New Zealand Sign Language - Variants

Variants

Differences in lexicon in New Zealand Sign Language have largely developed through the student communities surrounding four schools for the deaf in New Zealand:

  • Van Asch Deaf Education Centre (former Sumner School for the Deaf), opened 1880 (Christchurch)
  • St Dominic's School for the Deaf, opened 1944 in Wellington, moved to Feilding in 1953
  • Titirangi School for the Deaf, opened 1942 and closed in the end of 1959 (when the classes opened at Kelston, Titirangi became boarding house)
  • Mt Wellington School for the Deaf opened (due to overflow at Titirangi) 1952 and closed in the end of 1959 - when the classes opened at Kelston, Mt Wellington became boarding house.
  • Kelston School for the Deaf, opened 1958 (Auckland) and Kelston School for the Deaf Children was renamed in 1991 to Kelston Deaf Education Centre.

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