Clever business strives to teach sign
An innovative business created by a group of Pakuranga College students have been making strides in their aim to promote the knowledge and use of New Zealand Sign Language within Aotearoa.
Sign Language Interactive Cards New Zealand (SLICNZ) was the winner of the 2020 Lion Foundation Young Enterprise Scheme. Their mission was to spread awareness and knowledge of NZSL, which resulted in a pack of 52 standard playing cards.
There are 13 designs included in the pack, with each design showing a character doing a New Zealand Sign with the English translation of the action. They were sold directly to schools, early learning centres and members of the public and, during the student’s entire Young Enterprise year, proved to be very successful, says the CEO of SLICNZ Ned Verrall.
The following standard pack included the Māori word for each NZSL character.
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