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...
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The New Zealand Sign Language Act 2006 is an act of the New Zealand Parliament recognising New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL) as New Zealand's third official...
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official language in 1987. New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL) has been an official language since 2006. Many other languages are used by New Zealand's minority...
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Act 2015 Accessible Canada Act Irish Sign Language Act 2017 New Zealand Sign Language Act 2006 "The British Sign Language (BSL) report 2022". gov.uk....
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addition to the Māori language, New Zealand Sign Language is also an official language of New Zealand. The New Zealand Sign Language Act 2006 permits the use...
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2011. Retrieved 30 April 2010. New Zealand Sign Language Act 2006 No 18 (as at 30 June 2008), Public Act. New Zealand Parliamentary Counsel Office. Retrieved...
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official language–New Zealand Sign Language. Journal of New Zealand Studies, NS 4-5.129-148. New Zealand Sign Language Act 2006 (Public Act No 18). New Zealand...
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January 2016. New Zealand Sign Language Act 2006. New Zealand Legislation. Retrieved 24 July 2013. NZ Sign Language to be third official language. Ruth Dyson...
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ACT New Zealand (Māori: Rōpū ACT), also known as the ACT Party or simply ACT (/ˈækt/), is a right-wing, classical liberal, right-libertarian, and conservative...
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the Māori language, New Zealand Sign Language is also an official language of New Zealand. The New Zealand Sign Language Act 2006 permits the use of NZSL...
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an "ongoing legal issue". British Sign Language Act 2022 Accessible Canada Act New Zealand Sign Language Act 2006 "Briefing note: Mental health services...
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South African Sign Language (SASL, Afrikaans: Suid-Afrikaanse Gebaretaal) is the primary sign language used by deaf people in South Africa. The South African...
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British Sign Language (BSL) is a sign language used in the United Kingdom and is the first or preferred language among the deaf community in the UK. While...
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and indigenous language rights: Aotearoa New Zealand's Māori Language Act 2016". Current Issues in Language Planning. 19 (3): 316–329. doi:10.1080/14664208...
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survived in the modern alphabets used in British Sign Language, Auslan and New Zealand Sign Language. The earliest known printed pictures of consonants...
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culture in New Zealand is prevalent, and the adoption of the CRPD in December 2006 helped the DHH community earn more rights. New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL)...
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Family First New Zealand is a conservative Christian lobby group in New Zealand. It was founded in March 2006 by former Radio Rhema talkback radio host...
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and signs for New Zealand placenames. New Zealand Sign Language became an official language of New Zealand in April 2006. About 20,000 people use New Zealand...
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perhaps three hundred sign languages in use around the world today. The number is not known with any confidence; new sign languages emerge frequently through...
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The New Zealand dollar (Māori: tāra o Aotearoa; sign: $; code: NZD) is the official currency and legal tender of New Zealand, the Cook Islands, Niue, the...
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Treaty Principles Bill (category ACT New Zealand)
Principles Bill, was a government bill promoted by David Seymour of the ACT New Zealand party. It aimed to define the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi...
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Auckland from 1841 to 1865; and Wellington from 1865. Following the New Zealand Constitution Act 1852, the colony became a Crown colony with its first elected...
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Treaty of Waitangi (redirect from British annexation of New Zealand)
Kingdom passed the New Zealand Constitution Act 1846 which granted self-government to the colony, requiring Māori to pass an English-language test to be able...
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(2006), "How Many People Use ASL in the United States? Why Estimates Need Updating" (PDF), Sign Language Studies, 6 (3): 306–335, doi:10.1353/sls.2006...
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Auslan (redirect from Australian sign language)
(BSL) and New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL); the three have descended from the same parent language, and together comprise the BANZSL language family. As...
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The Evidence Act 2006 is an Act of the Parliament of New Zealand that codifies the laws of evidence. When enacted, the Act drew together the common law...
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Samoan by 0.3% and other languages by 6.8%. No language could be spoken by 1.8% (e.g. too young to talk). New Zealand Sign Language was known by 0.3%. The...
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"American Sign Language". Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Seventeenth edition. SIL International. Province of Ontario (2007). "Bill 213: An Act to recognize...
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The governor-general of New Zealand (Māori: Te kāwana tianara o Aotearoa) is the representative of the monarch of New Zealand, currently King Charles...
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as the New Zealand branch of the Women's Christian Temperance Union. On 19 September 1893 the governor, Lord Glasgow, signed a new Electoral Act into law...
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