Photo: ODTCalls from the deaf community to have a sign language interpreter during election debates have been answered, with an interpreter to be included in the last leaders' debate. TVNZ said its final debate between Prime Minister and National leader Bill English and Labour leader Jacinda Ardern on Wednesday would feature an New Zealand Sign Language interpreter. The NZ Sign Language version would be made available two days later on Friday morning via the OnDemand stream. There would be three NZ Sign Language interpreters involved - one interpreting for Mr English, one for Ms Ardern and one for debate moderator Mike Hosking. This is a step towards including more NZ Sign Language in television.''

Source: Otago Daily Times September 18, 2017 03:22 UTC