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New Zealand Sign Language Act 2006

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Because the sign languages of Deaf people have been historically denigrated as less than fully language-like and even conducive to social deprivation, discussion of their political status necessarily starts by confirming that they possess the characteristics of natural human
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In April 2006, the New Zealand Government announced that New Zealand Sign Language would become New Zealand's third official language following English and Maori, which would allow the ability to use and access NZSL in legal proceedings, including in court.
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The immediate effect of the New Zealand Sign Language Bill, which is expected to pass this afternoon after its third reading, will be to provide people with the right to use and access New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL) in legal proceedings, including in
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Recognising NZSL as an official language of New Zealand, Air New Zealand released updates to its in-flight videos making them accessible in NZSL.
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Historically, NZSL users have been subject to social deprivation due to the lack of recognition
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Five years after the bill passed, many public services were still inaccessible in NZSL.
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Recognising New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL) as New Zealand's third official language
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New Zealand Parliament
House of Representatives
Royal assent
Ruth Dyson
First reading
Second reading
Third reading
New Zealand Parliament
New Zealand Sign Language
British Sign Language Act 2022
Accessible Canada Act
Irish Sign Language Act 2017
"New Zealand Sign Language Bill 2004: Bills Digest No 1088"
New Zealand Parliament
"The Eyes Have It! Our Third Official Language: New Zealand Sign Language"
doi
10.26686/jnzs.v0i4/5.112
"NZ Sign Language to be third official language"
"Action Pending: Four Years on from the New Zealand Sign Language Act 2006"
doi
10.26686/vuwlr.v42i2.5133
"Air New Zealand takes sign language to the skies with the launch of NZ Sign Language Week '24"
Categories
Statutes of New Zealand
2006 in New Zealand law
Language legislation

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