-gestural language. Speakers of NZSL use the hands, the body, and facial expressions to convey meaning.
New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL) is the natural language of the Deaf community in Aotearoa New Zealand; so it reflects the country’s culture by including signs for Māori terminology and concepts unique to Aotearoa. British Sign Language (BSL) was brought to New Zealand by immigrants and since then, NZSL has evolved.
New Zealand Sign Language is the dynamic, visual-gestural language of Aotearoa New Zealand’s Deaf and Hard of Hearing community. As a valued taonga and official language of Aotearoa New Zealand, “NZSL is an integral part of the Deaf community’s realisation of both mana and Deaf culture.