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Captioning in New Zealand is not ‘pretty satisfactory'
Friday, 6 June 2014, 3:24 pm | National Foundation for the Deaf
For the record, the New Zealand Captioning Working Group do not believe the level of captioning in New Zealand is ‘pretty satisfactory’. More >>
Deaf And Hard of Hearing New Zealanders Marginalised
Wednesday, 16 April 2014, 3:44 pm | National Foundation for the Deaf
Deaf And Hard of Hearing New Zealanders Marginalised Imagine if you could not access vital news and information. What would you do? More >>
Hearing Week: Caption It! Campaign for broadcast captioning
Monday, 24 March 2014, 12:00 pm | National Foundation for the Deaf
This week New Zealanders will acknowledge Hearing Week (24 – 30 March), and The National Foundation for the Deaf is calling for everyone to celebrate recent progressive advancements in technology - which have been supporting the communication of people ... More >>
Hearing Week 2014 – Technology Makes a World of Difference
Friday, 7 February 2014, 2:38 pm | National Foundation for the Deaf
Technology is a significant part of the answer for over 700,000 hearing impaired individuals in New Zealand who have some level of hearing loss. Access to hearing aids, cochlear impacts and captioning make a world of difference to their lives. More >>
Poor Funding Allocations for Hearing Aid Treatments
Monday, 2 December 2013, 9:10 am | National Foundation for the Deaf
New Zealand Government Leaving Children Behind with Poor Funding Allocations for Hearing Aid Treatments Children with Auditory Processing Disorder (APD) are being left behind as a consequence of inadequate funding from the Ministry of Education ... More >>
Government Must Pay Attention To Disability Care Resolution
Thursday, 30 May 2013, 9:57 am | National Foundation for the Deaf
The 66th World Health Assembly has adopted a resolution calling for better health care for people with disabilities More >>
Hearing Week 2013
Friday, 1 March 2013, 12:33 pm | National Foundation for the Deaf
“Helping people who are deaf and hearing impaired to achieve a better quality of life” More >>
Hearing Week 2013
Friday, 1 March 2013, 11:56 am | National Foundation for the Deaf
“Helping people who are deaf and hearing impaired to achieve a better quality of life” More >>
Tyler's Story
Tuesday, 15 January 2013, 1:12 pm | National Foundation for the Deaf
Meet Tyler – 2013 is a big year for him as he turns 5 at the end of April and is eagerly anticipating starting school…but, there is a very real hearing problem that needs sorting before he can effectively learn and achieve at school. More >>
Newborn Hearing Screening Programme
Friday, 21 December 2012, 11:24 am | National Foundation for the Deaf
The National Foundation for the Deaf and the affiliated group Project HIEDI are both strong supporters and advocates for the NZ Newborn Hearing Screening Programme. More >>
Inaugural Captioning Awards
Friday, 23 November 2012, 1:15 pm | National Foundation for the Deaf
Awards were today presented at the Langham Hotel in Auckland, recognising the hard work and commitment of individuals and organisations working to improve captioning in New Zealand. More >>
Beware of Purchasing Hearing Aids on Internet
Monday, 12 November 2012, 5:08 pm | National Foundation for the Deaf
To go from having good hearing and being able to fully participate with family and friends, to living in a world where hearing loss becomes a distressing every day reality can be very challenging. More >>
Are YOU going to be in the 1:4?
Sunday, 30 September 2012, 12:21 pm | National Foundation for the Deaf
Did you know, it’s predicted that by 2050 there will be a dramatic rise in the number of New Zealanders coping with the impact of living with hearing loss. More >>
Hearing Aids – the new fashion statement!
Tuesday, 11 September 2012, 11:43 am | National Foundation for the Deaf
Louise Carroll, CEO of The National Foundation for the Deaf recently attended the International Federation for Hard of Hearing Conference in Norway and was delighted to see people from other countries wearing beads to brighten up and announce the ... More >>
CapTel – Captioned Phones for the Hearing Impaired
Wednesday, 1 August 2012, 2:06 pm | National Foundation for the Deaf
To those who can hear with ease, the thought of what life would be like without access to a telephone would probably never cross their mind. Spare then, a thought for those of us who struggle to hear on the phone and how it must now feel to have an option ... More >>
The Human Rights Commission Mediation Hearing - NFD
Thursday, 17 May 2012, 6:26 pm | National Foundation for the Deaf
The mediation hearing for The National Foundation for the Deaf combined case of 6 claimants who have been declined hearing aids by ACC for work-related Noise Induced Hearing Loss (NIHL) was held today with the Human Rights Commission. The NFD met ... More >>
Hearing Week 2012 – Can you tell?
Friday, 9 March 2012, 5:35 pm | National Foundation for the Deaf
A toddler in the playground. A child walking home from school. Teenagers texting, a mother, an elderly gentleman… One in six New Zealanders has an invisible disability. Can you tell? More >>
Inaugural New Zealand Hearing Hero announced
Wednesday, 29 February 2012, 4:42 pm | National Foundation for the Deaf
The National Foundation for the Deaf is delighted to announce that the inaugural Hearing Hero Award has been awarded to Professor Peter Thorne CNZM, PhD. More >>
International Links for New Zealand deaf
Sunday, 26 February 2012, 7:45 pm | National Foundation for the Deaf
The Deafness Forum of Australia (DFA) and The National Foundation for the Deaf in New Zealand have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the aim of promoting beneficial Australasian collaboration to achieve successful advocacy outcomes for people who ... More >>
Happy Holidays
Monday, 30 January 2012, 9:39 am | National Foundation for the Deaf
Happy Holidays With a long weekend just around the corner, many Kiwis are planning to make the most of the last of the summer and head away to the beach. But for the over 700,000 New Zealanders who are deaf and hearing impaired, having an enjoyable ... More >>
