New Zealand Sign Language Week: Whanganui teacher needs community support
10 May, 2021 05:00 PM
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Shona Beamsley teaching a sign language class at Wanganui Hearing Association.
Photo / Bevan Conley
Liz Wylie is a reporter for the Whanganui Chronicleliz.wylie@whanganuichronicle.co.nzWhangaChron
New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL) is an official language of Aotearoa and this week is New Zealand Sign Language Week.
NZSL is the language of New Zealand s deaf community and uses the hands, body and facial expressions to express meaning.
Whanganui s foremost NZSL teacher is Shona Beamsley, who was born with no hearing in one ear and partial hearing in the other.
Seaweek events planned for Whanganui on March 6-14
3 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM
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The Kiwi Conservation Club will visit the Tapuarau Conservation Area on the north side of the mouth of the Waitotara River. Photo / File
Laurel Stowell is a reporter for the Whanganui Chroniclelaurel.stowell@whanganuichronicle.co.nzWhangaChron
A trip to a coastal wetland and dunes, a driftwood sculpture competition and a beach clean-up are some of the events in Whanganui for Seaweek/Kaupapa Moana.
It is on March 6-14 and is a time to learn more about the ocean, because the ocean is important in our all lives, the New Zealand Association for Environmental Education says.