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DE🎉🌟 20 Years of NZSL as an Official Language! 🌟🎉
2026 marks an incredible milestone — 20 years of New Zealand Sign Language proudly recognised as an official language of Aotearoa 🙌💙
To celebrate, we’re bringing the magic to Te Papa 🏛️ for the NZSL Awards Night as part of NZSL Week 2026 — a Deaf-led, fully accessible night of pride, connection, and celebration of all the ways NZSL shines across our communities.
✨ With this year’s theme “A Legacy in Our Hands,” we honour the trailblazers, celebrate today’s champions, and look ahead to a future where NZSL is seen, signed, and celebrated everywhere.
🦋 Ticket prices for the NZSL Awards Night 2026 have now moved to Butterfly 🦋 $175 (late pricing).
🎟️ Make sure you grab your tickets before the deadline on 31 March!
Once they’re gone, they’re gone — don’t miss out on this very special night. ✨
📅 Saturday 9 May 2026
⏲️ 7:00 PM
📍 Te Papa Tongarewa, 55 Cable Street, Wellington
🎟️ Grab your tickets
🤝 Partner with us as a sponsor
Come celebrate history, community, and the power of signing together 💙💛
🔗 https://nzsignlanguage.nz/nzsl-week/awards/
🗓️ NZSL Week: 4–10 May 2026
🌏 An Aotearoa Where Anyone Can Sign Anywhere
V/D:
The video opens with Māui as a black silhouette signing to a kiwi. Kat, a Pākehā Deaf woman, signs outdoors with rocks and native greenery behind her. Rosie, a Deaf Niuean woman, appears in front of a blue and brown wooden wall. Erica, a Pākehā Deaf woman, signs among kawakawa. Courtney, a Pākehā hearing woman, stands outside Te Papa. Rosie, Courtney, and Erica appear together with Te Papa’s colourful marae behind them.
The video ends with the NZSL Week 2026 logo and Awards Night details: Saturday 9 May 2026, 7:00pm, Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, followed by a pounamu‑green banner reading Deadline 31 March.
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