Deaf Rugby Highlights - Northern Marlins

WATCH [CC] - Interviews with the Northern Marlins Deaf Rugby Union.

AUCKLAND, NZ -- In this film, AttitudeLive meet Auckland's Deaf rugby team, the Marlins. We've followed the guys on and off the field and in the run up to the biggest game of the season. The Northern Marlins is a Deaf Rugby Football Club for the Deaf, founded in 1993. The team are based in Auckland, New Zealand. The colours are Blue and White with some red. Here's the Deaf rugby highlights.

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We were formerly known as Northern Zone Deaf Rugby Football Union, but because of confusion between the New Zealand Deaf Rugby Football Union, both abbreviated to NZDRU, Northern Zone changed their name to Northern Marlins.

We compete in the Annual New Zealand Rugby Football Championship, which traditionally has been held during Easter Weekend. Other teams competing at the National Championships are Central Zone Deaf Rugby Football Union and the Southern Zone Deaf Rugby Football Union. There is a friendly rivalry between the three teams that spans many years.

The first of a 3 part series about the Marlins; a group of rugby mad Kiwi blokes who all happen to be Deaf.

Part 2 of a 3 part series. Leading into the biggest competition of the year, we get to know more about some of the players in the Marlins, Aucklands Deaf Rugby team; Opeti the family man, Talia the bodybuilder, Sailusi who wants a job and David who is a first-time dad.

The final installment of out 3 part series with Aucklands Deaf rugby side, the Marlins. We've followed the guys on and off the field, now we're at the biggest rugby game of the season: it's time to contest the coveted National Shield.

Keep the fans closer to the team and players.

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A Deaf Child In The Family - New Zealand

WATCH [CC] - Full Documentary: A Deaf Child in the Family.

A Deaf Child in the Family | New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL) version.

This session was about encouraging families and whānau to think more critically about how they can include their children in their family life and to be mindful of the fact that their child is quite different and they may need to adjust themselves to facilitate that inclusion.

A Deaf Child in the Family - Full Documentary with Captions.

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Related: Experiences of Siblings of Deaf Children

Experiences of Siblings of Deaf Children

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Experiences of Siblings of Deaf Children | New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL) version.

What is it like to be the sibling of a Deaf child in the family? What can I do as a parent to help them? A set of research information and advice from siblings of Deaf children growing up.

Experiences of Siblings of Deaf Children - Full Documentary with Captions.

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Deaf Girl's Dad Gets Cochlear Implant Tattoo

Father's tattoo tribute to six-year-old daughter who has two cochlear implant to combat her profound deafness goes viral.

AUCKLAND, New Zealand -- A father has tattooed an image of a cochlear implant on to his head in support of his daughter who has two of the devices fitted to combat her profound Deaf.

Alistair Campbell, from New Zealand, got the artwork done to show six-year-old daughter Charlotte that he supports her as she struggles with a condition that means she has profound hearing loss.

Charlotte had her first cochlear implant fitted aged just four on the left side of her head, and was due to have another fitted this week when Mr Campbell decided to get the tattoo done.

An image of him sitting next to his daughter with his inking and her implant visible has since gone viral online, where it has been shared tens of thousands of times.

Speaking to the New Zealand Herald, Mr Campbell said he got the tattoo 'out of love' for his daughter, and to show her he could take a bit of pain on her behalf.

He told the paper that he has no other tattoos, and will now let his hair grow back to cover this one... Read The Full Story.

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Deaf Sex Predator Jailed For Probation Violation

Released sex predator straight back in jail for breaching his parole after he had posed online as a young woman.

CHRISTCHURCH, NZ -- An online sex predator has lasted just one week after his release from prison before ending up straight back in custody for contacting one of his victims by text message.

Cameron Stuart Hore, 30, was released on bail on October 22 but pleaded guilty to a charge of breaching his parole before Judge Murray Hunt in the Christchurch District Court today.

Judge Hunt remanded him to next Thursday for sentence on the breach charge, but in the meantime the Probation Service would be applying for his recall to prison anyway.

Craig Ruane appeared as defence counsel for today's appearance.

Hore was jailed for four years and one month on July 4, 2012, after being held for a long time in custody on remand on 12 charges which he eventually admitted.

He had posed online as a young woman named Sarah Ruddenklau - including posting a picture of a young woman - to carry out sexual exploitation of his young victims.

He was sentenced in the High Court on two charges of blackmail, two of obtaining credit by deception, and eight of sexual exploitation or attempted sexual exploitation.

Hore is Deaf and a sign language interpreters helped him in court today.

The victims were found after police seized Hore's computer after a complaint and analysed just one month of the the 9306 chat logs accumulated over 15 months from September 2009 to November 2010. Nine of the 14 victims traced from that month were willing to talk to the police.

Crown prosecutor Pip Currie said then it had been premeditated and planned offending using false identities to obtain personal details.

The offending occurred on the Internet, and by text, and there was sexual offending on occasions when face-to-face contact occurred... Read The Full Story.