What's your favourite sign? That's both the question and video campaign from Deaf Aotearoa on the eve of New Zealand Sign Language Week (12 – 18 May 2014)
Last year's Census showed the numbers of sign language users had fallen by 16 per cent but there are still more than 20,000 people who use New Zealand's third official language.
Katy Gosset heads out into the community to meet some of them.