23 Sep 2020

New Zealand Sign Language week about increased visibility

From Midday Report, 12:45 pm on 23 September 2020

Aotearoa's third offical language - New Zealand Sign Language - is being showcased this week, with events across the country and added visibility in the media - with sign language interpreters involved with last night's political leaders debate on television.

Māni Dunlop spoke with the Programme Director of NZ Sign Language Studies at Victoria University. Rachel McKee, about the language that about 22-thousand New Zealanders use.