Effective communication with deaf people: A guide to working with New Zealand Sign Language interpreters
Contact addresses
This section lists contact addresses for sign language interpreter associations, booking agencies, and other organisations providing services for deaf people.
Specialised sign language interpreter booking agencies
Deaf Aoteaora
PO Box 15 770
New Lynn
Auckland
Phone: 09 828 3282 (also TTY number)
Fax: 09 828 3235
Email: national@deaf.co.nz
Website: http://www.deaf.org.nz
iSign
PO Box 15 770
New Lynn
AUCKLAND
Phone: 09 820 5176
Fax: 09 820 5039
Email: info@isign.co.nz
Website: http://www.isign.co.nz
Advanced Interpreting Management Services (AIMS)
7A Spring Street
PO Box 13-498
Onehunga
Auckland
Email: aims@aimsnz.com
Website: http://www.aimsnz.com
SLIANZ directory of sign language interpreters
Website: http://slianz.org.nz/index.php?page=interpreter-s-directory
General interpreting booking agencies
Interpreting New Zealand
61 Taranaki Street
PO Box 6472
Wellington
Phone: daytime (9am to 5pm) 04 384 2265 or after hours (24 Hours) 04 384 2849
Email: info@interpret.org.nz
Website: http://www.interpret.org.nz
Sign language interpreting services in health-related settings
Auckland District Health Board Interpreter Service
Level 5, Building 4
Greenlane Clinical Centre
214 Green Lane West
Epsom
Auckland
Phone: 09 630 9943
Email: bonniey@adhb.govt.nz or sapnam@adhb.govt.nz
Website: http://www.adhb.govt.nz/Sites-Services/interpreting.htm
Health Interpreting and Translation Services
Middlemore Hospital
PO Box 98 743
South Auckland Mail Centre
Auckland
Phone: 09 276 0044
Fax: 09 276 0198
Email: its@middlemore.co.nz
Website: Middlemore Hospital
Waitemata Auckland Translation and Interpreting Services
Private Bag 93 503
Takapuna
Auckland 1332
Phone: 09 443 3211
Fax: 09 486 8307
Email: watis@waitematadhb.govt.nz
Website: http://www.healthpoint.co.nz/default,51125.sm?solo=supportServices&index=3
Organisations of deaf people
Deaf Aoteaora
PO Box 15 770
New Lynn
Auckland
Phone: 09 828 3282 (also TTY number)
Fax: 09 828 3235
Email: national@deaf.co.nz
Website: http://www.deaf.org.nz
DeafBlind New Zealand
54 Stewart Drive
Newlands
Wellington
Phone: 04 477 2114
Fax: 04 477 2115
Email: dbnz@ihug.co.nz
Website: http://www.deafblind.com/new_zealand.html
Training in New Zealand Sign Language
Auckland University of Technology (AUT)
Programme Coordinator
Diploma in Sign Language Interpreting
55 Wellesley St East
Auckland
Private Bag 92006
Auckland
Phone: 0800 288 864 or 09 921 9999
Fax: 09 921 9957
Website: http://www.autuni.ac.nz/languages/study-options/Diploma-in-Sign-Language-Interpreting/
Professional associations of interpreters
Sign Language Interpreters Association of New Zealand (SLIANZ)
PO Box 6090
Wellesley Street
Auckland
Email: secretary@slianz.org.nz
Website: http://www.slianz.org.nz
New Zealand Society of Translators and Interpreters (NZSTI)
PO Box 109-677
Newmarket
Auckland 1149
Email info@nzsti.org
Website: http://www.nzsti.org
Providers of services for deaf people
Deaf Mental Health Service (Richmond New Zealand)
PO Box 12599
Penrose
Auckland
Phone: 09 579 8415
Fax: 09 579 5952
Email: adubbelt@richmond.org.nz
Website: Richmond NZ
LIFE Unlimited Hearing Therapy Services
Level 5, 26 Brandon Street
PO Box 25 173
Wellington
Phone: 04 499 5851
Fax: 04 499 5853
Email: htsinfo@life.nzl.org
Website: http://www.life.nzl.org/page/life_11.php
National Foundation for the Deaf
205 Parnell Rd
PO Box 37729
Parnell
Auckland
Phone: 0800 867 446 or 09 307 2922
Fax: 09 307 2923
Email: enquiries@nfd.org.nz
Website: http://www.nfd.org.nz
NZ Relay Service
Private Bag 4
Pukekohe
Auckland
Phone: 0800 4 712 712
Website: http://www.nzrelay.co.nz
Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind
Awhina House
4 Maunsell Road
Parnell
Private Bag 99941
Auckland
Phone: 09 355 6900 or 0800 24 33 33 (information and advice line)
Fax: 09 366 0099
Email: general@rnzfb.org.nz
Website: http://www.rnzfb.org.nz/ourservices/servicesforspecificgroups/deafblindservices
