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Pacific Radio News - Niu FM
Auckland 8.30am: A Samoan interpreter for the deaf is calling on Pacific parents to get their kids checked up if they complain of ear aches.
Christina Iuli says the numbers of deaf people in the Pacific community is quite high.
Iuli says Pacific parents need to take heed of the warning signs. (listen)
This week is New Zealand Sign Language Week and one of the main things organsiers are trying to get across is that New Zealand Sign Language is the third official language after English and Maori.
Christina Iuli has also had to come up with her own way of "signing.."
Iuli, whose been an interpreter for five years, says she uses lip gestures in place of a formal language.
She says most interpreters use the English language as a base for sign language but this doesn't work for our Pacific people, who have the disability and who can't speak English. (listen)
Auckland 8.30am: A Samoan interpreter for the deaf is calling on Pacific parents to get their kids checked up if they complain of ear aches.
Christina Iuli says the numbers of deaf people in the Pacific community is quite high.
Iuli says Pacific parents need to take heed of the warning signs. (listen)
This week is New Zealand Sign Language Week and one of the main things organsiers are trying to get across is that New Zealand Sign Language is the third official language after English and Maori.
Christina Iuli has also had to come up with her own way of "signing.."
Iuli, whose been an interpreter for five years, says she uses lip gestures in place of a formal language.
She says most interpreters use the English language as a base for sign language but this doesn't work for our Pacific people, who have the disability and who can't speak English. (listen)